Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Sturing | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | York United FC | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Oranje Blauw | |||
2007–2016 | NEC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | NEC | 43 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Den Bosch | 18 | (0) |
2021–2023 | SV Horn | 44 | (2) |
2024– | York United FC | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
2016 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Canada | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 20, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC) |
Frank Sturing (born 29 May 1997) is a professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for York United FC in the Canadian Premier League. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Canada at international level.
Sturing started playing soccer in Nijmegen in 2007 with NEC's academy. On 2 April 2017, he made his debut for NEC against Vitesse. In May 2020, NEC announced Sturing would be departing the club. [1]
In October 2020, Sturing joined rival Dutch second-tier club Den Bosch. [2] At the end of the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie, Sturing departed the club. [3]
In September 2021 Sturing joined Austrian club SV Horn. [4] In April 2022, Horn announced Sturing has been signed to a new deal through the summer of 2022. [5]
Sturing has represented the Netherlands at multiple youth levels.
Eligible for Canada through his father, Sturing was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on 26 February 2020. [6] He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021. [7] He joined the World Cup qualifier squad in March 2021, and started in the game against Cayman Islands on the 29th; he scored the match's opening goal, his first for Canada. [8]
On July 11, Canada Soccer announced that Sturing would join the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad after Scott Kennedy withdrew from the team. [9]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 March 2021 | IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States | Cayman Islands | 1–0 | 11–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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