Twan Smits (born 20 December 1985 in
Weurt
Weurt is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Beuningen, and lies about 0.1 km West of Nijmegen.
Weurt was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Beuningen.
It was first men ...
) is a
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
defensive 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 ...
for
Juliana '31 in the Dutch
Derde Divisie
The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...
.
Smits also is the captain of the
Groesbeek
Groesbeek () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The larger area was known as Groesbeek until January 2016, when ...
side since 2011. Originally a youth product from
N.E.C., he played first team football for
Juliana '31 for five years before moving to Achilles '29 in the 2009 summer. Smits also works as an
account manager
An account manager (AM) is a person who works for a company and is responsible for the management of sales and relationships with particular customers. An account manager maintains the company's existing relationships with a client or group of cl ...
for former youth club and
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
side
N.E.C.
References
External links
Voetbal International profile
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1985 births
Living people
Dutch footballers
Association football midfielders
Eerste Divisie players
Derde Divisie players
Achilles '29 players
Footballers from Gelderland
De Treffers players
Juliana '31 players
NEC Nijmegen players