Maikel Franciscus Wilhelmus Verkoelen (born 18 March 1992) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for RKSV Mierlo-Hout in the Dutch

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Club career

Verkoelen joined PSV at the age of eight, and eleven years later Verkoelen signed a professional contract at the age of 19. He played against

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in the

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qualifying round on 18 August 2011, only make a one-minute appearance after coming on the 90th minute for

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. In September 2011, Verkoelen made his cup debut against

VVSB VVSB (Voetbal Vereniging Sint Bavo) is an amateur association football club from Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie. History The club was founded on October 26, 1931 and has played exclusively at the amateur lev ...

which PSV won 8–0 and Verkoelen set up the sixth goal that was scored by

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. In July 2012, Verkoelen joined

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on a season-long loan. He made his debut for the club against

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, playing the full 90 minutes. Verkoelen scored his first goal for the club on his fifth appearance for

, in the 3–4 home loss against

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...

. After having trained with

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for the first half of the season, Verkoelen signed a deal with German side

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in January 2014. He only stayed until the end of the season. On 4 August 2014, Verkoelen signed a two-year deal with Dutch

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side

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

after a successful trial. In May 2016, it was announced that Verkoelen had signed with

. He moved to

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 ...

in August 2018, but returned to Helmond Sport six months later. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Verkoelen signed with TEC in the third-tier

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. He was, however, released in September 2019, after reacting erroneous when substituted at halftime in a match against

Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys ...

. He then moved to

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in the same month. After the season, Verkoelen joined Mierlo-Hout in the seventh-tier

International career

Verkoelen has been capped at Netherlands U17 and Netherlands U19 level.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verkoelen, Maikel 1992 births Living people Dutch men's footballers PSV Eindhoven players FC Eindhoven players Sportfreunde Siegen players RKC Waalwijk players Helmond Sport players TOP Oss players SV TEC players VV UNA players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Regionalliga players Footballers from Helmond Men's association football central defenders