Jesper Drost

Jesper Drost

Drost with FC Groningen
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Nunspeet, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	HHC Hardenberg
Number	11
Youth career
	Nunspeet
	FC Zwolle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2015	PEC Zwolle	106	(15)
2015–2018	Groningen	76	(5)
2016	Jong Groningen	3	(2)
2018–2020	Heracles Almelo	21	(2)
2020–2021	PEC Zwolle	24	(2)
2021–	HHC Hardenberg	88	(29)
International career
2007–2008	Netherlands U15	4	(2)
2009–2010	Netherlands U17	7	(1)
2010–2011	Netherlands U18	6	(1)
2013	Netherlands U20	1	(0)
2013–2014	Netherlands U21	2	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:39, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Jesper Drost (born 11 January 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for HHC Hardenberg.

Club career

Drost was born in Nunspeet. He joined FC Groningen from PEC Zwolle in summer 2015. ^[1] He then moved to Heracles Almelo and back to PEC Zwolle.

On 31 August 2021, he moved to the third-tier club HHC Hardenberg. ^[2]

Personal life

Drost was accused of attempted manslaughter, after he allegedly drove into two men with his car after a fight in a bar in Steenwijk in 2014. ^[3] In December 2015 he was sentenced to do 50 hours of community service. ^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 June 2018 ^{[5] [6]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			KNVB Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PEC Zwolle	2010–11	Eerste Divisie	4	0	0	0	–		1 [a] [7]	0	5	0
	2011–12		19	3	1	0	–		0	0	20	3
	2012–13	Eredivisie	26	1	3	1	–		0	0	29	2
	2013–14		24	3	4	1	–		0	0	28	4
	2014–15		33	8	6	2	2 [b]	0	3 [c] [d]	0	44	10
	Total		106	15	14	4	2	0	4	0	126	19
Groningen	2015–16	Eredivisie	29	1	1	1	3 [b]	0	3 [c] [d]	0	36	2
	2016–17		17	1	0	0	–		2 [c]	1	19	2
	2017–18		30	3	1	0	–		0	0	31	3
	Total		76	5	2	1	3	0	5	1	86	7
Career total			182	20	16	5	5	0	9	1	212	26

1. Appearance in the Eerste Divisie play-offs
2. Appearances in the Europa League
3. Appearances in the Eredivisie Europa League playoffs
4. Appearances in the Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

PEC Zwolle

• KNVB Cup: 2013–14; runner-up 2014–15
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2014
• Eerste Divisie: 2011–12

References

1. Jesper Drost per direct van PEC Zwolle naar FC Groningen - RTV Oost (in Dutch)
2. "JESPER DROST MAAKT OVERSTAP NAAR HHC HARDENBERG" (in Dutch). HHC Hardenberg. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
3. OM zet zaak tegen PEC-Zwolle speler Jesper Drost door - RTV Oost (in Dutch)
4. Taakstraf voor voetballer Jesper Drost om aanrijding - RTL Nieuws (in Dutch)
5. "Jesper Drost » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
6. Jesper Drost at Soccerway . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
7. "PEC Zwolle vs. Cambuur - 22 May 2011 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

External links

• Jesper Drost at WorldFootball.net
• Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
• Netherlands U21 stats at OnsOranje at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 April 2014)(in Dutch)