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Vito van Crooij
Personal information
Full name Vito van Crooij[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Venlo, Netherlands
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 VVV-Venlo
Number 10
Youth career
Quick Boys '31
VVV-Venlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 VVV-Venlo 133 (36)
2018–2020 PEC Zwolle 46 (9)
2020– VVV-Venlo 0 (0)
International career
2015 Netherlands U20 6 (0)
2016 Netherlands U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2020

Vito van Crooij (born 29 January 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger, primarily on the left hand side, for VVV-Venlo in the Eredivisie. He plays also in the Dutch National Team under 21 and won the Eerste Divisie Young Player of the Year in 2016 for his performances for VVV-Venlo. His brother, Delano van Crooy plays for VVV-Venlo as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Venlo, van Crooij made his debut for VVV-Venlo at the age of 18 in the KNVB Cup against Eindhoven at the start of the 2014–15 Season, however he did not score until the game against MVV in the KNVB Cup, scoring once in the 2–0 victory. His first league game in the Eerste Divisie was in the 3–0 victory against Achilles '29.[2] However, Van Crooy did not score a league goal until February, netting the winner in the 1–0 victory against Almere City.

In the 2015–16 season, van Crooij was part of the VVV-Venlo squad which finished second in the Eerste Divisie. He scored 13 goals and recorded 8 assists throughout the season playing as a left winger. He was part of the VVV-Venlo team which lost in the play off final of the Eerste Divisie. He just missed out on the Eerste Divisie Young Player of the Year Award[3] for the 2015–16 season where he was nominated due to his impressive performances for VVV.

In the 2016–17 season, van Crooij started the season well, scoring the equaliser in the 2–1 victory over SC Cambuur. Since then he has scored more goals, including a penalty in the 2–1 defeat to Helmond Sport.

On 13 July 2018 he became a new PEC Zwolle player.

On 25 August 2020 he went back to VVV-Venlo.[4][5]

Honours

VVV-Venlo

References

  1. ^ [1] - Soccerway.com (in English)
  2. ^ Van Crooy tekent voor 2,5 jaar bij VVV - 1Limburg (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Sparta wint bijna alle Gouden Stieren - Rijnmond (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "Vito van Crooij terug naar VVV-Venlo" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Vito van Crooij terug op oude nest" (in Dutch). VVV-Venlo. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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