Elroy van der Hooft

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Elroy van der Hooft
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Personal information
Date of birth(1990-04-20)April 20, 1990
Place of birth Zeven, Germany
Position(s) Attacker
Team information
Current team
Chigatoy FC
Youth career
2000–2006 AFC Ajax
2006–2008 ADO Den Haag
2009–2010 RKC Waalwijk
2010–2011 VV UDO
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 AO Chania F.C. 5 (0)
2012–2013 Persekap Pasuruan 9 (0)
2013–2014 Phnom Penh Crown FC
2014 [1] Boeung Ket Angkor FC
2014 TriAsia Phnom Penh FC
2017–2019 VV UDO
2020– Chigatoy FC 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elroy van der Hooft (born April 20, 1990, in Zeven, Germany) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Chigatoy FC. [2]

Contents

Career

Sealing a move to AO Chania of the Greek third level in 2011, his first professional experience, [3] van der Hooft was not paid there, however, leaving after six months. [4]

Moving to Persekap Pasuruan of the Indonesian second division in 2013, [5] [6] van der Hooft registered too late so he penned a three-month contract with Phnom Penh Crown of the Cambodian League instead, [7] [8] [9] [10] wearing the number 49 [11] and authoring a hat-trick on his debut in a 3-1 win over Kirivong Sok Sen Chey. [12] He was also the highest paid player in Cambodia at the time and was sometimes referred to as the "Cristiano Ronaldo of Cambodia". [13] However, after his spell with Phnom Penh Crown, van der Hooft became an incorrigible drug and gambling addict, constantly inebriated as well. [13] Then, for driving a hacker who was wanted by the police and other offenses, he was arrested and jailed for 70 days. [13] Upon release in 2017, the Dutch midfielder returned to former youth team VV UDO. [13]

Tried out for Indonesian side Gresik United in late 2012. [14]

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