Career
He was the younger brother of Remco Boere, who played for clubs including Den Haag and Zwolle. He started his professional career at SBV Excelsior and went on to play for several teams, mostly at Holland"s second level A tall striker, Jeroen Boere went abroad in summer 1993 when he was signed by Billy Bonds for £250,000 to play for newly promoted West Ham United in the Premier League.
Jeroen, or "Yosser" as he was known to his team-mates, made his debut for West Ham on 25 September 1993 in a 2–0 defeat to Newcastle United but was sent-off for a clash with Kevin Scott.
Although he struggled to gain a regular place in the West Ham first team, he memorably scored twice for them in a Premier League game at Elland Road on 10 December 1994 to secure a 2–2 draw against Leeds United. His stay with West Ham lasted two seasons and he was loaned out to Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion.
He eventually moved to Crystal Palace in 1995 as part of the deal that took Iain Dowie back to Boleyn Ground. His spell at Palace was short-lived, however, and he moved on to Southend United at the end of the season.
Boere moved to in 1998 to play for the newly formed professional club Omiya Ardija in Football League (former), formerly known as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Kanto.
He played 15 matches and scored 9 goals in his first season in In the 1999 season, Omiya joined newly formed J. League Division 2 and he started the season very well scoring 9 in 11 games. He lost his eye in the incident which forced his retirement from football at age 31. After his retirement, Boere owned the Half Moon public in Epping High Street from 1999 until 2004.
During an interview in his public with a Dutch sports magazine in 2001, Boere joked about his artificial eye and said he had no regrets about his career – having played, at the peak of his career for West Ham United.
And, as he said, at least he was still alive. After his public ownership ended, Boere moved to Spain, in September 2004, to work as a real estate agent.
He died on 16 August 2007 at the age of 39. There are conflicting reports about the cause of death and place of death.
Some media reported that Boere died in a car crash, possibly on Ibiza, while other media reported that he was found dead in his home in Marbella.
English newspaper Ilford Recorder stated that Boere had committed suicide. West Ham United, Southend United and Omiya Ardija players wore black armbands in memory of Boere in their home games in August 2007.
