Jordie van der Laan (born 28 October 1993) is a Dutch

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player who plays for

JVC Cuijk JVC Cuijk is a Dutch association football club from Cuijk Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13& ...

Club career

Van der Laan played youth football for

. Between 2002 and 2005, he part of the PSV youth academy. He then returned to JVC Cuijk, where he played with the first team in the

Topklasse 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 ...

Sunday from 2012 to 2015. In 2015, he left for Juliana '31, and via

FC Lienden FC Lienden is a football club from Lienden, Netherlands. The club was established on 1 August 1930. History In 2010s, the club saw a rise through the Dutch football pyramid, under the guidance of former professional player Hans Kraay Jr., wh ...

he returned to JVC Cuijk in 2017. In the summer of 2018, Van der Laan moved to DOVO, but a clause was included in his contract that he could leave if an offer from a professional club would come during this transfer period. This offer came from

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, and thus he left without playing for DOVO. He signed a one-year deal. Van der Laan made his

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 ...

debut for

on 17 August 2018 in a game against

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

, as a starter. In May 2019 Van der Laan was terminated by Telstar after falsely reporting as sick to training so that he could attend the semifinal match of the

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between

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and

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in London. He signed with

Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys ...

for the next season. From January 2020,

put Van der Laan on loan at

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, ...

, a newly promoted team that was struggling at the bottom of the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

league. ASWH remained in the Tweede Divisie as the football season was terminated due to the

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. Van der Laan moved to DOVO 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, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

ahead of the 2020–21 season. He left the club in April 2021, before the season was over, alongside

Shanon Carmelia Shanon David Carmelia (born 20 March 1989) is a Curaçaon footballer who plays for Dutch club USV Hercules as a right-back. Career Born in Boca Samí, Curaçao, in the former Netherlands Antilles, he formerly played for Deportivo Barber, NEC, ...

and Bo van Essen. Surrounded initially by controversy, Statman van der Laan secured a loan move to Team North ahead of a highly anticipated GW39 charity rematch for Street Child United against bitter rivals, The South. Rumours of retirement for Benny Blanco should they lose again, cast an uneasy shadow around the game. Big Jordz showed some nerves with early miscontrol but had the last laugh thanks to a brace either side of half time. Joride was on fire, South's defence was terrified, and The North got revenge in a 3-1 victory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laan, Jordie van der 1993 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers People from Cuijk Men's association football forwards JVC Cuijk players PSV Eindhoven players FC Lienden players SC Telstar players Kozakken Boys players ASWH players VV DOVO players Bentleigh Greens SC players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Juliana '31 players Footballers from North Brabant Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia UDI '19 players