Joey Dekkers

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Joey Dekkers
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Dekkers with EVV in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-03) 3 October 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Tegelen, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SC Irene
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2011 SC Irene
2011–2012 SVC 2000
2012–2015 EVV 85 (0)
2015–2017 Achilles '29 60 (1)
2017–2018 EVV 24 (1)
2018–2019 Achilles '29 32 (1)
2019–2021 De Treffers 26 (0)
2021–2023 Groene Ster 46 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:01, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Joey Dekkers (born 3 October 1989) is a Dutch footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Derde Divisie club Groene Ster.

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Club career

Dekkers moved into professional football relatively late at 25 years, after joining Achilles '29 in 2015 from amateur side EVV. [1] Before that, the left-sided midfielder played for SVC 2000 and Sportclub Irene. [2]

He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Achilles '29 on 7 August 2015 in a game against Jong Ajax and scored a winning goal in a 2–1 victory for Achilles. [3] In 2017, he suffered relegation with Achilles '29 from the Eerste Divisie, after which he returned to EVV in the Derde Divisie. [4] In 2018, he returned to Achilles '29, at that time also competing in the Derde Divisie. After Achilles '29 suffered another relegation, Dekkers moved to fellow Groesbeek club De Treffers in June 2019, playing in the third-tier Tweede Divisie. [5] In February 2021 Groene Ster confirmed, that Dekkers would joint he club ahead of the upcoming 2021-22 season. [6]

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References

  1. Joey Dekkers nieuwe aanwinst Achilles’29 - Achilles '29 (in Dutch)
  2. EVV'er Joey Dekkers tekent bij Achilles '29 - 1Limburg (in Dutch)
  3. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 7 August 2015.
  4. Geerds, Jelmer (17 July 2017). "Joey Dekkers keert terug bij EVV". voetbal247.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. "Joey Dekkers maakt overstap binnen Groesbeek". Tweede Divisie (in Dutch). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. SELECTIENIEUWS: JOEY DEKKERS EERSTE NIEUWKOMER BIJ GROENE STER, groenester.nl, 19 February 2021