The 2009–10 Eredivisie was the 54th season of

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

since its establishment in 1955. AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

and promotion/relegation play-off winners

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

. The season started on 31 July 2009 and ended on 2 May 2010.

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Bo ...

won their first ever Eredivisie title.

Overview

Teams and stadia

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Goalscorers

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Top scorers

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Jeremain Lens Jeremain Marciano Lens (born 24 November 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for club Versailles. He is a versatile attacking player, known for his pace and stamina, primarily being used as a winger or a striker, but he can succ ...

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Blaise Nkufo Isetsima Blaise Nkufo (born 25 May 1975) is a Swiss former international footballer who played as a striker and current coach of Rino's Tigers in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League. He was born in Zaire and raised in Switzerland from the age o ...

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Twente Twente ( nl, Twente , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germ ...

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Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson (; born 29 August 1976) is a Danish football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers. A forward, his most notable run of football came in his first stint at Feyenoord, w ...

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Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

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Gerald Sibon Gerald Sibon (born 19 April 1974) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a forward. He is the current performance coach for A-League club Adelaide United. Club career Europe He featured for FC Twente in the 1993–94 season as a substit ...

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Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

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Otman Bakkal Otman Bakkal (born 27 February 1985) is a Dutch retired international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He began his career at PSV, and was loaned to Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Twente and Feyenoord. After making a permanent move to ...

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Danny Koevermans Danny Koevermans (born 1 November 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Early career Born in Schiedam, Koevermans began his career with the amateurs of Excelsior'20, then went to Sparta Rotterdam ...

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Siem de Jong Siem Stefan de Jong (; born 28 January 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap as an attacking midfielder or striker. Playing in the youth academies of De Graafschap and Ajax, he made his pro ...

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Erik Falkenburg Erik Falkenburg (born 5 May 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Leiden, he came through the youth system at and made his professional debut for Sparta Rotterdam on 23 January 2008 ...

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Miroslav Stoch Miroslav Stoch (born 19 October 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer, who currently plays as a winger for Motorlet Prague and competed for the Slovakia national team. He has earned 60 caps for Slovakia since his debut in 2009, and was in ...

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Matthew Amoah Mathew Amoah (born 24 October 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. From 2002 to 2011 he represented the Ghana national football team, Ghana national tea ...

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Sandro Calabro Sandro Calabro (born 11 April 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Calabro was born in The Hague, the son of Sicilian parents. He moved from FC Volendam to Helmond Sport. In May 2007, it was an ...

( VVV) ;8 goals *

Willie Overtoom Willie Overtoom (born 2 September 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as an offensive midfielder. He is the son of a Dutch father and a Cameroonian mother, and has lived the first three years of his life in Cameroon b ...

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Bjorn Vleminckx Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

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Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

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Jacob Mulenga Jacob Mulenga (born 12 February 1984) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Mulenga started his footballing career at age 18 with hometown club Afrisport, before moving to Châteauroux in 2004. Five years later, ...

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Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

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Wesley Verhoek Wesley Verhoek () (born 25 September 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He was known as a striker who can also play as a winger on either side of the pitch. He spent most of his professional career at ADO Den Haag at different p ...

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Demy de Zeeuw Demy Patrick René de Zeeuw (born 26 May 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He previously played for AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles, AZ and AFC Ajax. While at AZ he was a key player in the squad that w ...

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Roy Makaay Rudolphus Antonius "Roy" Makaay (born 9 March 1975) is a Dutch former footballer and a coach who is currently first team coach at Rangers. As a striker, he was known for his goal-scoring ability as a result of his "aerial prowess and quick driv ...

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Michal Papadopulos Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Czech club MFK Karviná. Career Papadopulos started his football career in his native Ostrava at NH Ostrava, and then Baník Os ...

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) * Anthony Lurling ( NAC) *

Derk Boerrigter Derk Boerrigter (; born 16 October 1986) is a retired Dutch footballer, who played most of his career as a winger. He began his professional career with Ajax, but did not make any first team appearances and was eventually loaned to Haarlem. He ...

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Ricky van Wolfswinkel Ricky van Wolfswinkel (; born 27 January 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club FC Twente. He has played top-flight football in the Netherlands, Portugal, England, France, Spain and Switzerland and ...

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Santi Kolk Santiago Torti "Santi" Kolk (born 2 October 1981) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He currently works as a football agent. He mostly played as a forward during his career. Kolk emerged as a talent from the ADO Den Haag academy in 199 ...

