Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Kenneth Harold Vermeer was born January 10, 1986, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer.

A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Vermeer has played for Jong Ajax, Willem II on loan, as well as the first team of Ajax with whom he won four consecutive national titles from 2010 to 2014. He is the current Dutch national team record holder for the longest streak in goal without conceding in a match, having never conceded a goal while playing for the first team of the Netherlands. Vermeer has kept clean sheets against Germany, Estonia, Romania, Indonesia and Spain. Vermeer started relatively late in his youth as a goalkeeper, having started as an outfield player. He was scouted as a keeper by Ajax from FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. On August 31, 2014, during a press conference following a 2–0 loss to FC Groningen for Ajax, it was announced by Frank de Boer that Vermeer would transfer to the rival club for a reported fee of €1 million, with Vermeer signing a four-year contract with the club from Rotterdam.

On January 15, 2020, Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC acquired Vermeer. On 25 January 2020, Vermeer made his LAFC debut in a preseason friendly against Uruguayan club Peñarol. On April 16, 2021, Los Angeles FC and Vermeer announced that they had agreed to mutually part ways. 

On 7 May 2021, Vermeer joined FC Cincinnati on a guaranteed contract through the 2022 season.