Derk Droze
Personal information
Full name	Derk Anthony Droze
Date of birth	October 29, 1972 (1972-10-29) (age 37)
Place of birth	Waldorf, Maryland, United States
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1990-1993	George Washington University
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994 1995 1996-1997 1998- 2001-2002 2002-2003 2007-	Iquique Arica New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers Lyngby Boldklub Ølstykke Helsingør Hollywood United	60 (21)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Derk Droze (born October 29, 1972, in Waldorf, Maryland) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the amateur Hollywood United. During his career, he played professionally in Chile, Denmark and the USISL.

Droze, the son of Dan Droze minor league football player, grew up in Maryland, graduating from St. Mary's Ryken High School in 1990.^[1] Droze attended George Washington University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1990 to 1993. He graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and psychology. In 1994, he moved to Deportes Iquique in the Primera División de Chile. In 1995, he moved to CD Arica in the Chilean Second Division. In February 1996, the New England Revolution selected Droze in the fifteenth round (145th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. The Revs waived him on March 26, 1996, during the preseason.^[2] He then played for the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers in the USISL. On June 3, 1998, he signed a one-year contract with Lyngby Boldklub in Denmark. In the fall of 2001, he moved to Ølstykke FC. He played sixty games, scoring twenty-one goals with Ølstykke.^[3] In 2002, he moved to Helsingør IF.^[4] In the spring of 2003, he had unsuccessful trials with the MetroStars and Chicago Fire S.C.

In February 2004, he became a broadcast engineer with Fox Cable Networks while playing for the Southern Maryland Futsal Club.^[5] He currently plays for Hollywood United.^[6]

In 2005, he played Robert Annis in the movie The Game of Their Lives.^[7]

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• Droze ready for American dream return