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Lasse Nilsson Lars Thomas "Lasse" Nilsson (born 3 January 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Best remembered for his time with IF Elfsborg, he also represented clubs in the Netherlands, France, and Denmark. He won two ...

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) * Frank Demouge ( Willem II) ;6 goals *

Dennis Rommedahl Dennis Rommedahl (; born 22 July 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. The second-most capped national player for Denmark, he appeared in 126 matches and scored 21 goals for his country, and was a member ...

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Gregory van der Wiel Gregory Kurtley van der Wiel (born 3 February 1988) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a right-back. Born in Amsterdam, Van der Wiel is a product of the AFC Ajax youth system. In 2010, he was awarded the Johan Cruyff Award for " Young ...

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Thomas Enevoldsen Thomas Enevoldsen (born 27 July 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made eleven appearances for the Denmark national team scoring one goal. Club career AaB Enevoldsen was born in Frejlev, a suburb to ...

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Andreas Granqvist Andreas Granqvist (; born 16 April 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently serves as the director of sports of Helsingborgs IF. Starting his career with Helsingborgs IF in the mid-2000s, he w ...

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) * Edwin de Graaf ( NAC) *

Kees Kwakman Kees Kwakman (born 10 June 1983) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Between 2004 and 2018, he played for FC Volendam, FC Groningen, Groningen, RBC Roosendaal, NAC Breda, FC Augsbur ...

( NAC) * Charlison Benschop ( RKC) *

Dries Mertens Dries Mertens (; born 6 May 1987), nicknamed "Ciro", is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Belgium national team.

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Keisuke Honda is a Japanese professional football manager and former player. he is the current general manager & head coach of the Cambodia U-23. A versatile player, Honda usually played as an attacking midfielder, but could also play as a winger, a fa ...

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Saïd Boutahar Saïd Boutahar (born 12 August 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made one appearance each for the Netherlands U18 national team. Club career Born in Rotterdam, Boutahar played alongside the likes of ...

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Urby Emanuelson Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He is the currently assistant trainer of Utrecht. As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Emanuelson spent most of his career at Ajax playing as a l ...

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Brett Holman Brett Trevor Holman (born 27 March 1984) is a former Australian professional footballer who last played for Brisbane Roar in the A-League as an attacking midfielder. Born in Sydney, Holman played youth football for Northern Spirit before maki ...

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Maarten Martens Maarten Martens (born 2 July 1984) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, either as an attacking midfielder or winger. Martens was known for his flair, dribbling and goalscoring ability as well as his precise pas ...

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Sekou Cissé Sekou Cissé (born 23 May 1985) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He most recently played for Anorthosis Famagusta in the Cypriot First Division. Club career Cissé began his career in his home country, but moved t ...

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Koen van de Laak Koen van de Laak (born 3 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played for Den Bosch, Groningen and Ajax Cape Town in South Africa. Career Den Bosch Born in Vught, Koen van de Laak started to play for a local club named ...

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Nicklas Pedersen Nicklas Pedersen (born 10 October 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently U17 manager at HB Køge. Club career Pedersen started his senior career with Herfølge BK in the Danish 1st Division ...

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Viktor Elm Viktor Sebastian Elm (born 13 November 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with Kalmar FF with which he won the 2007 Svenska Cupen and 2008 Allsvenskan ...

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Darl Douglas Darl Douglas (born 5 October 1979) is a Surinamese former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career After coming through the Ajax' youth system, Douglas played professionally for RBC, Haarlem, Heracles and FC Utrecht, before ...

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Saidi Ntibazonkiza Saidi Ntibazonkiza (born 1 May 1987) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tanzanian Premier League club Simba and the Burundi national team. Career Club Ntibazonkiza started to play football at Vital'O. As an asylu ...

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Danko Lazović Danko Lazović ( sr-Cyrl, Данко Лазовић, ; born 17 May 1983) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a forward or winger. He represented the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Partizan Lazović st ...

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Boldizsár Bodor Boldizsár Bodor (; born 27 April 1982 in Pécs) is a Hungarian football (soccer) player, who is currently playing for K.F.C. Antonia. His former clubs include OFI Crete, Roda JC, Beerschot AC and NAC Breda. From 2000 to 2004, he played for ...

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Kenneth Perez Kenneth Pérez Dahl Jensen (born 29 August 1974) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Perez scored two goals in 24 matches for the Denmark national team from 2003 to 2008, and he was chosen to compete at the 2004 ...

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) * Héctor Moreno ( AZ) * Christophe Grégoire ( Willem II) ;4 goals *

Danny Buijs Danny Buijs (born 21 June 1982) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player and current manager. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Belgian First Division A side K.V. Mechelen. Early life Buijs was born ...

( ADO) * Bogdan Milić ( ADO) *

Karim Soltani Karim Soltani ( ar, كريم سلطاني ; born 29 August 1984) is an Algerian footballer. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also play as a striker. Career Born in Brest, France, Soltani began his career at age 11 in a small club in th ...

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Darío Cvitanich Darío Cvitanich ( hr, Dario Cvitanić; born 16 May 1984) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Banfield Cvitanich started his career in Club Atlético Banfield's youth and made his debut for the club ...

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) * Mousa Dembélé ( AZ) *

Andwélé Slory Andwélé Cedric Slory (born 27 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played as a right winger. After his professional debut for Stormvogels Telstar at the age of 18, Slory promoted to the Eredivisie with his next club ...

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Ron Vlaar Ron Peter Vlaar (born 16 February 1985) is a Dutch former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back. Vlaar came up through AZ Alkmaar, AZ's youth ranks. After making his professiona ...

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Georginio Wijnaldum Georginio Gregion Emile Wijnaldum (formerly Boateng; born 11 November 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and the Netherlands national team. A ...

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Roy Beerens Roy Johannes Henricus Beerens (; born 22 December 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Known for his quick dribbling and fast sprints, Beerens emerged as a talent from the PSV youth academy, but made h ...

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Hernán Losada Hernán Pablo Losada (born 9 May 1982) is an Argentine football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He currently serves as the head coach of CF Montréal in Major League Soccer. As a player, Losada was known for his ...

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Leonardo Santiago Leonardo Vitor Santiago (born 9 March 1983), commonly known as Leonardo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a winger or playmaker. Leonardo is a former U-20 Brazilian international. Career Nova Safra Leonardo start ...

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Ramon Zomer Ramon Zomer (, born 13 April 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Zomer played for Twente, NEC, SC Heerenveen, Heracles Almelo and the Netherlands national under-21 football team. Career Zomer is a produc ...

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Ibrahim Afellay Ibrahim Afellay (born 2 April 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He played youth football at Elinkwijk before joining the PSV Eindhoven youth academy at age 10. After debuting in 20 ...

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Fred Benson Fredua Buadee Benson Erchiah (born 10 April 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. He most recently played for RKC Waalwijk. Club career In January 2005 Benson was promoted to the Eredivisie team from Vitesse Arnhem. In tw ...

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Benjamin De Ceulaer Benjamin De Ceulaer (born 19 December 1983) is a Belgian former footballer. He had to retire in November 2018 because of injuries. Career On 20 January 2007, De Ceulaer played his first Eredivisie match with RKC Waalwijk against FC Twente. In t ...

( RKC) * Morten Skoubo (

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Ruud Boymans Ruud Boymans (born 28 April 1989) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played for Fortuna Sittard, VVV-Venlo, AZ, Willem II, FC Utrecht, Al Shabab and Almere City FC. Club career Ruud Boymans was born in Born, Netherlands. He made h ...

( VVV) * Stefan Nijland ( Willem II) * Sergio Zijler ( Willem II) ;3 goals *

Ricky van den Bergh Richard van den Bergh () (born 17 November 1980 in The Hague) is a Dutch former footballer. Club career He previously played for Sparta Rotterdam (2002–2006), for whom he scored 54 goals in four seasons as well as RKC Waalwijk and Heracles Alme ...

( ADO) * Ismaïl Aissati (

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Jan Vertonghen Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen (born 24 April 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left-back. Vertonghen began his senior car ...

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Rasmus Elm Rasmus Christoffer Elm (born 17 March 1988) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach of Kalmar FF. During his career, he played for Kalmar FF in Sweden, for AZ in the Netherland ...

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André Bahia André Luiz Bahia dos Santos Viana (born 24 November 1983) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a defender. Early life André Bahia was born and raised in the Tijuca area of Rio de Janeiro. He has four brothers from his father's side ...

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Jonathan de Guzmán Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (born 13 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam. Born in Canada, he represented the Netherlands internationally. De Guzmán is Canadian-born, but made himself a ...

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Oluwafemi Ajilore Ebenezer Oluwafemi Ajilore (born 18 January 1985), also known as Femi, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Michel Breuer Michel Breuer (, born 25 May 1980 in Gouda) is a retired Dutch footballer who, during his career, played in his home country for Excelsior, SC Heerenveen, NEC Nijmegen and Sparta Rotterdam. His father, Martin Breuer, played professionally for ...

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Samuel Armenteros Kristiano Samuel Armenteros Nunez Mendoza (born 27 May 1990), known as Samuel Armenteros, is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood. Club career Born in Masthugget, Gothenburg, Sweden, to a Cuban fath ...

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Erton Fejzullahu Erton Fejzullahu (born 9 April 1988) is a professional former association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He previously represented Sweden at Sweden national youth football team, youth and Sweden nati ...

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John Goossens John Goossens (born 25 July 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who mainly played as a defensive midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several positions in midfield, and even as a left winger. Since his retirement from fo ...

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Nordin Amrabat Noureddine "Nordin" Amrabat ( ar, نورالدين أمرابط, ber, ⵏⵓⵓⵔⴷⴷⵉⵏ ⴰⵎⵔⴰⴱⴰⵜ; born 31 March 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club AEK Athens. Amrabat played ...

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Jonathan Reis Jonathan Jackson de Lima Reis (born 6 June 1989) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career PSV Born in Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Reis started out at Atlético Mineiro's Academy. In October 2006, ...

( PSV) * Fouad Idabdelhay ( RKC) *

Anouar Hadouir Anouar Hadouir (born 14 September 1982) is a Dutch former footballer who plays for SV CHC Den Bosch. Career Hadouir was born in 's-Hertogenbosch and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Willem II squad in the 2002–03 s ...

(

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Ruben Schaken Ruben Schaken (; born 3 April 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He has represented the Netherlands national team on seven occasions between 2012 and 2013, scoring two goals in the process. Career Ear ...

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Timothy Derijck Timothy Derijck (born 25 May 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian First Division A club Zulte Waregem. Club career Early career Derijck is a product of the Anderlecht youth academy, but left the Br ...

( ADO) * Csaba Horváth ( ADO) * Kees Luijckx ( ADO) *

Toby Alderweireld Toby Albertine Maurits Alderweireld (; born 2 March 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Belgian Pro League club Royal Antwerp. Alderweireld began his professional career at Dutch club Ajax, whe ...

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Miralem Sulejmani Miralem Sulejmani ( sr-Cyrl, Миралем Сулејмани, ; born 5 December 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger. When he signed for Ajax in 2008, he became the most expensive football player to have ever been ...

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Graziano Pellè Graziano Pellè (; born 15 July 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Pellè began his career at local Serie A club Lecce, and was loaned to three lower-division sides before moving to the Dutch club AZ in 2007. ...

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Luigi Bruins Luigi Bruins (born 9 March 1987) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for VV Smitshoek. After being declined by Feyenoord at the age of six, the Rotterdam ...

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Leroy Fer Leroy Johan Fer (born 5 January 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Alanyaspor. He also represented the Netherlands, making 11 appearances between 2010 and 2014. Fer has various ...

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Denny Landzaat Denny Domingues Landzaat (born 6 May 1976) is a Dutch former footballer who mostly played as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder and current assistant manager of Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań. Early life Landzaat was born and raised i ...

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Leandro Bacuna Leandro Jones Johan Bacuna (born 21 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right-back for Watford. Bacuna was capped 20 times at youth levels for the Netherlands and also represented the Netherlands Antilles at you ...

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Danny Holla Danny Holla (born 31 December 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Premier League. Club career Early career Born in Almere, Flevoland, Holla started his career at FC Groni ...

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Morten Nordstrand Morten Nordstrand Nielsen (; born 8 June 1983) is a Danish former professional association football, footballer, who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He is currently the assistant coach of F.C. Copenhagen Reserves and Youth T ...

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Birger Maertens Birger Maertens (born 28 June 1980) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He obtained two caps for the Belgium national team. Club career Club Brugge Born in Bruges, Maertens joined Club Brugge KV in 1994. ...

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Sebastiaan Steur Sebastiaan Steur (born 8 March 1984, in Naarden) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a striker. He formerly played for FC Volendam, SC Heerenveen, SBV Excelsior, Heracles Almelo and Spakenburg Spakenburg is a Dutch village north of ...

