Newcastle United pay tribute to Tim Krul | OneFootball

Newcastle United have now paid tribute to Tim Krul.

The former United keeper having announced his playing retirement on Tuesday.

Now in an official club media release (see below), Newcastle United giving their response.

It is almost 19 years since Tim Krul made his Newcastle United first team debut aged only 18, Albert Luque scoring and the teenage keeper with a clean sheet, for a superb 1-0 away win in the UEFA Cup against Palermo.

Newcastle United official media release – 24 September 2025:

Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul, who spent 12 years with the Magpies, has announced his retirement.

The 37-year-old Dutchman, who spent last season at Luton Town, made 330 league appearances in English football and has now called on a professional playing career spanning 19 years.

Joining Newcastle United from ADO Den Haag in his native homeland in the summer of 2005, Krul made his Magpies debut in a UEFA Cup clash against Palermo during the 2006/07 season at the tender age of 18, keeping a memorable clean sheet in a 1-0 away win.

Establishing a regular place between the sticks following Newcastle’s promotion to the Premier League as Championship winners in 2009/10, Krul won the club’s Player of the Year award in 2011/12, a campaign which the Magpies secured European football following an impressive fifth-place finish in the English top-flight.

Krul’s greatest performance in a Newcastle shirt, arguably, came during a 1-0 away win at Tottenham Hotspur during the 2013/14 season after making an incredible 14 stops at White Hart Lane, receiving the Premier League’s Player of the Month award for November in the process.

After making 184 competitive outings for the Magpies, including over 150 Premier League matches, he departed St. James’ Park for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2017 before joining Norwich City a year later, winning two Championship titles with the Canaries during a five-year spell at Carrow Road.

At international level, Krul accrued 15 senior caps and helped his country reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-finals after his penalty shootout heroics against Costa Rica, saving two spot-kicks after coming off the bench late in extra-time of the quarter-final meeting.