Jasper Waalkens (born 13 February 1989 in

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) is a Dutch

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who plays as a winger for DOVO on loan from

SV Spakenburg SV Spakenburg is a Dutch football club based in Bunschoten. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Tweede Divisie. It shares a football rivalry with IJsselmeervogels that is also from Bunschoten-Spakenburg. History The club was fo ...

in the Dutch

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Career

Waalkens started his career with Avanti'31. At young age he was scouted by both

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

and Willem II. Because of the commuting distance he made the choice for

. A few years later Willem II was interested again to sign him. This time he made the choice for the

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

youth academy. In his first under-19 year he won the prize for the best player in the competition. Although PSV wanted to give him a chance in the reserve squad, Waalkens signed a two-year deal (with option) with Willem II. August 9, 2009 he made his professional debut in the awaymatch against

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

(1–0 loss). In the summer 2017, Waalkens joined

. He was loaned out to DOVO for the 2019–20 season.DOVO neemt Jasper Waalkens over van Spakenburg
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Honours

Club

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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 ...

(1): 2014–15

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waalkens, Jasper 1989 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Willem II (football club) players Helmond Sport players FC Eindhoven players Fortuna Sittard players NEC Nijmegen players Almere City FC players SV Spakenburg players VV DOVO players People from Winterswijk Footballers from Gelderland Men's association football midfielders