Koen Huntelaar (born 8 July 1998) is a Dutch
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
VV DUNO
Voetbalvereniging Door Uithouding Naar Overwinning, known as VV DUNO for short, is an association football club in Doorwerth, Netherlands. It plays at Sportpark De Waayenberg. Anoush Dastgir is current head coach of the club.
History
VV Duno wa ...
. He is the nephew of
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (; born 12 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Huntelaar played for PSV, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan, before joining S ...
.
Club career
Huntelaar made his professional debut in the
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 ...
for
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. ...
on 22 August 2016 in a game against
SC Cambuur
SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...
.
Personal life
He is a nephew of
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (; born 12 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Huntelaar played for PSV, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan, before joining S ...
.
References
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Living people
1998 births
People from Bronckhorst
Association football midfielders
Dutch footballers
De Graafschap players
VV DUNO players
Eerste Divisie players
Derde Divisie players
Footballers from Gelderland
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