Career
During his career he served Elinkwijk, Vitesse Arnhem, Excelsior Rotterdam and AFC Ajax. He died at the age of 29, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo. Doesburg lived in Lelystad and played his first professional football matches for Elinkwijk where he played until 1981.
After this he was transferred to Vitesse Arnhem where he played a total of five seasons before joining Excelsior Rotterdam.
From August 1987 he was purchased by AFC Ajax to become their second goalkeeper behind Stanley Menzo after Fred Grim left the club In total he would play five matches in the first team of Ajax.
Team mates Stanley Menzo and Hennie Meijer were told to stay with their club, but ignored these demands and went as well, but both took an earlier flight. The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on board, including Doesburg, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname"s history.
Doesburg"s funeral was on June 22, 1989 and the complete Ajax squad of these days were present, including Menzo, Meijer, January Wouters, Aron Winter, Danny Blind, Bryan Roy, Dennis Bergkamp, Frank de Boer and Ronald de Boer who carried the coffin.