Bart Schenkeveld (; born 28 August 1991) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

, for which he is captain. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Australia and Greece.

Early life

Schenkeveld was born and raised in

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, a village between the cities

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and

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in the Netherlands.

Club career

Youth career

At the age of five, Schenkeveld started his youth career at the local amateur club SV Den Hoorn. After one season, Schenkeveld joined the Feyenoord youth academy as

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, but got quickly turned into a defender. Schenkeveld successfully went through the complete academy, but had a major injury setback at the age of 15. The youngster partially tore his

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, which caused him to be out for five months. When he was about to make his comeback, he tore his cruciate ligament completely. In total, Schenkeveld had to recover for almost two years. On 29 November 2008, Schenkeveld was able to make his comeback for Feyenoord U19 in the youth match against Sparta Rotterdam U19 (2–1). Feyenoord youth coach

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was impressed by Schenkeveld's comeback: "If you work this hard for one-and-a-half years and you come back like this, it's unbelievable. I was standing at the sideline with goosebumps."

Feyenoord (2009–2012)

On 29 November 2009, exactly one year after his comeback, Schenkeveld made his official debut for Feyenoord's first team in the

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away match against

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(0–2). Due to

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's suspension, Schenkeveld played on the

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position, as

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switched to

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. On 7 January 2010, Schenkeveld signed his first professional contract with the

club. It was confirmed that he will stay in

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until summer 2012, with an option for another season. On 23 December 2011, Schenkeveld joined another Rotterdam based team

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on a loan deal.

Heracles Almelo and PEC Zwolle (2012–2017)

Between 2012 and 2017, Schenkeveld played for

clubs

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and

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Melbourne City

In August 2017,

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club Melbourne City announced it had signed Schenkeveld on a 2-year deal. On 22 January 2019, Schenkeveld scored his first goal for the club in a stoppage time winner against the

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. He departed Melbourne City in July 2019.

Panathinaikos

On 28 August 2019,

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club

announced it had signed Schenkeveld on a two-year deal. Schenkeveld as soon as he found his feet in the 2019–20 season. He is regarded as the player of the season and is a kind of player the club have lacked for years. On 13 November 2020, Schenkeveld signed a contract extension, until the summer of 2023. On 18 May 2021, Bart Senkefeld underwent surgery to restore instability in his ankle and was out of action for 6 months. After his injury he played two games with

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. After his return ro the first team he became again a starter defender and he slotted in seamlessly, forging a strong pairing in the heart of defence with Fran Vélez. They were a major reason why the Greens went six straight league games at Superleague play offs without conceding a single goal. On 11 May 2022 he scored a goal at the

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against

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

an Panathinaikos take a very important away win which helped him to return on European competition after five years. On 16 December 2022, Schenkeveld signed a new contract, running until the summer of 2025.

International career

Youth teams

Schenkeveld made his international youth debut on 6 December 2005. Schenkeveld was the captain of the youngest Dutch representative team, the Netherlands U15, in the friendly home match against Ireland U15 (3–1). The youngster continued his international career in the Netherlands U16, but was forced to skip the U17 and U18 representative teams due to his major injury.

Netherlands U19

After his comeback, Schenkeveld restarted his international career on 20 August 2009, as he got selected for the Netherlands U19 by youth coach Wim van Zwam for the first time.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Panathinaikos *

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: 2021–22

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schenkeveld, Bart 1991 births Living people People from Midden-Delfland Men's association football central defenders Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Eredivisie players A-League Men players Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players Heracles Almelo players PEC Zwolle players Melbourne City FC players Panathinaikos F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. B players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Footballers from South Holland