Maico Gerritsen (born 21 March 1986 in

Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherland ...

) is a Dutch former professional

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. He spent three seasons with

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

in the Dutch

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Career

A product of VVV's youth system, Gerritsen spent three seasons playing for VVV's senior side, making a total of 19 Eerste Divisie appearances. During the 2007–08 season, he didn't feature for VVV, and was sent on loan to

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associa ...

side

K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel was a Belgian association football club from the city of Geel in Antwerp (province). History The club was born in 1921 as a merger of Flandria and Geel Sport, becoming Flandria Geel Sport, and registered in 1924 to the ...

, then in last place in the division. VVV released Gerritsen after the six-month loan at Geel. He joined Belgian Third Division side Bocholter VV for one season where he rarely featured, and signed with Belgian Fourth Division side Esperanza Neerpelt in January 2009.

References

1986 births Living people Footballers from Venlo Association football midfielders Dutch footballers VVV-Venlo players K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel players {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub