Kay Gerritsen (born 25 April 1997) is a

Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the north ...

er footballer who plays for

FC Lisse FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Tweede Divisie. History The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a ...

of the Dutch

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 ...

, and the Sint Maarten national team.

Club career

Gerritsen began his career at FC VVC in

Nieuw-Vennep Nieuw-Vennep is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It's located near the capital city Amsterdam as well as Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It has a population of 31,415 (2021), and is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, which ran ...

where he stayed for a year and a half before joining

. He played for Lisse through every youth level. He was promoted from the "B" to "A" team for the 2017–18 season. As part of preparation for the season, Gerritsen appeared in a friendly against

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

. He made his league debut for the club on 3 February 2018 in a 3–0 victory over

Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse. The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and MV ...

. After only one season with the first team, it was announced that the player would leave the club at the end of the season in hopes of earning more playing time at another club. In total, he spent over eight years with the club. On 18 March 2019, it was announced that Gerritsen would join DSOV of the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

International career

Gerritsen was first called up to the Sint Maarten national team in March 2019. He qualifies to represent the nation through his Dutch citizenship and spending two years on the island as a child before returning to the Netherlands. He made his first international appearance for the team on 23 March 2019 in a

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match against Saint Martin. He started the match and played the full ninety minutes in the eventual 4–3 victory, providing an assist on one of Sint Maarten's goals.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Sint Maarten's goal tally first.''

International career statistics

References

External links

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