Jordi Balk

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Jordi Balk
Personal information
Full name Jordi Balk
Date of birth (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Cothen, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
SVF Cothen
SV Houten
FC Utrecht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Ross County 4 (0)
2015–2017 FC Oss 68 (1)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 12 (1)
2018 FC Lienden 28 (0)
2019 VV DUNO 8 (0)
2019–2020 DOVO 19 (0)
2020–2022 Sportlust '46 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:51, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Jordi Balk (born 26 April 1994) is a retired Dutch professional footballer who played as a centre back during his career, for Ross County, FC Oss, St Patrick's Athletic, FC Lienden, VV DUNO, DOVO and Sportlust '46.

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Club career

Ross County

Balk, who had previously played in the youth academy of Dutch club Utrecht, signed for Scottish Premiership club Ross County in July 2014. [1] He made his debut appearance on 16 August 2014, in a 2–1 defeat against Kilmarnock. Balk was released from his contract in November 2014. [2]

FC Oss

In January 2015, he signed with Dutch Eerste Divisie side FC Oss until the end of the season. [3] He stayed with FC Oss until 2017.

St Patrick's Athletic

After 3 seasons with FC Oss, Balk went on trial with League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic, from the capital city of Dublin. On 5 July 2017 he played the full 90 minutes as a trialist in a 1–0 friendly win over Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian at Richmond Park. After impressing fans and coaching staff with his passing, positional sense and tackling, Balk signed a contract with the Saints on 7 July 2017, becoming the first Dutch player to play for the club. [4] Balk made his full debut on 9 July in a narrow 1–0 defeat away to league leaders Cork City. [5] He scored his first goal in the clubs crucial 4-2 win against Cork which helped St Pats stay in League of Ireland Premier Division. [6]

Return to Holland

On 19 December, Balk announced to his fans via his Instagram account that despite St Patrick's Athletic offering him a multi-year contract, he would be leaving Dublin and returning home to sign for FC Lienden of the Tweede Divisie on a 1.5 year contract. [7]

Balk signed with Voetbalvereniging Duno Doorwerth, better known as VV DUNO, in the beginning of 2019. [8] However, already on 12 February 2019 it was confirmed, that Balk would join DOVO from the upcoming season. [9]

Balk played for Sportlust '46 from 2020 until he retired from football in July 2022.

On 9 September 2023, Balk returned to Dublin to play in a friendly for a St. Patricks Athletic legends team for Ian Bermingham's testimonial match. [10]

Career statistics

As of 19 December 2017.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ross County 2014–15 [11] Scottish Premiership 400010––50
FC Oss 2014–15 [11] Eerste Divisie 18000002 [lower-alpha 1] 0200
2015–16 [11] 33000––––330
2016–17 [11] 17100––––171
Club Total68100––20701
St Patrick's Athletic 2017 [11] League of Ireland Premier Division 121200000141
FC Lienden 2017–18 [11] Tweede Divisie 0000000000
Career total842201020892
  1. ↑ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

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References

  1. ↑ "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit, BBC Sport
  3. ↑ Balk maakt seizoen af bij FC Oss Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch). 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jordi Balk Joins the Saints".
  5. ↑ "League Report: Cork City 1 - 0 St Patrick's Athletic".
  6. ↑ "League Report: St Patrick's Athletic 4 - 2 Cork City".
  7. ↑ "Jordi Balk sluit per direct aan bij tweede divisie selectie".
  8. ↑ Duno start 2019 met makkelijke oefenzege, hoogenlaag.nl, 5 January 2019
  9. ↑ Ex-prof Jordi Balk van Duno naar DOVO in Veenendaal, gelderlander.nl, 12 February 2019
  10. ↑ "Testimonial Squads Confirmed". www.stpatsfc.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nederlands - J.Balk". Soccerway. soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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