Bas van den Brink

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Bas van den Brink
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Personal information
Full name Sebastiaan van den Brink
Date of birth (1982-09-11) 11 September 1982 (age 40)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
HSV De Zuidvogels
1996–2002 FC Utrecht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2005 FC Utrecht 14 (1)
2004–2005FC Emmen (loan) 13 (0)
2005–2007 FC Emmen 51 (0)
2007–2009 Almere City 39 (0)
2009–2011 Gold Coast United 51 (4)
2011 Busan I'Park 6 (0)
2011–2013 Perth Glory 42 (1)
2013 Churchill Brothers SC 0 (0)
2013–2014 IJsselmeervogels 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Bas Van den Brink (born 11 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played primarily as a centre back.

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Club career

Early career

Van den Brink played for Dutch clubs FC Utrecht, FC Emmen and Almere City FC before moving to Australia. Van den Brink made his debut in professional football at FC Utrecht. With Utrecht, he won the Dutch version of the Charity shield in 2004. [1] This was a spectacular game as FC Utrecht managed to turn the match around in the last 5 minutes of the game to beat Ajax Amsterdam 4–2.

Gold Coast United

On 14 January 2009, he was the 21st player signed to Gold Coast United's inaugural squad. [2] He was signed by Miron Bleiberg after watching him in an Eerste Divisie game for FC Omniworld against RBC Roosendaal. [3] Between 2009 and 2011, he appeared in 50 league matches with Gold Coast, scoring 4 goals. [4]

Busan I'Park

On 20 January 2011, it was announced that he would be joining South Korean K-League side Busan I'Park. However, his performance slumped and the club announced its decision to terminate his contract on 21 April.

Perth Glory

A-League club Perth Glory have announced they were interested in signing van den Brink for the up-coming season [5] and on 7 June 2011, it was announced on that he had agreed terms. [6] On 28 January 2013, it was announced that Perth Glory has released him from the final three months of his contract, at his request, so he could pursue other playing opportunities. [7] Regarding this Glory coach Ian Ferguson was quoted as saying, "It was not an easy decision, but it's something we spoke about as a club and decided Bas can move on". Van den Brink said of his departure, "I am going to miss Perth, but I feel I had to go, and I’m really looking forward to a new challenge in my career." [8]

In August 2013, it was revealed that van den Brink had retired from the game after a proposed move to I-League side Churchill Brothers fell through. [9] [10] [11] [12]

IJsselmeervogels

In 2013, Brink signed with Tweede Divisie side IJsselmeervogels and appeared in 11 league matches. [13]

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 19 February 2012)

ClubSeasonLeagueFinalsAsiaTotal
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Gold Coast United 2009–10 2610100---2710
2010–11 2230200---2430
Perth Glory 2011–12 2400410---2810
2012–13 1400------1400
Total8640710---9350

Honours

Utrecht

Perth Glory

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