Tom Beugelsdijk (; 7 August 1990) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Beugelsdijk was born in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

. He formerly played for

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 ...

and was loaned out to

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, ...

, in the Dutch second division, the

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 ...

during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 season. In the summer of 2011, he returned to ADO Den Haag and he was one of the selected in the first

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match of ADO against FK Tauras.

FSV Frankfurt

After being linked with

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, including being shown round the stadium, It was announced by German side

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

's Twitter that on 21 May 2014, Tom Beugelsdijk was joining them from

on a free transfer.

ADO Den Haag

After a year in Germany, in 2015 Beugelsdijk returned to

where he became a cult hero at the club due to his fighting mentality.

Sparta Rotterdam

Beugelsdijk joined Sparta Rotterdam on 14 August 2020, signing two-year contract. In July 2022, he was suspended for five matches after betting on games in which he himself participated.

Helmond Sport

Beugelsdijk signed a three-year contract with

club

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 ...

on 16 July 2022. The contract was terminated early by mutual consent on 27 June 2023.

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Tom Beugelsdijk
on Voetbal International {{DEFAULTSORT:Beugelsdijk, Tom 1990 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Men's association football central defenders Dutch men's footballers ADO Den Haag players FC Dordrecht players FSV Frankfurt players Sparta Rotterdam players Helmond Sport players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 2. Bundesliga players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany