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FourFourTwo
FourFourTwo
Sport
Matthew Ketchell

How two brothers from the Netherlands have carved a highly lucrative niche in the football market via a simple idea you wish you'd thought of

Bob & Tijmen Zonderwijk pose in the Amsterdam headquarters of MatchWornShirt.

On paper, it’s a wonderfully simple concept. Football fans will wish they’d thought of it themselves, but it’s too late. Dutch brothers Bob (34) and Tijmen Zonderwijk (37) have already picked it up and are sprinting away with it.

FourFourTwo is in an office block about a 20-minute taxi ride from Amsterdam airport sat across a meeting room table with younger brother Bob. He’s baby-faced, with a big smile and bares remarkably little resemblance to his older brother.

“We are completely the opposite in terms of character, we don't really look alike either, people are usually like: are you guys, brothers!? Tijmen is more an entrepreneurial type and I'm a little bit more about the processes, controls, checks and balances.”

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