The defender moved on to Feyenoord in 1989 and after a season outside their first team, he settled into the side and won the Dutch league championship in 1992–93 with the club.

He was swiftly made captain of the side by manager Graham Taylor, and helped them reach the FA Cup quarter-finals, as well as remarkably scoring a hat-trick from centre-back in one game against Port Vale.

After a solitary season back in his native land with VVV, he once again moved abroad, joining Israeli side Hapoel Ashkelon in 1997.

He failed to adapt though and made only three appearances – scoring an own goal in his final game – before quickly returning to Dutch football with Helmond Sport in the second flight.

He scored two international goals during a 6–0 thrashing of San Marino in March 1993 and was subsequently chosen for the squad for the 1994 World Cup, however he did not feature in any of the games.

[2] De Wolf is currently working as a TV presenter on Dutch regional channel RNN7, on a show entitled Living with John.