Benjamin van den Broek

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Benjamin van den Broek
Personal information
Full name Benjamin van den Broek
Date of birth (1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Koninklijke HFC
Number 4
Youth career
Unitas '59
0000–1998 ESV
1998–2003 FC Eindhoven
2003–2008 NAC Breda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 NAC Breda 0 (0)
2008–2010 Haarlem 57 (10)
2010–2011 Shrewsbury Town 22 (1)
2011–2015 FC Den Bosch 117 (16)
2015 Universitatea Cluj 5 (0)
2015–2016 Barrow 10 (0)
2016–2017 Telstar 49 (4)
2018 Koninklijke HFC 15 (0)
Total275(31)
International career
2015 New Zealand 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin van den Broek (born 21 September 1987) is a New Zealand international footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Koninklijke HFC in the Dutch Tweede Divisie.

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Born in Geleen, van den Broek has played for clubs in the Netherlands, England and Romania.

He represented New Zealand at international level.

Club career

He started his career with NAC Breda, but made no Eredivisie appearances for the club. In 2008, he moved to HFC Haarlem, where he made 57 appearances in the Eerste Divisie, scoring 10 goals.

After Haarlem went bust in January 2010, Van den Broek was left without a club. Despite attracting interest from Lierse SK of Belgium and FC Den Bosch, [1] he signed for English League Two club Shrewsbury Town on 12 February until the end of the season. [2] He made his debut on 6 March, replacing Jamie Cureton for the last 25 minutes of a 0–3 defeat at Grimsby Town. [3] His first start came a week later in his first game at the New Meadow, lasting 73 minutes before being replaced by Steve Leslie in a 0–1 defeat to Rochdale. [4] He scored his only goal for the club in a 2–3 home defeat against Morecambe on 1 May. [5] Later that month, he signed a new one-year contract. [6]

He signed a contract with Dutch club Den Bosch in spring 2011. On 2 February 2015, Van den Broek signed with Romanian Liga I side Universitatea Cluj. [7]

In August 2015, Van den Broek signed for Conference side Barrow on a deal until the end of the season. However, in January 2016, Van den Broek left by mutual consent and went on to sign a two and a half-year contract at Dutch side Telstar.

International career

On 8 March 2015, Van den Broek was called into the New Zealand national football team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson. He qualified through his mother, who is from New Zealand. [8] He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, replacing Bill Tuiloma for the final ten minutes of a 0–1 defeat. [9]

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2019 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NAC Breda 2006–07 Eredivisie 00002020
Haarlem 2008–09 Eerste Divisie 3590000359
2009–10 2211000231
Haarlem total571010005810
Shrewsbury Town 2009–10 League Two 1110000111
2010–11 1103000140
Shrewsbury total2213000251
Den Bosch 2011–12 Eerste Divisie 3052010330
2012–13 3234000363
2013–14 3561020386
2014–15 2021000212
Den Bosch total11716803012816
Universitatea Cluj 2014–15 Liga I 50000050
Barrow 2015–16 National League 1003100131
Telstar 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 1620000162
2016–17 3322000352
Telstar total4942000514
Koninklijke 2017–18 Tweede Divisie 1500000150
Career total275311715029532

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