Yvo van Engelen (born 24 January 1985) is a Dutch

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who plays for amateur side Vlijmense Boys.

Club career

Van Engelen is a defender who was born in

Vlijmen Vlijmen is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heusden, about 6 km west of 's-Hertogenbosch.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. Vlijmen was a separate mu ...

and made his debut in professional football for

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

in a September 2005

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 ...

match against AZ. After two seasons at

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

, van Engelen moved into amateur football and played nine years for

OJC Rosmalen Ontspanning Door Inspanning Juliana Combinatie Rosmalen, known as OJC Rosmalen is a football club from Rosmalen, Netherlands. OJC Rosmalen is the biggest amateur football club in the Netherlands. OJC Rosmalen was founded in 1947 when two clubs m ...

before joining

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in summer 2016. Two years later, he returned to childhood club Vlijmense Boys.

Personal life

He is the son of former

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

goalkeeper

Ton van Engelen Ton van Engelen (born 4 October 1950 in Den Bosch) is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a goalkeeper. Football career Van Engelen made his professional debut for PSV Eindhoven, with whom he won a league title and a UEFA Cup medal. He ...

Statistics

Last update: October 28, 2008

References

1985 births Living people People from Heusden Footballers from North Brabant Men's association football defenders Dutch men's footballers NAC Breda players TOP Oss players OJC Rosmalen players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub