André Krul (born 8 May 1987) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for Glacis United. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Japan, and Australia.

Club career

Youth

Born in

Grootschermer Grootschermer is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. Since January 1, 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Alkmaar, and lies about 12 km southeast of the city centre of Alkmaar. The village was first mentioned in th ...

, Krul started his career playing in

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

AFC '34 AFC '34 is a football club from Alkmaar, Netherlands. AFC'34 is competes in the 2017-2018 Sunday Eerste Klasse A League (6th tier). The club won the 1997 KNVB District Cup in the West 1 District. Famous players {, , valign=top , * Mohammed ...

and

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

's youth teams.

Utrecht and loans

Krul signed a professional contract with FC Utrecht in 2008, but made no appearance all the season. Krul was loaned to

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 ...

club SC Telstar for the 2009–10 season. He debuted in the 2–2 draw against

SBV Excelsior Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. The club was found ...

. He made a total of 19 appearances in the season. Krul returned to FC Utrecht in 2010. He was called in July 2010 for two

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matches, against Albanian club

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 ...

, but he remained on the bench. In August 2010, he was loaned to

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

, where he made a total of 21 appearances. For the 2011–12 season, Krul was loaned to Eerste Divisie club

AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV () is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's male first squad plays in 2022–23 in the Tweede ...

Abroad in Malta, Colombia and Belgium

After a season with the club, Krul was sold to Maltese club Valletta F.C., where he made four appearances in the

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, two matches against the Andorran club

FC Lusitanos FC Lusitanos, also known as Lusitans, was an Andorran football club from Andorra la Vella which was founded in 1999 and currently play in Segona Divisió. Lusitanos won their first Primera Divisió title in 2011–12 and its second national c ...

and the Serbian club

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. With only a month in the club, Krul was sold to Colombian club

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. Krul debuted on 27 September 2012 in the 0–1 win against

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

. He remained at the club until January 2014 when he was sold to

Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad. D ...

. On 11 February 2014, AFC '34 announced André Krul as the new goalkeeper coach, after Bob Beentjes left the team. Having left Deportivo Pasto on 28 February, Krul accepted an offer from

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

in March despite offers from Puerto Rican club Bayamón FC and Spanish club

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. After signing with Groningen he stepped down as goalkeeper coach at AFC '34 with Beentjes returning in June. Krul accepted a new offer of Bayamón in June 2014.

Return to the Netherlands

On 13 March 2021, he agreed to join

Katwijk Katwijk (), also spelled Katwyk, is a coastal municipality and town in the province of South Holland, which is situated in the mid-western part of the Netherlands. The Oude Rijn ("Old Rhine") river flows through the town and into the North Se ...

in the third-tier

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

for the 2021–22 season.

Career statistics

References

External links

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