Sam van Huffel (born 24 June 1998) 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

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Career

ADO Den Haag

Van Huffel started his youth career with

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

. He became a regular for Jong ADO in the second half of the 2017–18 season, starting in central midfield. He finished the season well scoring against

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

and

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 ...

. He carried his good form into the start of the 2018–19 season, continuing to start in midfield alongside Johnny Reynolds. He scored against

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

, forming good partnerships with Kyle Ebecilio and

Chovanie Amatkarijo Chovanie Amatkarijo (born 20 May 1999) is a footballer who plays for GAIS in the Swedish Superettan. Born in the metropolitan Netherlands, he plays for the Sint Maarten national team. Club career The Netherlands Amatkarijo joined ADO Den Haa ...

. He made his final appearance for the club in a 4–2 defeat against

Jong FC Twente Jong FC Twente (English: Young FC Twente) are the reserve team of FC Twente, a team from Enschede which played in the Eerste Divisie from 2013 to 2015. Staff * ''Head coach:'' Michel Jansen * ''Assistant coach:'' Boudewijn Pahlplatz * ''Tea ...

on 29 April 2019.

Poland

After that, he played for

Koninklijke HFC Koninklijke Haarlemsche Football Club (Royal Haarlem Football Club) is a football club based in Haarlem, Netherlands. It is the oldest existing club in Dutch football, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the club's early years the team only ...

as a senior player. In 2020, he signed for Stomil Olsztyn in the Polish I liga. On 28 June 2021, van Huffel moved to II liga club Chojniczanka Chojnice, signing a deal for the 2021–22 season.

Return to Holland

In June 2023 van Huffel agreed to join

SV Spakenburg SV Spakenburg is a Dutch football club based in Bunschoten. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Tweede Divisie. It shares a football rivalry with IJsselmeervogels that is also from Bunschoten-Spakenburg. History The club was fo ...

in the

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 ...

References

External links

"I was directly in front of a guy you don't want to meet at night"

Sam van Huffel is delighted with transfer from Royal HFC to Stomil Olszytyn: 'Poles are not crazy, you know'

1 Liga Hype: Unusual Sam van Huffel – has his own clothing brand and dreams of fighting UFC

Sam van Huffel: Magical to play football here
Living people 1998 births Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Amsterdam Men's association football midfielders ADO Den Haag players Koninklijke HFC players Stomil Olsztyn S.A. players Chojniczanka Chojnice players Tweede Divisie players I liga players II liga players Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub