Arnold Bruggink (born 24 July 1977) is a Dutch former professional
footballer
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who played as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Born in
Almelo
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Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, ...
,
Overijssel, Bruggink started his professional career at
FC Twente
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, where he became the club's leading goalscorer in the 1995–96 season.
He joined
PSV Eindhoven
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in 1997, winning the Dutch Talent of the Year award in 2000. He also won three league titles and two
Supercups with the club, as well as appearing in the
UEFA Champions League
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.
After six seasons in Eindhoven, he moved to Spanish club
RCD Mallorca in 2003, where he played in the
UEFA Cup
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.
Bruggink moved back to his homeland after just one season joining
SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands.
History
Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...
. He spent two seasons playing for them in the
Eredivisie
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and in two successive UEFA Cup campaigns, before again heading abroad when he joined German side
Hannover 96 in 2006. He left the club after his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2009–10 season.
He rejoined Twente, only to finish his career after one season.
International career
Bruggink played 31 times for the Dutch
U-21 national team, which equals a record with
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 ...
.
He made two appearances for the
Dutch national team in 2000, a
2002 World Cup qualifier against the
Republic of Ireland
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on 2 September and a friendly against
Spain
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, i ...
on 15 November.
Retirement
Bruggink currently works as a
pundit and
color commentator
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for several TV stations in the Netherlands and Germany.
Arnold Bruggink verruilt het veld voor de televisie
- Voetbal International
Honours
PSV
* Eredivisie
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: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03
* Johan Cruyff Shield: 2000
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, 2001
References
External links
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Profile
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1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Almelo
Footballers from Overijssel
Dutch footballers
Netherlands under-21 international footballers
Netherlands international footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Twente players
PSV Eindhoven players
RCD Mallorca players
SC Heerenveen players
Hannover 96 players
Eredivisie players
La Liga players
Bundesliga players
Dutch expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain