Donny de Groot
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donny de Groot | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Gouda, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Eindhoven | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| UNIO | |||
| FC Utrecht | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | FC Utrecht | 28 | (5) |
| 2002 | → FC Volendam (loan) | 15 | (9) |
| 2002–2003 | → Emmen (loan) | 31 | (30) |
| 2004–2005 | RBC Roosendaal | 23 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | De Graafschap | 25 | (13) |
| 2006–2007 | AEK Larnaca | 23 | (9) |
| 2007–2009 | De Graafschap | 36 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | Newcastle United Jets | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | (20) |
| 2011–2012 | Willem II | 32 | (14) |
| 2012–2013 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | (5) |
| 2013– | FC Eindhoven | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2012 | |||
Donny de Groot (born 16 August 1979 in Gouda) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Dutch Eerste Divisie side FC Eindhoven.
Club career
Early career
De Groot started his football career with amateur side UNIO in Oudewater, near his native town Gouda. As a youth player, he moved to FC Utrecht, where he made his debut for the main squad on 27 February 2000, in the home game against AZ. During the next two and a half years in Utrecht, De Groot played only five matches for the main squad. During the 2001–02 season, De Groot moved to FC Volendam, where he scored 9 goals in 15 matches. De Groot moved to FC Emmen for the next season. His 30 goals in 31 matches made him top scorer of the Eerste Divisie 2002-03.
Success and career abroad
He returned to FC Utrecht for the Eredivisie 2003-04 season; he played 23 matches, scoring 5 goals. At the end of the season, De Groot moved to RBC Roosendaal, and during the Eredivisie 2005-06 season, he went to Eerste Divisie side De Graafschap. At the end of the season, De Groot moved abroad, signing a two-year deal with AEK Larnaca of Cyprus. De Groot played for the Cypriot side for only one season, and returned to De Graafschap for the Eredivisie 2007-08 season.
On 30 January 2009 he went to Newcastle Jets on a free transfer.[2] On 10 March 2009, he made his debut for Newcastle in their 2–0 loss in the AFC Champions League to Beijing Guoan. De Groot fell out of favour under new manager Branko Čulina and was given permission to negotiate with other clubs.
Return home
Therefore he went to back to his homecountry where he signed with Go Ahead Eagles on a free transfer in January 2010. He immediately made an impact, scoring 2 goals as a jet lagged second half substitute in a Dutch Cup quarter finals away win over Eredivisie side NAC Breda. He had only finished his long journey from Australia less than 24 hours earlier. In June 2011 it was reported that he would sign a contract at Tilburgian side Willem II Tilburg.[3]
References
External links
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Gouda
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- De Graafschap players
- RBC Roosendaal players
- FC Volendam players
- FC Utrecht players
- FC Emmen players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Willem II Tilburg players
- K. Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- FC Eindhoven players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- A-League players
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Dutch expatriates in Belgium