Rence van der Wal (born May 2, 1989, in Ede,

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

) is a Dutch

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, who played as a striker at the first division club

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 ...

from

Deventer Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...

. Van der Wal made his debut for Go Ahead Eagles on January 13, 2006. He once was wanted by many

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 ...

clubs but he decided to stay with Go Ahead Eagles. His decision was based on a talk he had with

Marc Overmars Marc Overmars (; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer and director of football at Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp FC. He was previously director of football at Ajax. During his football career, he played as a wing ...

who also began his career there. Now, he plays for DTS'35 Ede. As of the 2009–2010 season, Rence van der Wal will be playing for Dutch top first division club SC Cambuur.

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1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Ede, Netherlands Footballers from Gelderland Dutch men's footballers Go Ahead Eagles players SC Cambuur players TOP Oss players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football forwards {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub