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Mike van Beijnen
Personal information
Full name Mike Johannes Hendrikus Josephus van Beijnen[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Fortuna Sittard
Number 18
Youth career
SAB
The Gunners
2010–2011 RBC
2011–2017 Willem II
2018 PSV
2018–2019 NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Barcelona B 0 (0)
2020 Gençlerbirliği 1 (0)
2020– Fortuna Sittard 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:18, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Mike Johannes Hendrikus Josephus van Beijnen (born 7 March 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back for Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard.[1]

Career

Youth career

Born in Breda,[2] van Beijnen played youth football for SAB, The Gunners, RBC,[3] Willem II, PSV, and NAC Breda,[4] before moving to Spanish club Barcelona B in June 2019, signing a two-year contract with a €100 million release clause.[5][6] Van Beijnen, being the stepson of Frenkie de Jong's agent, Ali Dursun, became part of the massive deal that sent De Jong to Barcelona as a gesture from to club towards Dursun.[7][8]

Gençlerbirliği

He moved to Turkish club Gençlerbirliği in January 2020, six months after arriving in Barcelona and without making any appearances for the Catalan side.[7] He made his professional debut on 19 July 2020, appearing as a substitute in the Süper Lig.[9]

Fortuna Sittard

In August 2020 he returned to the Netherlands, signing for Fortuna Sittard.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mike van Beijnen at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ^ Blanco, Yadran (12 June 2018). "Bredaas talent Mike van Beijnen krijgt kans van NAC". BNDeStem. BN DeStem. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ook NAC-talent Van Beijnen maakt droomtransfer naar Barça". VI.nl. Voetbal International. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ Yadran Blanco (20 June 2019). "Droomtransfer Mike van Beijnen: van Jong NAC naar Barcelona B" (in Dutch). BN DeStem. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Barcelona reserves put £89.2m release clause on new signing Mike van Beijnen". 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Mike van Beijnen joins Barça". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Van Beijen deja el Barça B sin haber debutado". sport. 31 December 2019.
  8. ^ Mossou, Sjoerd (22 June 2019). "Het wonder van Mike van Beijnen naar Barcelona". AD.nl. Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Sivasspor vs. Gençlerbirliği - 19 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  10. ^ "Fortuna legt ook back Van Beijnen vast". 1Limburg | Nieuws en sport uit Limburg. 17 August 2020.