Irvingly van Eijma (born 9 February 1994) is a Curaçaoan football player who plays for Real Lunet. He also holds

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citizenship.

Club career

Van Eijma played in the youth of FC Den Bosch until 2014, after which he left for an unknown Cypriot club. A year later, he returned to the Netherlands and joined the amateurs of RKTVV. With the club he played 4 months in the

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, after which he joined

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in June 2015. He made his professional debut in the

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for

on 7 August 2015 in a game against FC Emmen. In the summer of 2016, he left FC Oss. At the end of August 2016, Van Eijma found a new club with Finnish third-class

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. At the end of September 2016 he and the Dutch players Salah Aharar, Derwin Martina and Ayoub Ait Afkir were suspected of match fixing by the president of the club. The players denied and left the club. In December, research by de Volkskrant revealed that the players were innocent and the club was a playball of several groups of match fixers. In January 2017, he joined

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. On 29 January 2019, Van Eijma then signed with

BVV Barendrecht BVV Barendrecht is a football club from Barendrecht, Netherlands. The club was founded on 12 February 1926 and plays its matches at Sportpark de Bongerd. With more than 2000 members, Barendrecht is one of the largest amateur clubs of the Nether ...

. In the summer 2019, he moved to Belgian club Bocholt VV. Six months later, in January 2020, his contract with the club was terminated. In February it was then confirmed, that Van Eijma would play for Real Lunet from the 2020-21 season alongside former professional player Shuremy Felomina, who also would join the club, and Freek Langermans, who already played their. The three gentlemen was already working together as DJ's outside the pitch.Tis Family trio complete: former internationals Felomina and Van Eijma to Real Lunet next season
bd.nl, 1 February 2020

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eijma, Irvingly van 1994 births Living people Footballers from Tilburg Dutch people of Curaçao descent Curaçao men's footballers Curaçao expatriate men's footballers Curaçao men's international footballers TOP Oss players Eerste Divisie players Atlantis FC players Kakkonen players RKC Waalwijk players Kozakken Boys players BVV Barendrecht players Men's association football forwards Curaçao expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Tweede Klasse players