Danny Guijt (born 7 February 1981) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Guijt made his debut in professional football in the 2000–01 Eerste Divisie season for

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 ...

. After four seasons, playing as a regular for TOP, he decides to play for

RBC Roosendaal RBC, commonly known under its previous official name RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse after a bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in tenth tier Vijfde Kl ...

who play in the

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. His second season for RBC proves to be a failure, with Guijt only playing three matches because of an injury. RBC were also relegated, meaning that Guijt would play in the second division again. Following a series of good performances from Guijt in the 2006–07 season, various Eredivisie clubs showed their interest in him. In 2008, he chose to sign with

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

, another club from the Dutch second division. He signed a contract, keeping him in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

until mid-2011. He signed a two-year contract with Willem II in June 2011, who signed him from Cambuur on a free transfer. Between 2013 and 2016, he played for the first team of

VV Katwijk Voetbal Vereniging Katwijk is a Dutch football team founded in 1939, based in Katwijk, currently competing in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. History Katwijk have become Dutch amateur champions, by winning the overall Topklasse title in 2012–13. A ...

before retiring from football. Guijt has worked as a paint wholesaler.

References

External links

Official Danny Guijt profile
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Cambuur.nl
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Danny Guijt
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guijt, Danny 1981 births Living people Dutch men's footballers TOP Oss players RBC Roosendaal players SC Cambuur players Willem II (football club) players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Footballers from Leiden VV Katwijk players Men's association football midfielders