Terence Groothusen (born 16 September 1996) is a

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who plays as a

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for AO Poros. Born in the mainland Netherlands, he plays for the Aruba national team. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Malta and Germany.

Club career

Groothusen made his

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 ...

debut for

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

on 18 August 2017 in a game against

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

. On 12 February 2020, Groothusen joined

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 ...

. On 24 June 2020, it was announced that Groothusen had signed for

SV Straelen Sportverein 19 Straelen e.V., commonly known as simply SV 19 Straelen or SV Straelen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club from Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1919 and today has nearly 2,400 m ...

. In January of 2021, Groothusen joined

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a football in Germany, German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's 2. Bundesliga, second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three- ...

International career

Groothusen made his

Aruba national football team The Aruba national football team ( Dutch: Arubaans voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Seleccion Arubano di futbol) is the national team of Aruba, it was founded in 1932 and is affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), CONCACAF and FIFA (sinc ...

debut on 6 September 2019 in a

CONCACAF Nations League The CONCACAF Nations League ( es, Liga de Naciones CONCACAF, french: Ligue des Nations de la CONCACAF) is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the ...

game against Guyana, as a starter.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Aruba's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Groothusen goal''.

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* * 1996 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Aruban men's footballers Aruba men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Aruban descent Dutch expatriate men's footballers HFC EDO players FC Dordrecht players Hibernians F.C. players Kozakken Boys players SV 19 Straelen players Alemannia Aachen players Rot Weiss Ahlen players Derde Divisie players Eerste Divisie players Maltese Premier League players Regionalliga players Men's association football forwards Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub