Connect 4 check for a win algorithm

For some reason I am not so fond of counters, so I did it this way (It works for boards with different sizes).

public boolean areFourConnected(int player){

    // horizontalCheck 
    for (int j = 0; j<getHeight()-3 ; j++ ){
        for (int i = 0; i<getWidth(); i++){
            if (this.board[i][j] == player && this.board[i][j+1] == player && this.board[i][j+2] == player && this.board[i][j+3] == player){
                return true;
            }           
        }
    }
    // verticalCheck
    for (int i = 0; i<getWidth()-3 ; i++ ){
        for (int j = 0; j<this.getHeight(); j++){
            if (this.board[i][j] == player && this.board[i+1][j] == player && this.board[i+2][j] == player && this.board[i+3][j] == player){
                return true;
            }           
        }
    }
    // ascendingDiagonalCheck 
    for (int i=3; i<getWidth(); i++){
        for (int j=0; j<getHeight()-3; j++){
            if (this.board[i][j] == player && this.board[i-1][j+1] == player && this.board[i-2][j+2] == player && this.board[i-3][j+3] == player)
                return true;
        }
    }
    // descendingDiagonalCheck
    for (int i=3; i<getWidth(); i++){
        for (int j=3; j<getHeight(); j++){
            if (this.board[i][j] == player && this.board[i-1][j-1] == player && this.board[i-2][j-2] == player && this.board[i-3][j-3] == player)
                return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}