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Daphne Helena Koster (born 13 March 1981) is a Dutch football defender, currently playing for Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie. She has also played in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Sky Blue FC. A powerful centre back, she is the captain of both the Netherlands women's national football team and Ajax.
Koster made her senior national team debut as a 16-year-old in August 1997, against Switzerland. At the time she was playing for boys' amateur club SVA Assendelft, where she remained until under-19 level.
In 2009 Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch team which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.