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Donny Gorter Donny Gorter (born 15 June 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back for amateur side RKSV Halsteren. He formerly played for NAC Breda, AZ, AaB, Viborg FF and ADO Den Haag. He is the son of former footballer Edwin ...

( NAC) * Patrick Zwaanswijk ( NAC) *

Youssef El Akchaoui Youssef El Akchaoui ( ar, يوسف العكشاوي; born 18 February 1981) is a Moroccan former professional footballer. He played as a left back. Club career Having grown as a player at Excelsior, he joined ADO Den Haag in 2003 on a free tra ...

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Bram Nuytinck Bram Nuytinck (born 4 May 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Sampdoria. Club career Early career Born in Heumen, Gelderland, Nuytinck started playing football as an 8-year old for amateur club Julian ...

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Patrick Pothuizen Patrick Pothuizen (born 15 May 1972) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is the head coach of Eerste Klasse club Achilles '29. Career Pothuizen was a defender who was born in Culemborg and made his debut in professional football, b ...

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Arkadiusz Radomski Arkadiusz "Arek" Radomski (born 27 June 1977) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a holding midfielder. He last played for Cracovia. Career Radomski started his career in Mieszko Gniezno in 1993. He played only two matches i ...

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Orlando Engelaar Orlando Wensley Engelaar () (born 24 August 1979, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch retired footballer. Engelaar usually played as a midfielder, and is well known for his height. At 1.96 m tall, he is a towering presence on the pitch. His greatest qu ...

( PSV) *

Zakaria Labyad Zakaria Labyad ( Riffian-Berber: ⵣⴰⵎⴰⵔⵉⵢⴰ ⵍⴱⵢⴰⴷ; born 9 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in the Netherlands, he represented that nation at under-17 level before switch ...

( PSV) * Stanislav Manolev ( PSV) * Davy De Fauw (

) * Marcel de Jong (

) * Pa Modou Kah (

) * Jan-Paul Saeijs (

) * Edouard Duplan (

) *

Joshua John Joshua John (born 1 October 1988) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in the Netherlands, John represents Aruba internationally. Club career Sparta Rotterdam Joshua John came through the youth departments of SV Koedijk, Ajax, RKC Waal ...

(

) *

Kevin Strootman Kevin Johannes Willem Strootman (born 13 February 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Genoa, on loan from French club Marseille. Club career Sparta Rotterdam Born in Ridderkerk, Strootman began h ...

(

) *

Douglas Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals *Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking *Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...

(

) *

Luuk de Jong Luuk de Jong (; born 27 August 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands national team. De Jong previously played for DZC '68, De Graafschap, Twente, Borussia Mönc ...

(

) *

Nicky Kuiper Nicky Kuiper (; born 7 June 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for SV TEC. He formerly played for Vitesse, FC Twente, Panathinaikos and Willem II. Career Vitesse Kuiper was originally a midfielder but can play i ...

(

) *

Sander Keller Sander Keller (born 18 September 1979) is a Dutch football coach and former footballer. He played as a defender for Utrecht, RBC Roosendaal, Neuchâtel Xamax and Almere City. He is currently an assistant coach at Utrecht. Playing career Born ...

(

) *

Michael Silberbauer Michael Silberbauer (born 7 July 1981) is a Danish football manager and former professional player. He is currently the manager of FC Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie. Silberbauer played more than a 100 games for each Danish club Aalborg BK and ...

(

) *

Jan Wuytens Jan Wuytens (; born 9 June 1985) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Career Wuytens is a defender who was born in Hasselt and began his career with PSV Eindhoven in 1997. He left after seven years and joined ...

(

) * Alexander Büttner (

) *

Serginho Greene Serginho Greene (; born 24 June 1982) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played for FC Lienden. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Cyprus, India, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Early life Greene's life was all about football since he wa ...

(

) *

Sinan Kaloğlu Sinan Kaloğlu (born 10 June 1981) is a Turkish football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. International career Kaloğlu made his first appearance Turkey national team on 12 April 2006 against Azerbaijan in Tofik ...

(

) * Wiljan Pluim (

) *

Paul Verhaegh Paul Johannes Gerardus Verhaegh (born 1 September 1983) is a former Dutch professional footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Verhaegh began his career at PSV Eindhoven, making 33 league appearances while on loan at AGOVV Apeldoorn. ...

