Robert van Koesveld (born 24 January 1995) is a Dutch

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

SVV Scheveningen Scheveningse Voetbal Vereniging Scheveningen is an association football club from Scheveningen, a district of The Hague, Netherlands. The club was founded 1 July 1919. It is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of football i ...

in the Dutch

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

Club career

On 16 April 2012, Van Koesveld signed a three-year contract with

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, tying him down to the club until 30 June 2015. He made his professional debut for Jong Ajax in an

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 t ...

match against FC Den Bosch on 29 August 2014. On 2 February 2015, Van Koesveld signed a contract with

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

until the summer of 2017. He was sent on loan to

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 ...

for the 2016-17 season.

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* * 1995 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football defenders AFC Ajax players Jong Ajax players SC Heerenveen players Helmond Sport players SC Cambuur players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Footballers from The Hague SVV Scheveningen players Tweede Divisie players {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub