Vicente Besuijen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vicente Andrés Felipe Federico Besuijen | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aberdeen | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
VV Aalsmeer | |||
RKSV Pancratius | |||
2010–2012 | Ajax | ||
2012–2017 | Volendam | ||
2017–2020 | Roma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2022 | ADO Den Haag | 52 | (7) |
2022– | Aberdeen | 34 | (5) |
2023 | → Excelsior Rotterdam (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2024 | → Emmen (loan) | 15 | (5) |
International career | |||
2016 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (1) |
2017 | Netherlands U16 | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Netherlands U18 | 6 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Netherlands U19 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024 |
Vicente Besuijen (Dutch pronunciation: [vəˈsɛntə bəˈsœyən]; born 10 April 2001) is a professional football player who plays as a forward or right winger for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen. Born in Colombia, he represented the Netherlands at youth level.
Club career
On 24 January 2022, Besuijen joined Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen on a four-and-a-half year contract from Eerste Divisie side ADO Den Haag.[1]
On 31 January 2023, Besuijen joined Eredivisie club Excelsior Rotterdam on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy.[2] The option was not taken up and he returned to Aberdeen for pre-season training to fight for his chance with new manager Barry Robson.
On 25 January 2024, Besuijen moved on a new loan to Emmen.[3] Besuijen returned to Aberdeen, having helped Emmen reach the latter stages of the playoffs, scoring 7 goals in 8 games and assisting 1.
Personal life
Besuijen was born in Colombia, but was adopted by his Dutch parents when he was three months old. He grew up in Amstelveen.[4]
Career statistics
As of match played 20 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
References
- ^ "Highly rated Dutch youth international commits future to the Dons". Aberdeen FC. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Chris (31 January 2023). "Vinnie Heads Out on Loan". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "FC EMMEN HUURT VICENTE BESUIJEN" [FC EMMEN LOANS VICENTE BESUIJEN] (in Dutch). Emmen. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Is de toekomstige AS Roma-superster een Zeeuw?". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "AFC Heritage Trust - Vicente Besuijen". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
External links
- Vicente Besuijen at Soccerway
- Vicente Besuijen at WorldFootball.net
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bogotá
- Sportspeople from Amstelveen
- Footballers from North Holland
- Dutch men's footballers
- Colombian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- ADO Den Haag players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Excelsior Rotterdam players
- FC Emmen players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Dutch football forward stubs