(

) * Ken Leemans ( VVV) * Ferry de Regt ( VVV) *

Bart Biemans Bart Biemans (born 14 March 1988) is a Belgian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back for FC Wezel Sport. Career Playing for K.VV. Hamontlo (2923), K.F.C. Lommel S. ...

( Willem II) * Gerson Sheotahul ( Willem II) * Arjan Swinkels ( Willem II) ;1 goal * Santy Hulst ( ADO) *

Lex Immers Lex Immers (born 8 June 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward for Scheveningen. Club career Early career Born in The Hague, Immers played for several local clubs in his youth, including amateurs LENS ...

( ADO) * Christian Kum ( ADO) *

Andres Oper Andres Oper (born 7 November 1977) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant manager of Estonia national team. Oper played as a forward for Lelle, Flora, Tervis Pärnu, AaB, Torpedo Moscow, Rod ...

( ADO) * Charlton Vicento ( ADO) *

Eyong Enoh Eyong Tarkang Enoh (born 23 March 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Olympiakos Nicosia in the Cypriot First Division and for the Cameroon national team. During the span of his career, En ...

(

) *

Rasmus Lindgren Rasmus Lindgren (born 29 November 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. He started off his footballing career at Landskrona BoIS, but spent most of his career in the Netherlands, representin ...

(

) *

Jonathas Jonathas is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jonathas de Jesus (born 1989), Brazilian footballer *Jonathas Granville (1785–1839), Haitian educator, legal expert, soldier, and diplomat ;Other *''David et Jonathas'', French ope ...

( AZ) *

Niklas Moisander Niklas Moisander (born 29 September 1985) is a Finnish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swedish club Malmö FF. Moisander was born in Turku, where he played for the local Turun Palloseura, TPS youth te ...

( AZ) *

Sébastien Pocognoli Sébastien Pocognoli (born 1 August 1987) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a left-back. He is the head coach of the Under-21 squad of Union SG. Between 2008 and 2014, he made 13 appearances for the Belgium national ...

( AZ) *

Simon Poulsen Simon Busk Poulsen (born 7 October 1984) is a Danish retired professional association football, footballer who played as a left-back. He has played 31 games for the Denmark national football team, Denmark national team. Following his retirement ...

( AZ) *

David Mendes da Silva David Miquel Mendes da Silva Gonçalves (; born 4 August 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer of Cape-Verdian ancestry. During his career, he played for Red Bull Salzburg, AZ, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax, Panathinaikos and NAC Breda. ...

( AZ) *

Pontus Wernbloom Pontus Anders Mikael Wernbloom (; born 25 June 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Beginning his professional career with IFK Göteborg in 2005, he went on to represent AZ, CSKA Moscow, and PAOK before ...

( AZ) *

Stefan Babović Stefan Babović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Бабовић; born 7 January 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a deep-lying playmaker. He is the current chief operations officer (COO) of Victoria Group. During h ...

(

) *

Diego Biseswar Diego Marvin Biseswar (born 8 March 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Greek Super League club PAOK. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Suriname national team. Early life He was born in Amsterdam to Sur ...

(

) *

Kevin Hofland Kevin Hofland (born 7 June 1979) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, and was last the head coach of Eerste Divisie club Willem II. A centre back during his career, Hofland played 15 active seasons in which he amassed Ere ...

(

) *

Stefan de Vrij Stefan de Vrij (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Inter Milan and the Netherlands national team. He began his career at his local club VV Spirit, and debuted as a professional for Fe ...

(

) * Oussama Assaidi (

) *

Filip Đuričić Filip Đuričić ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Ђуричић; born 30 January 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Serbia national team. Club career Early ...

(

) *

Samir Fazli Samir Fazli ( mk, Самир Фазли; born 22 April 1991) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turan in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Early life Born in Skopje, Fazli lived in Canada for some time, attending ...

(

) *

Christian Grindheim Christian Grindheim (born 17 July 1983) is a Norwegian retired professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Eliteserien club FK Haugesund. Grindheim is known as a hardworking midfielder with tough tackling and powerful shots. He ...

(

) *

Goran Popov Goran Popov ( mk, Горан Попов; born 2 October 1984) is a retired Macedonian footballer, who played as a defender. Popov started his career with local side Belasica and moved to Greece with Proodeftiki and AEK Athens. He signed for R ...

