Arnold Kruiswijk

Arnold Kruiswijk
	Kruiswijk with Vitesse in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Arnold Kruiswijk
Date of birth	2 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Groningen, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Vitesse
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2008	FC Groningen
2008–2010	Anderlecht
2010	→ Roda JC (loan)
2010–2014	SC Heerenveen
2014–	Vitesse
International career‡
2003–2007	Netherlands U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2015 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:14, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Arnold Kruiswijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑr.nɔɫt ˈkrœy̆s.ʋɛi̯k], born 2 November 1984 in Groningen) is a Dutch international footballer currently playing for Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse as a left back.

Career

In 2006 he was part of the Netherlands squad that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Portugal. A year later at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands he was again part of the squad that successfully defended their title and that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by reaching the semi finals at the tournament. In the September 10, 2006 match against Heracles Almelo, Kruiswijk scored the fastest own goal ever in the Dutch Eredivisie, misplacing a back pass to the keeper that ended up in the goal after 9 seconds.

After the 2007–2008 season, Kruiswijk moved to the Belgian club RSC Anderlecht

In January 2010 Kruiswijk went on loan to Dutch side Roda JC until the end of the season.

On 21 May 2010 he signed a 4-year contract for SC Heerenveen, where he was reunited with his former Groningen-coach Ron Jans.^[1]

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