Bart Vriends

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Bart Vriends
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Vriends with Sparta Rotterdam in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-05-09) 9 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Amersfoort, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Adelaide United
Number 3
Youth career
VVZA Amersfoort
Utrecht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Utrecht 0 (0)
2013 → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 15 (1)
2013–2016 Go Ahead Eagles 98 (4)
2016–2018 Jong Sparta Rotterdam 4 (1)
2016–2024 Sparta Rotterdam 192 (11)
2024– Adelaide United 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2025

Bart Vriends (born 9 May 1991, in Amersfoort) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Adelaide United in the A-League Men. He formerly played for FC Utrecht, Go Ahead Eagles and most notably Sparta Rotterdam, of which he has played over 200 games for the club. [1]

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Career

Utrecht

Born in Amersfoort, Vriends began his senior career through FC Utrecht's youth program. On the list for the Eredivisie team in the 2012-13 season, Vriends went on loan to Go Ahead Eagles before he was able to make his senior debut.

Go Ahead Eagles

Playing 15 games while on loan and helping the club reach promotion out of Eerste Divisie, GA Eagles eventually bought Vriends from Utrecht ahead of the 2013-14 Eredivisie season. [2]

Vriends gave his club a first victory of the 2014-15 season when his goal against Willem II was without response in August 2014. In the same match, Vriends received his only senior red card, just five minutes after his 64th-minute winner. [3]

Sparta Rotterdam

In 2016, Vriends made a free transfer from GA Eagles to Sparta Rotterdam following 113 appearances for the former. [4] The move proved to be highly successful for Vriends, who captained the club across eight years and made 215 total appearances, becoming the first Sparta Rotterdam player to do so in over 20 years. Vriends captained Sparta to a first-place finish in the 2015-16 Eerste Divisie, achieving promotion to the Eredivisie after six years in the Dutch second division. [5] He also captained the club to a semi-final in the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

Following another few years which included a brief relegation and subsequent promotion, Vriends would go on to leave the club in 2024 following an eighth-placed 2023-24 Eredivisie finish for Sparta. [6]

Adelaide United

Vriends signed to Australian A-League club Adelaide United in July 2024 on a free transfer. [6] Former Sparta teammate Craig Goodwin was an influence in Vriends' decision, as Goodwin is one of Adelaide's all-time most prolific players. [7] Vriends did not play in the 2024 Australia Cup due to injury fears from coach Carl Veart. [8] He went on to make his Adelaide debut early in the 2024-25 season, and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Perth Glory. [9]

Statistics

As of match played 22 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Utrecht 2011–12 Beloften Eredivisie 60———60
2012–13Beloften Eredivisie50———50
Total110———110
Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 2012–13 Eerste Divisie 15100005 [a] 0201
Go Ahead Eagles 2013–14 Eredivisie 32020——340
2014–15 Eredivisie31320—2 [b] 0353
2015–16 Eerste Divisie351202 [c] 04 [a] 0351
Total9846020601044
Sparta Rotterdam 2016–17 Eredivisie 18031——211
2017–18 Eredivisie10010—3 [b] 0140
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 26210—3 [a] 0302
2019–20 Eredivisie26220——282
2020–21 Eredivisie23010—1 [d] 0250
2021–22 Eredivisie33310——343
2022–23 Eredivisie30210—4 [b] 0352
2023–24 Eredivisie26210—1 [b] 0282
Total19211111—12021512
Jong Sparta Rotterdam 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 10———10
2017–18 Tweede Divisie31———31
Total41———41
Adelaide United 2024-25 A-League 12100—0 [e] 0121
Career total332181712023036619
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in Eerste Divisie playoffs
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Eredivisie playoffs
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearances in A-League finals

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Bart Vriends at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Vriends: "We could and should have won"". oost.nl (in Dutch). 4 August 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Eredivisie: Bart Vriends scores as Go Ahead Eagles earn first win". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 29 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Eredivisie 2016/17 season preview". football-oranje.com. 5 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Epic fightback by Drenthe's Sparta Rotterdam to gain Eredivisie promotion". besoccer.com. 28 May 2019.
  6. 1 2 Pisani, Sacha (1 July 2024). "'Perfect fit': Huge coup as Adelaide lure Eredivisie captain to A-Leagues after icon's advice". aleagues.com.au.
  7. ↑ "Vriends: It was an easy decision". adelaideunited.com.au. 12 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (30 July 2024). "New Adelaide United defender Bart Vriends not selected for Australia Cup battle". theaustralian.com.au. The Australian.
  9. ↑ "'I think I played well' | Bart Vriends on his performance against Glory". aleagues.com.au. 28 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "PSV is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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