Dave de Meij (born 3 July 2001) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

Blauw Geel '38 Blauw Geel '38 is a football club from Veghel, Netherlands. Blauw Geel '38 plays in the Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, ...

Career

Born in

Helmond Helmond (; called ''Héllemond'' in the local dialect) is a city and municipality in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant in the Southern Netherlands. Helmond is home to several textile and metal companies. The Vlisco fa ...

, De Meij played youth football for VV Bruheze,

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...

and VV Gemert, before returning to the Eindhoven academy. He made his professional debut for the club on 13 December 2019 as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw in the

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 ...

against

Jong FC Utrecht Jong FC Utrecht (U23) is a Dutch football team, based in Utrecht. It is the reserve team of FC Utrecht and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie season. Current squad On loan Staff ...

. On 12 June 2022, de Meij signed with fourth-tier

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meij, Dave de Living people 2001 births Footballers from Helmond Dutch men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Helmond Sport players FC Eindhoven players Blauw Geel '38 players Eerste Divisie players