(

) * Mika Väyrynen (

) * Paweł Wojciechowski (

) *

Mark-Jan Fledderus Mark-Jan Fledderus (; born 14 December 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current football executive, who worked as technical director of FC Groningen. Under his supervision, FC Groningen was relegated to the Keukenkampioen Divi ...

(

) * Antoine van der Linden (

) *

Mark Looms Mark Looms (, born 24 March 1981) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left back. Looms made his debut in professional football in the 2000–01 season, when he played for Heracles Almelo. After having played twelve years ...

(

) *

Ellery Cairo Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Cairo played his first seasons of senior football for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Twente, SC Freiburg and Hertha BSC, before moving to E ...

( NAC) *

Kurt Elshot Kurt Elshot (born 3 July 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He usually played as a defender in a right back position. He has formerly played for FC Groningen and NAC Breda. Club career Youth Elshot was born in Paramaribo, Surina ...

( NAC) * Csaba Feher ( NAC) *

Robbert Schilder Robbert Schilder (born 18 April 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for AFC in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. Club career Ajax Born in Amstelveen, Schilder started playing for local club NFC at age 6, before movin ...

( NAC) *

Ferne Snoyl Ferne Dean Snoyl (born 8 March 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Club career Snoyl started his professional career with Feyenoord, where he was considered a talented player but with disciplinary issues. ...

( NAC) *

Lorenzo Davids Lorenzo Davids (born 4 September 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for ninth-tier Vierde Klasse side SV Nijmegen. Club career Feyenoord Lorenzo Davids started playing football at a young age and joined various youth teams, w ...

(

) *

Bas Sibum Bas Sibum (born 26 December 1982) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Roda JC. Playing career A defensive midfielder during his playing days, he made his professional debut as part of Emme ...

(

) *

Rick ten Voorde Rick ten Voorde (born 20 June 1991) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a forward. Career Emmen Ten Voorde was born in Emmen. In his first half-season as 17-year-old striker in the Dutch Jupiler League he scored 9 goals in 18 mat ...

(

) * Francisco Rodríguez ( PSV) *

Jagoš Vuković Jagoš Vuković (, ; born 10 June 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender. Vuković earned eight caps for Serbia from 2009 to 2017. Club career Born in Bačko Dobro Polje, a municipality of Titov Vrbas, Vuković star ...

( PSV) *

Kemy Agustien Germaine Hesus "Kemy" Agustien (born 20 August 1986) is a Curaçaoan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Matlock Town. He previously played for Willem II, AZ Alkmaar, Roda JC and RKC Waalwijk, for Birmingham City, Crys ...

( RKC) *

Ruud Berger Rudy Johan "Ruud" Berger (born February 18, 1980, in Utrecht) is a retired football midfielder from the Netherlands. Club career Berger came through the FC Utrecht youth system before making his senior debut in the 1998–99 season. He was loane ...

( RKC) *

Dustley Mulder Dustley Roman Mulder (born 27 January 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a right back. Born in the Netherlands, he represented the Curaçao national team at international level. He works as a youth coach with NAC Breda. Cl ...

( RKC) *

Hans Mulder Hans Jorge Mulder (born 27 April 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. Born to a Spanish mother and a Dutch father, Mulder has had a journeyman career and played for clubs in his native Netherlands ...

( RKC) * Arnaud Sutchuin (

) *

Ruud Vormer Ruud Vormer (born 11 May 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian First Division A side Zulte Waregem, on loan from Club Brugge. Club career Early career Vormer started his professional career w ...

(

) * Ayodele Adeleye (

) * Darko Bodul (

) *

Sander van Gessel Sander Branko van Gessel (born November 4, 1976 in Leidschendam, South Holland) is a Dutch footballer. Career He started his professional career in the 1995–1996 season playing for FC Groningen. He later served SC Heerenveen, NAC Breda and ...

(

) *

Milano Koenders Milano Koenders (; born 31 July 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a right-back for Tweede Klasse club DWS. Koenders also runs his own football school. Club career Koenders is a defender who was born in Amsterdam. He ...

(

) *

Wout Brama Wout Brama () (born 21 August 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the FC Twente in the Eredivisie. Club career Twente Born in Almelo, Brama began his youth team at PH Almelo before moving to FC Twen ...

(

) *

Theo Janssen Theo Janssen (born 27 July 1981) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a midfielder for various clubs in the Netherlands, including Vitesse Arnhem, Twente and Ajax, as well as on loan for Belgian club Genk. He spent 10 years with Vitesse ...

