Donny de Groot

Donny de Groot

Personal information
Full name	Donny de Groot
Date of birth	16 August 1979 (1979-08-16) (age 32)
Place of birth	Gouda, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Willem II
Number	9
Youth career
	UNIO
	FC Utrecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2004	Utrecht	28	(5)
2002	→ Volendam (loan)	15	(9)
2002–2003	→ Emmen (loan)	31	(30)
2005–2006	RBC Roosendaal	23	(7)
2006	De Graafschap	25	(13)
2006–2007	AEK Larnaca	23	(9)
2007–2009	De Graafschap	36	(8)
2009–2010	Newcastle United Jets	4	(0)
2010	Go Ahead Eagles	10	(3)
2010–2011	RKC Waalwijk	32	(17)
2011–	Willem II	2	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Donny de Groot (born 16 August 1979 in Gouda) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Willem II Tilburg.

Club career

Early career

De Groot started his football career with amateur side UNIO in Oudewater, near his native town Gouda. As a youth player, he moved to FC Utrecht, where he made his debut for the main squad on February 27, 2000, in the home game against AZ. During the next two and a half years in Utrecht, De Groot played only five matches for the main squad. During the 2001–02 season, De Groot moved to FC Volendam, where he scored 9 goals in 15 matches. De Groot moved to FC Emmen for the next season. His 30 goals in 31 matches made him top scorer of the Eerste Divisie 2002-03.

Success and career abroad

He returned to FC Utrecht for the Eredivisie 2003-04 season; he played 23 matches, scoring 5 goals. At the end of the season, De Groot moved to RBC Roosendaal, and during the Eredivisie 2005-06 season, he went to Eerste Divisie side De Graafschap. At the end of the season, De Groot moved abroad, signing a two-year deal with AEK Larnaca of Cyprus. De Groot played for the Cypriot side for only one season, and returned to De Graafschap for the Eredivisie 2007-08 season.

On 30 January 2009 he went to Newcastle Jets on a free transfer.^[2]

On 10 March 2009, he made his debut for Newcastle in their 2–0 loss in the AFC Champions League to Beijing Guoan. De Groot did not manage to score a goal for the Jets in his time at the club. De Groot has since fallen out of favour under new manager Branko Čulina and has been given permission to negotiate with other clubs.

Return to home

Therefore he went to back to his homecountry the Netherlands where he signed with Go Ahead Eagles on a free transfer in January 2010. He immediately made an impact, scoring 2 goals as a jet lagged second half substitute in a Dutch Cup quarter finals away win over Eredivisie side NAC Breda. He had only finished his long journey from Australia less than 24 hours earlier. In June 2011 it was reported that he would sign a contract at Tilburgian side Willem II Tilburg.^[3]

References

1. ^ Donny de Groot
2. ^ Jets hit two targets in recruitment battle
3. ^ Go Ahead stunt dankzij Donny de Groot – Trouw (Dutch)

External links

• Newcastle Jets profile

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Name	Groot, Donny de
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Date of birth	16 August 1979
Place of birth	Gouda, Netherlands
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