Jordy Buijs () (born 28 December 1988, in

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) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He can also play as a midfielder. Buijs is a player with a great ability to read the game and who is steady in passing. He joined Feyenoord's youth squad in 1995. He participated with the Netherlands under 17 squad at the 2005 under 17 European Championships, where the Dutch reached the final. Buijs provided the assist for the winning goal in the semi-final against Italy. He also took part with the same team at the Under 17 World Championships in

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where they became third. Dutch under 17 coach

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said Jordy Buijs is a winners type, who is good in one on one clashes, who has a great heading ability and an absolute peach of a free-kick on him.

Career

Feyenoord

In July 2007 Buijs became officially part of Feyenoord's first team managed by

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. He was awarded squad number 23. But, after having no chances on the first team, he was loaned to

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

for a half-year period, on 30 January 2008.

De Graafschap

In his first period at De Graafschap he didn't play that much. In the second half of the 2007/2008 season he only played in 6

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games for De Graafschap. Although he didn't play a lot of games De Graafschap decided to sign Jordy Buijs. In the beginning of the 2008/2009 season Buijs still wasn't a first eleven player. But during the season Buijs became important player. He played on the left back position but also on the midfield. He scored his first goal for De Graafschap in the home game versus

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

. He scored the 3–1. Unfortunately the game ended in a 3–3 draw. He played in 28 games in the Eredivisie in the 2008/2009 season. He also scored a beautiful free kick in the play-off match versus

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...

. Jordy Buijs became a fan favorite and is well known with his rushes down the leftflank and his clever passes.

NAC Breda

In the summer of 2011, Buijs signed a three-year contract with NAC and became an important player for the team. He again played both as a

and a

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. After three seasons, Buijs left as a free agent as he claimed to be ready for a new challenge

SC Heerenveen

Buijs found this new challenge with

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and signed a two-year contract, having denied offers from

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and

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. However, he left them after half a season by mutual consent for

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

. In summer 2016 he moved abroad to play for Romanian side

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Sydney FC

On 13 January 2017, Buijs signed with

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club

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on a 5 month contract, with an option for an extra year. He made his debut for the club in its annual 'Big Blue' Australia Day derby clash against

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helping his team to a 2–1 win at

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. On the 29 April 2017, Buijs scored his first goal for Sydney FC, in a 3–0 win over Perth Glory in the A-League finals series. The goal was the first ever to be reviewed by the

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(VAR). The Dutchman re-signed with Sydney FC for another year on May 15, 2017. On 1 August 2017, Buijs scored his second goal for Sydney FC, in the

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Round of 32 against Darwin Rovers FC in a record 8–0 victory. In the quarter-final, Buijs scored a free-kick against Melbourne City in a 2–0 victory. On 9 May 2018, Jordy Buijs was released by Sydney FC. On 10 July 2018, it was announced that he would join V-Varen Nagasaki on and one and a half year contract.

Honours

Club

De Graafschap *

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 ...

: 2009–10 Sydney FC * A-League Premiership: 2016–2017, 2017–2018 *

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: 2016–2017 *

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Albirex Niigata *

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Individual

* J2 Monthly MVP : August 2022 * J2 League Best XI:

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile

Jordy Buijs Interview
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