Squad Number: 24 Position: Goalkeeper Height: 6ft 1in Weight: 13st Birthplace: Utrecht (Netherlands), 08.07.71 Signed from: Utrecht (Netherlands), 23.09.98 Fee: Free Former clubs: Utrecht and NAC Breda Debut: v SwindonTown, 25.09.98
John Achterberg is a Dutch goalkeeper who signed for Tranmere in September 1998 following an impressive two week trial.
Achterberg joined Tranmere after Steve Simonsen left for Everton and was promptly thrown straight into first team action due to a groin injury to Danny Coyne. Coyne's subsequent transfer to Grimsby in 1999 paved the way for Achterberg to make the number 1 shirt his own.