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Joost van Aken
Personal information
Full name Joost Maurits van Aken[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
Number 4
Youth career
Vv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 SC Heerenveen 84 (3)
2017– Sheffield Wednesday 15 (0)
2019–2020 → VfL Osnabrück (loan) 22 (1)
International career‡
2014 Netherlands U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:27, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:41, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Joost Maurits van Aken (born 13 May 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Sheffield Wednesday. He started his senior career at SC Heerenveen, and has also played for VfL Osnabrück. Internationally, he has played for the Netherlands U21s team.

Career

SC Heerenveen

Van Aken made his first appearance for SC Heerenveen on 16 February 2014 against the then champions AFC Ajax. Around two months later, van Aken scored his first goal for the club against Go Ahead Eagles.

In June 2015, van Aken signed a new three year contract running until 2018.[3] He went on to make 92 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring three goals.

Sheffield Wednesday

On 30 August 2017, Sheffield Wednesday announced that they had signed van Aken from Eredevisie side SC Heerenveen for an undisclosed fee on a four year contract.[4] He was assigned the number 4 shirt.[5] van Aken made his Football League debut on 9 September, playing the entire ninety minutes in a 3–1 victory over Nottingham Forest.

On 14 August 2019, van Aken joined VfL Osnabrück on a loan deal until the end of 2019–20 season.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 June 2020[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SC Heerenveen 2013–14 Eredivisie 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2
2014–15 30 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 33 0
2015–16 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2016–17 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 1
2017–18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 84 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 92 3
Sheffield Wednesday 2017–18 Championship 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2018–19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
VfL Osnabrück (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Career total 121 4 3 0 1 0 5 0 131 4

References

  1. ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2017-18" (PDF). English Football League. p. 37. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Joost Van Aken". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Joost van Aken extends contract at SC Heerenveen". SC Heerenveen. SC Heerenveen. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ "First interview with Joost van Aken". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Owls land Dutch defender". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ^ "VfL Osnabrück nimmt van Aken unter Vertrag" (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. ^ Joost van Aken at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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