(

) *

Ronnie Stam Ronnie Theodorous Stam (born 18 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who mostly played as a right back. Club career Early career After starting his footballing career with amateur side PCP, the eight-year-old Stam joined hometown ...

(

) *

Dwight Tiendalli Dwight Marciano Tiendalli (; born 21 October 1985) is a Surinamese-born Dutch former professional footballer. He generally played as a full-back. Tiendalli is a former Dutch under-21 international, and was part of the FC Twente team that won ...

(

) *

Cheick Tioté Cheick Ismaël Tioté (; 21 June 1986 – 5 June 2017) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. After playing youth football for FC Bibo in his hometown of Yamoussoukro, he made his professional debut in 200 ...

(

) *

Peter Wisgerhof Peter Wisgerhof (; born 19 November 1979) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Vitesse, NEC and Twente. Career Club Wisgerhof made his debut in professional football, being part of the Vitesse squad in th ...

(

) * Nana Asare (

) * Tim Cornelisse (

) * Erixon Danso (

) * Francis Dickoh (

) * Gregoor van Dijk (

) * Gianluca Nijholt (

) *

Alje Schut Alje Schut (born 18 February 1981) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender for FC Utrecht, Mamelodi Sundowns and Kozakken Boys. Career Born in Utrecht, Schut began his career with hometown club FC Utrecht, making h ...

(

) *

Kevin Vandenbergh Kevin Vandenbergh (; born 16 May 1983) is a Belgian former professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ramsel in the Belgian Provincial Leagues. His father, Erwin Vandenbergh, was one of the most prolific strikers in the 1980s for Belg ...

(

) *

Nicky Hofs Nicky Hofs (born 17 May 1983) is a Dutch former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his professional career with SBV Vitesse, Vitesse. After retiring, he began working as a youth and assistan ...

(

) *

Civard Sprockel Civard Sprockel (born 10 May 1983) is a Dutch footballer who plays for RKHVV. Career He formerly played for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Vitesse Arnhem, Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta and Bulgarian CSKA Sofia and was a member of the Dutch team at the 20 ...

(

) *

Kevin Van Dessel Kevin van Dessel (born 9 April 1979 in Kapellen, Belgium, Kapellen) is a Belgium, Belgian former footballer who last played for RKVV EVV, EVV in the Dutch Topklasse. Prior to that he served Germinal Ekeren, NAC Breda, Genoa C.F.C., Roda JC, Sint ...

( VVV) *

Frank van Kouwen Frank van Kouwen (born 2 July 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Willem II, Roda JC, VVV-Venlo, FC Eindhoven, De Graafschap and De Treffers. Career Van Kouwen was born in W ...

( VVV) *

Patrick Paauwe Patrick Paauwe (born 27 December 1975) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Paauwe played as a defender in the past but for Feyenoord Rotterdam as a defensive midfielder role. Other teams he served ...

( VVV) * Michael Timisela ( VVV) * Michael Uchebo ( VVV) * Alex Nkume ( VVV) *

Jan-Arie van der Heijden Jan-Arie van der Heijden (born 3 March 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back, most recently for Eredivisie club Willem II. Club career Ajax Born in Leiden, Van der Heijden made his debut for Ajax in a league match ...

( Willem II) * Marlon Pereira ( Willem II) ;Own goals * Scored for ADO (5):

Giovanni van Bronckhorst Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst (born 5 February 1975) is a Dutch football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Formerly a midfielder, he moved to left-back later in his career. ...

(

); Gibril Sankoh (

); Antoine van der Linden (

);

(

);

(

) * Scored for

(2):

( RKC);

(

) * Scored for AZ (4): Martin Lejsal (

); Pa Modou Kah (

);

(

– 2 goals) * Scored for

(3):

( AZ); Toni Varela ( RKC);

( VVV) * Scored for NAC (1): Niels Wellenberg (

) * Scored for

(1): Christiaan Kum ( ADO) * Scored for RKC (2): Marko Pantelić (

); Calvin Jong-a-Pin (

) * Scored for

(2): Jurgen Colin ( RKC); Frank van der Struijk (

) * Scored for

(1):

( RKC) * Scored for VVV (1):

(

) * Scored for Willem II (1): Ayodele Adeleye (

)

Play-offs

European competition

The teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the

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of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.

Semi-finals

Final

Relegation

The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from

, participate in a play-off for two spots in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Willem II and Excelsior will play in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

References

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