Arjan van Dijk (born 17 January 1987) is a Dutch retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Van Dijk played for local sides Sporting '70 and Elinkwijk and joined the youth team of

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in 2006, making his senior debut in March 2009 against

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

. He moved to RKC in summer 2010 and won the

2010–11 Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie 2010–11 was the 55th season of the Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956. The previous year's winners were De Graafschap, who were replaced by last-placed 2009–10 Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. The league featured ...

title with them. In summer 2015, van Dijk moved into amateur football with

USV Hercules Utrechtse Sportvereniging Hercules (Utrecht Sports Association Hercules), also known as USV Hercules or Hercules Utrecht, is an amateur football club in Utrecht, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_c ...

, only to quit football over a persistent rib injury in January 2016.Herculesdoelman per direct gestopt
- RTV Utrecht

References

Honours

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 ...

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1987 births Living people Footballers from Utrecht (city) Association football goalkeepers Dutch footballers USV Elinkwijk players Excelsior Rotterdam players RKC Waalwijk players Eerste Divisie players USV Hercules players {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub