Matthew Steenvoorden (born 9 January 1993) is a Dutch professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

Uzbekistan Super League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

club

Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...

. He formerly played for

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 ...

Excelsior Excelsior, a Latin comparative word often translated as "ever upward" or "even higher", may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * ''Excelsior'' (Macedo ...

and

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Croatia.

International career

Steenvoorden played in the youth national team of the Netherlands U19 in 2011-2012.

Club career

On 28 July 2023, he signed a 1.5-year contract with the

club of the

. 'Officially! "Pakhtakor" announced the transfer of the Dutch defender’
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Matthew Steenvoorden
at Soccerway {{DEFAULTSORT:Steenvoorden, Matthew 1993 births Living people People from Leidschendam Men's association football central defenders Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Indonesian descent Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players FC Dordrecht players SC Cambuur players HNK Gorica players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Croatian Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Footballers from South Holland Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Super League players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players