Peter van Ooijen (born 16 February 1992) 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 ...

who plays as a

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for

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 ...

Career

Born in

Rosmalen Rosmalen () is a town in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. The town is located 6 kilometers east of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) and has been part of that Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality si ...

, Van Ooijen started his career with PSV, having joined the club in 2003 from

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

. He made his professional debut in a 2012–13 UEFA Europa League game against

FK Zeta FK Zeta is a football club from Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. It plays in the Montenegrin Second League. The club was the inaugural champion of the Montenegrin First League in 2006–07 season. History Period 1 ...

and scored two goals in a 9–0 win. On 9 June 2014, Van Ooijen signed a one-year deal with

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

, leaving PSV as a free agent. After the relegation of Go Ahead Eagles, Van Ooijen left on a free transfer and signed a two-year deal with

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

. On 1 August 2020, Van Ooijen joined 3. Liga side

KFC Uerdingen 05 KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s but now plays in the fifth-level Oberliga. History Th ...

on a free transfer from

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 ...

, having agreed a two-year contract. On 23 June 2021, he returned to the Netherlands and signed a one-year contract with Emmen. On 14 July 2022, van Ooijen joined

on a two-year contract.

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* 1992 births Living people People from Rosmalen Association football midfielders Dutch footballers PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players Go Ahead Eagles players Heracles Almelo players VVV-Venlo players KFC Uerdingen 05 players FC Emmen players Helmond Sport players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 3. Liga players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Footballers from North Brabant {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub