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Benjamin van den Broek
Personal information
Full name Benjamin van den Broek
Date of birth (1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Koninklijke HFC
Number 4
Youth career
Unitas '59
0000–1998 ESV
1998–2003 FC Eindhoven
2003–2008 NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 NAC Breda 0 (0)
2008–2010 Haarlem 57 (10)
2010–2011 Shrewsbury Town 22 (1)
2011–2015 FC Den Bosch 117 (16)
2015 Universitatea Cluj 5 (0)
2015–2016 Barrow 10 (0)
2016–2017 Telstar 49 (4)
2018 Koninklijke HFC 15 (0)
Total 275 (31)
International career
2015 New Zealand 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin van den Broek (born 21 September 1987) is a New Zealand international footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Koninklijke HFC in the Dutch Tweede Divisie.

Born in Geleen, van den Broek has played for clubs in the Netherlands, England and Romania.

He represented New Zealand at international level.

Club career

He started his career with NAC Breda, but made no Eredivisie appearances for the club. In 2008, he moved to HFC Haarlem, where he made 57 appearances in the Eerste Divisie, scoring 10 goals.

After Haarlem went bust in January 2010, Van den Broek was left without a club. Despite attracting interest from Lierse SK of Belgium and FC Den Bosch,[1] he signed for English League Two club Shrewsbury Town on 12 February until the end of the season.[2] He made his debut on 6 March, replacing Jamie Cureton for the last 25 minutes of a 0–3 defeat at Grimsby Town.[3] His first start came a week later in his first game at the New Meadow, lasting 73 minutes before being replaced by Steve Leslie in a 0–1 defeat to Rochdale.[4] He scored his only goal for the club in a 2–3 home defeat against Morecambe on 1 May.[5] Later that month, he signed a new one-year contract.[6]

He signed a contract with Dutch club Den Bosch in spring 2011. On 2 February 2015, Van den Broek signed with Romanian Liga I side Universitatea Cluj.[7]

In August 2015, Van den Broek signed for Conference side Barrow on a deal until the end of the season. However, in January 2016, Van den Broek left by mutual consent and went on to sign a two and a half-year contract at Dutch side Telstar.

International career

On 8 March 2015, Van den Broek was called into the New Zealand national football team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson. He qualified through his mother, who is from New Zealand.[8] He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, replacing Bill Tuiloma for the final ten minutes of a 0–1 defeat.[9]

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2019[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NAC Breda 2006–07 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Haarlem 2008–09 Eerste Divisie 35 9 0 0 0 0 35 9
2009–10 22 1 1 0 0 0 23 1
Haarlem total 57 10 1 0 0 0 58 10
Shrewsbury Town 2009–10 League Two 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
2010–11 11 0 3 0 0 0 14 0
Shrewsbury total 22 1 3 0 0 0 25 1
Den Bosch 2011–12 Eerste Divisie 30 5 2 0 1 0 33 0
2012–13 32 3 4 0 0 0 36 3
2013–14 35 6 1 0 2 0 38 6
2014–15 20 2 1 0 0 0 21 2
Den Bosch total 117 16 8 0 3 0 128 16
Universitatea Cluj 2014–15 Liga I 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Barrow 2015–16 National League 10 0 3 1 0 0 13 1
Telstar 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 16 2 0 0 0 0 16 2
2016–17 33 2 2 0 0 0 35 2
Telstar total 49 4 2 0 0 0 51 4
Koninklijke 2017–18 Tweede Divisie 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 275 31 17 1 5 0 295 32

References

  1. ^ "Town go Dutch with midfield ace". Shropshire Star. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Shrewsbury sign Benjamin van den Broek". BBC Sport. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Grimsby 3 - 0 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Shrewsbury 0 - 1 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Shrewsbury 2–3 Morecambe". BBC News. 1 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Benjamin van den Broek staying at Shrewsbury Town". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  7. ^ Groenendijk haalt weer twee oude bekenden naar Cluj (Dutch). Voetbal International. 2 February 2015.
  8. ^ "New-look All Whites squad named for Korea trip". Radio New Zealand. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Late winner hurts All Whites". New Zealand Football. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. ^ "B. van den Broek". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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