Carel Willem Hendrik Eiting (born 11 February 1998) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location o ...

Club career

Ajax

Eiting is a youth exponent from

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek ...

. He made his professional debut with

Jong Ajax Jong Ajax () (''English: Young Ajax''), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2 is a Dutch association football team, the reserve team of Ajax. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. History Jong Ajax (''formerly more ...

on 12 August 2016 in an

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 ...

game against Almere City playing the full match. On 19 September 2020, Eiting joined

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side

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

on loan for the

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season. He made his Huddersfield debut in an

fixture against

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on 25 September 2020, coming on as a half-time substitute for

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. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw with

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on 7 November 2020.

Genk

On 25 June 2021, it was announced that

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had signed Eiting to a 4-year contract transferring from Ajax for an undisclosed amount, joining the team of

John van den Brom Joseph Anthonius ''John ''van den Brom (born 4 October 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer and the current manager of Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań. As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Istanbulspor. After h ...

. His contract with the club was cancelled on 30 January 2022.

Huddersfield Town

On 31 January 2022, Eiting returned to

on a deal to the end of the 2021–22 season, following the cancellation of his contract at Genk. Huddersfield announced on 1 June 2022 that he had been released.

Volendam

On 4 August 2022, Eiting signed a two-year contract with

Career statistics

Honours

Ajax *

: 2018–19 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2018–19

References

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