Thomas van Bommel (born 11 July 2002) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

club

MVV Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...

Club career

Van Bommel made his professional debut for

in the

on 22 September 2020, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for

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in a 2–0 loss to

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. On 30 October, he replaced Kai Heerings with four minutes to play against

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and scored his first professional goal to equalise in a 1–1 away draw.

Personal life

Van Bommel's father is

Mark van Bommel Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Belgian side Royal Antwerp. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackli ...

, while his maternal grandfather is

Bert van Marwijk Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other clubs a ...

. The former played for the

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in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, in which the latter was the manager.

Career statistics

References

2002 births Living people People from Meerssen Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) Dutch footballers Association football midfielders Fortuna Sittard players SV Meerssen players MVV Maastricht players Eerste Divisie players {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub