Jelle van der Heyden (born 31 August 1995) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

club

IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn is an Ålandic football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''). The club is managed by Daniel Norrmén, and it plays its home matches at Wiklö ...

Career

Vendsyssel FF

On the transfer deadline day, 2 September 2019, van der Heyden joined

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club

Vendsyssel FF Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capaci ...

after a trial. Van der Heyden left the club at the end of the 2022-23 season.

IFK Mariehamn

On 18 July 2023, van der Heyden signed a contract with Finnish club

, for the rest of

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season.

References

External links

*
Netherlands profile
at Ons Oranje * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heyden, Jelle van der 1995 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Twente players Vendsyssel FF players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Danish 1st Division players Footballers from Arnhem Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Jong FC Twente players