Tom Daemen (born 17 June 1985) is a Dutch former 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 played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He formerly played for

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 ...

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 ...

NEC is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It prov ...

and

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

in his native Netherlands and Cypriot teams

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club ( el, Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou'', "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the firs ...

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadium. ...

Club career

Daemen was born in

Brunssum Brunssum (; li, Broensem) is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of . Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973. Population centres Topography Histor ...

, and rose through the ranks of local amateur side, BVC' 28 Bingelrade and later professional club

. Daemen made his professional debut on 25 October 2002 against

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 ...

, where he came in as a substitute in a 4-1 away defeat. In 2006, Daemen moved to another

Limburgian Limburgish ( li, Limburgs or ; nl, Limburgs ; german: Limburgisch ; french: Limbourgeois ), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg and in the neigh ...

club,

MVV Maastricht 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 Eerst ...

. Here he became captain of the team, and often had the honour of receiving the prize of best player. In 2012, Daemen moved abroad to play for Cypriot outfit

alongside compatriots

Tim de Cler Tim de Cler (born 8 November 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left-back for Ajax, AZ, Feyenoord and AEK Larnaca. Early life De Cler is born and raised in Leiden, South Holland. In Leiden, he grew up in a neighbou ...

Gregoor van Dijk Gregoor van Dijk (born 16 November 1981) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Groningen, Van Dijk played for FC Groningen (1998–2000) and Roda JC (2000–2006) before moving to FC Utrecht in the summer ...

and

Edwin Linssen Edwin Jacobus Gerardus Maria Linssen (born 28 August 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Neeritter, Linssen played for VVV-Venlo, Helmond Sport, Roda JC, Fortuna Sittard and AEK Larnaca, bef ...

and with

Leon Vlemmings Leon Vlemmings (born 3 April 1970 in Gemert Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel. Gemert was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Bakel. The spoken lan ...

at the helm. Finding it hard to earn a place in the starting line-up, he was snapped up by another Dutchman,

Ton Caanen Ton Caanen (born March 18, 1966 in Geleen, Netherlands) is a Dutch football manager. Managerial career Aside from a few years in the amateur Dutch leagues, Caanen never played professional football. He got his start as a manager in his hometow ...

, at EN Paralimni. Then, Caanen took Daemen with him to

the following season. He returned to the Netherlands in 2014 and joined high-flying

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

, only to leave them after a season for

. After he renounced a transfer to

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

in August 2017, Daemen no longer found a club. In February 2018, he started working as a commercial employee at

. He left that position in June 2021.

Honours

Club

NEC *

: 2014–15

References

External links

Profile
at Voetbal International {{DEFAULTSORT:Daemen, Tom 1985 births Living people People from Brunssum Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Fortuna Sittard players MVV Maastricht players AEK Larnaca FC players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players NEC Nijmegen players Go Ahead Eagles players Eerste Divisie players Cypriot First Division players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)