Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bart Adrianus Johannes Meijers [1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Borac Banja Luka | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Unitas '30 | |||
–2011 | RBC | ||
2011–2015 | NAC Breda | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | NAC Breda | 22 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Helmond Sport (loan) | 34 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Almere City | 9 | (1) |
2020–2024 | Petrolul Ploiești | 110 | (2) |
2024– | Borac Banja Luka | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024 |
Bart Adrianus Johannes Meijers (born 10 January 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League BH club Borac Banja Luka.
Meijers started out as a senior at his hometown club NAC Breda in 2017, and also represented Helmond Sport and Almere City in the Netherlands before moving to Romanian side Petrolul Ploiești in 2020.
Meijers grew up in Etten-Leur and spent his junior years in the academies of Unitas '30, RBC and NAC Breda. He made his professional debut for the latter in a 1–0 Eerste Divisie win over Volendam, on 24 February 2017. [2] On 13 March that year, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 league defeat of Fortuna Sittard. He amassed 13 matches during his first season as a senior, as NAC obtained Eredivisie promotion via play-offs.
On 21 October 2017, Meijers recorded his top division debut by coming on as an 18th-minute substitute for Pablo Marí in a 0–2 home loss to PEC Zwolle. He made 13 appearances during the 2017–18 campaign, of which 11 as a starter. Meijers spent the next year on loan at Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport, [2] and in August 2019 joined fellow league side Almere City as a free agent on a one-year contract. [3]
On 27 August 2020, Meijers moved abroad for the first time by signing for Romanian Liga II team Petrolul Ploiești. [4] In the 2021–22 season, he played 18 matches to aid Petrolul in winning the second league championship and thus promoting to the Liga I.
Meijers made his debut in the Romanian top tier by starting in a 0–1 home loss to Voluntari, on 18 July 2022. [5] He scored his first goal in the competition on 2 December that year, opening the scoring with a header in a 2–0 home win over Universitatea Cluj. [6] He was an undisputed starter during the season, totalling 38 league matches after only missing one through a suspension.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
NAC Breda | |||||||||||||
2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
2017–18 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||||
Helmond Sport (loan) | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
Almere City | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
Petrolul Ploiești | |||||||||||||
2020–21 | Liga II | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||||
2021–22 | Liga II | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
2022–23 | Liga I | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 1 | ||||
2023–24 | Liga I | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
Total | 110 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 117 | 2 | |||||
Borac Banja Luka | 2024–25 | Premier League BH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 [b] | 1 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
Career total | 187 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 213 | 7 |
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