Career
In a 20-year career, he played for Sparta Rotterdam, Feyenoord, Chelsea and Stoke City. He signed for Feyenoord in 1990 and stayed there for seven years. He was awarded the Dutch Golden Shoe in 1994.
De Goey joined Chelsea in June 1997 from Feyenoord for £2,250,000.
In 1999-1900 he set club records for most appearances (59) and clean sheets (27) during a season, both since surpassed by Frank Lampard and Petr Čech respectively. De Goey later lost his place in the side to Italian Carlo Cudicini and made just 25 appearances in his final three seasons.
He was released by Chelsea in May 2003. He joined Stoke City in August 2003 and became the club"s first choice goalkeeper for the 2003-2004 season where he made 38 appearances.
He faced competition with Steve Simonsen in 2004-2005 and made 17 appearances before losing his place completely in 2005-2006 and was released at the end of the season.
On 6 July 2007, De Goey joined Queens Park Rangers as a first team coach, but Chairman Gianni Paladini terminated his contract on 6 December 2007. He is currently goalkeeper coach for Dutch Eredivisie side RKC Waalwijk
De Goey played in every game for his country at United States of America "94 as the Netherlands reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual winners Brazil.