Martijn Barto (born 23 August 1984) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for Blauw Wit '34 in 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 ...

Club career

He formerly played professional football for

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 ...

and Helmond Sport. After he had played four years for amateur side Harkemase Boys, he returned in professional football in July 2011, when he signed a two-year deal with

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 ...

. Barto won 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 ...

title with the club in May 2013 and thus returned to the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

after having played there eight years earlier. In May 2016, he suffered relegation with Cambuur from the Eredivisie. In the 2018–19 season he went to play for

ONS Sneek ONS BOSO Sneek is a Dutch football club from Sneek, playing in the Derde Divisie. Club history 20th century: Foundation and move Oranje Nassau Sneek was founded on 4 April 1932 and initially played its matches at the Sportpark Leeuwarderweg. In ...

in the

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, he moved to CVV Blauw Wit '34 in the

Coaching career

As of 1 January 2019, Barto worked as a part-time coach at the youth academy and he is involved in commercial and social affairs within

. Before the 2019–20 season, as a player of CVV Blauw Wit '34, he would also be active as an assistant coach of the first team. Additionally, he joined the Cambuur first-team staff, where he would work part-time as a striker coach in addition to his part-time work in the youth academy and the commercial department.

Honours

Club

Cambuur *

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References

External links

Voetbal International profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barto, Martijn 1984 births Living people People from Spijkenisse Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers RKC Waalwijk players Helmond Sport players SC Cambuur players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players VV Spijkenisse players ONS Sneek players Harkemase Boys players Derde Divisie players Eerste Klasse players Footballers from South Holland