Robbert Olijfveld (born 15 August 1994) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Youth

Born in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

, Olijfveld started playing football at age five for SV Bolnes, and would continue his youth career at various clubs in the Rotterdam area. In 2010, he joined the

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 ...

academy, where he played alongside Jean-Paul Boëtius,

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and

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before suffering a knee injury. He subsequently moved to the

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

youth academy after being released by Feyenoord.

Sparta Rotterdam

On 15 March 2014, Olijfveld made his professional debut for

in 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 ...

, as a substitute against

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and hosts home matches ...

, a match which ended in a 0–1 loss. A week later he appeared as a starter against

Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse. The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and MV ...

in a 1-1 draw, in which he scored the opening goal in the 61st minute. Olijfveld also started a week later, against

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

, in a match which ended in a 4-0 loss. In parallel, Olijfveld appeared as a starter for the under-21 team of the club, Jong Sparta, in the ''

Beloften Eredivisie The Beloften Eredivisie (; ''"Promised Honor Division"'') was the highest football league in for reserve teams in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). The league was founded in 1992 as ''Reserve Teams Eredivisi ...

'', the league for reserve teams, where he became top goalscorer in his final season at the club.

ASWH

In the summer of 2015, he moved to

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, a ...

, where he helped the club achieve promotion from the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...

to the

, amongst others by scoring the decisive goal in the final game to secure promotion against

VV Noordwijk Voetbalvereniging Noordwijk is a Dutch football club founded in 1933, based in Noordwijk. It currently competes in the Tweede Divisie. History VV Noordwijk was founded on 4 March 1933. 1940s–1960s: Vierde, Derde, and Tweede Klasse During ...

IJsselmeervogels

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Olijfveld joined

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club

IJsselmeervogels IJsselmeervogels () is a Dutch amateur football club. With seven national amateur titles IJsselmeervogels is the most successful amateur club in the Netherlands. The Reds come from Bunschoten Bunschoten () is a municipality and a town in th ...

. He made his debut for the club in a

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

matchup against VV Noordwijk, where he came on as a 79th-minute substitute for Christiaan van Hussen in a 3–2 loss. The following week, on 26 August, Olijfveld made his first appearance in the Tweede Divisie in a 1–0 home win over

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 ...

, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute for

Soufian Moro Soufian Moro (born 21 February 1993) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for DHSC. He formerly played for FC Utrecht, PEC Zwolle and Fortuna Sittard. Career On 2 January 2019, DVS '33 announced that they had signed Moro on loan for the ...

. He finished his first season for IJsselmeervogels with 34 total appearances in which he scored 14 goals, as the club finished 9th in the league table.

Rijnsburgse Boys

In December 2020, it was announced that Olijfveld would join

Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburgse Boys is a football club from Rijnsburg in the Netherlands. The club was established on 24 March 1930. They currently play in the Tweede Divisie. The club won the Saturday Hoofdklasse A title in the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–0 ...

from the start of the 2021–22 season on a one-year contract with an option for an additional season. He made his debut for the club on 21 August 2021 as a substitute for

Dani van der Moot Dani van der Moot (born 7 March 1997) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Rijnsburgse Boys in the Tweede Divisie. Career Born in Zaandam, van der Moot started his youth career with Hellas Sport Combinatie. He then played with FC V ...

in the 70th minute of a 3–0 away win over

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Barendrecht

On 27 January 2022, it was announced that Olijfveld would join

club

ahead of the 2022–23 season. He scored on a penalty on his debut for the club on 20 August 2022, the first matchday of the season, helping his side to a 3–2 home victory against

Excelsior '31 Sportvereniging Excelsior '31, is a football club from Rijssen, Netherlands. It was founded on 31 May 1931. It plays Hoofdklasse since 2014, when it relegated from the Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topkl ...

. In the following game he scored a

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in a span of five minutes against Hoek.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olijfveld, Robbert 1994 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch men's footballers Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Vierde Divisie players Excelsior Rotterdam players Feyenoord players Sparta Rotterdam players ASWH players IJsselmeervogels players Rijnsburgse Boys players BVV Barendrecht players Men's association football forwards