Justin Mathieu (born 12 April 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Career

Willem II

Born in

Goirle Goirle () is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Part of the suburban area of the city of Tilburg, it shares with it its phone area code and public transport system. The municipality also includes ...

, Mathieu began his football career at amateur club SV Triborgh. In 2003, aged 7, he was signed for the Willem II youth academy. Mathieu was part of the Netherlands U16 squad. In the summer of 2013, Willem II manager Jurgen Streppel selected ten players from the youth academy to be part of the first team in preparation for the new season. At the start of the competition it was announced that, together with two other youth players, Mathieu would be a permanent member of the first team for the rest of the season. On 23 August 2013, at the age of 17, he made his professional debut in a 3–0 home win against

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replacing Bruno Andrade in the 89th minute. On 28 August, it was announced that Mathieu had signed his first professional contract. Willem II signed him for three years. On 14 August 2014, it was announced that Mathieu was sent on loan to

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side

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviatio ...

until the end of the season. There, he played almost all matches that season and contributed to the team winning a "period title". Upon his return to Willem II, Mathieu made his debut in the

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for the club in August 2015. One day before the summer transfer market closed that month, the club sent Mathieu on loan to

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for the remainder of the season, who had suffered relegation to the Eerste Divisie in the previous season. As of 1 January 2016, the club from

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no longer needed him and he returned to

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Cambuur

In July 2017, Mathieu signed a contract until mid-2020 with

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, who had signed him after he had experienced a strong season as part of the FC Oss team in 2016–17, where he had scored 10 goals and made 10 assists. Mathieu experienced a tumultuous time in Cambuur, serving three separate suspensions for the club in one year due to disciplinary issues.

Gorica

In February 2019, he moved to the Croatian club

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where he signed a contract until mid-2022. He left the club at the end of May 2020, to be in the Netherlands for the birth of his son during the

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TOP Oss

In January 2021, Mathieu returned to FC Oss – which had since been renamed

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

– on a six-month amateur deal. It was his third spell with the club.

Noah

In July 2023, Mathieu left

and signed a contract with

club

Honours

Willem II *

: 2013–14

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathieu, Justin 1996 births Living people People from Goirle Dutch people of Indonesian descent Sportspeople of Indonesian descent Men's association football wingers Dutch men's footballers Willem II (football club) players TOP Oss players Go Ahead Eagles players SC Cambuur players HNK Gorica players FC Noah players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Croatian Football League players Armenian Premier League players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Footballers from North Brabant