Rai Vloet

Rai Vloet

Vloet with PSV in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Rai Hendrikus Martinus Vloet [1]
Date of birth	(1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Schijndel, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
0000–2005	SVN
2005–2013	PSV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	PSV	9	(0)
2013–2016	Jong PSV	53	(16)
2016	→ Cambuur (loan)	8	(0)
2016–2017	→ FC Eindhoven (loan)	32	(12)
2017–2018	NAC Breda	31	(4)
2018	Chiasso	0	(0)
2018–2019	Frosinone	5	(0)
2019	Sint-Truiden	2	(0)
2019–2020	Excelsior	29	(14)
2020–2022	Heracles Almelo	45	(19)
2022	Astana	14	(5)
2022–2024	Ural Yekaterinburg	20	(4)
International career‡
2011–2012	Netherlands U17	16	(3)
2012–2013	Netherlands U18	4	(1)
2013–2014	Netherlands U19	10	(3)
2014	Netherlands U20	3	(1)
2015	Netherlands U21	3	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:40, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Rai Vloet (born 8 May 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Vloet was born in Schijndel. He made his professional debut as Jong PSV player in the second division on 20 September 2013 against FC Den Bosch coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. ^[2]

On 20 September 2016, while on loan at FC Eindhoven, Rai Vloet scored a goal in the 87th minute against FC Den Bosch, coached by his father Wiljan Vloet, to win 3–2 in the 2016–17 KNVB Cup. For the 2017–18 season he joined NAC Breda.

On 15 August 2018, after signing to Swiss club Chiasso, Vloet was bought by Italian side Frosinone. ^{[3] [4]} In January 2019, he left Frosinone by mutual consent.

On 4 February 2019, Vloet was signed by Belgian side Sint-Truiden as a free agent.

On 13 July 2019, he joined Eerste Divisie club Excelsior on a one-year contract with an option for another year. ^[5]

On 22 June 2020, he joined Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo. ^[6]

On 25 March 2022, FC Astana announced the signing of Vloet. ^[7] On 6 September 2022, Astana announced that Vloet had moved to Ural Yekaterinburg after they had exercised a release clause in Vloet contract. ^[8]

Vloet's contract with Ural was terminated by mutual consent in June 2024, following the club's relegation from the Russian Premier League. ^[9]

Personal life

Vloet was one of two men arrested on 14 November 2021 after the car in which both men were travelling was involved in a fatal collision with another vehicle on the A4 motorway near Hoofddorp that resulted in the death of a four-year-old boy. ^[10] In January 2022, Vloet's club Heracles Almelo suspended him with immediate effect after being confronted with the police report by newspaper De Telegraaf. ^[11] According to the police report, Vloet and the other man had stated that they did not drive the car. ^[11] A breath test showed that Vloet had twice the permitted blood alcohol level and the on-board computer of Vloet's car showed that the driving speed was 193 kilometers per hour while the Netherlands has a speed limit of 130 km/h. ^{[11] [12]}

In March 2023, the Public Ministry demanded a prison sentence of three years and six months and a four-year driving ban for Vloet for causing the fatal accident. ^[13] On 3 April 2023, he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and received a four-year driving ban. The sentence was reduced as the court considered the impact of the intense media attention on Vloet's professional career and the remorse he showed during the trial. ^[14] On 9 September 2024, Vloet withdrew his appeal, and the Public Ministry followed suit, partly out of consideration for the victims' families, thereby upholding the sentence. ^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 June 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jong PSV	2013–14	Eerste Divisie	26	5	–		–		–		26	5
	2014–15		13	4	–		–		–		13	4
	2015–16		12	7	–		–		–		12	7
	2016–17		2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	Total		53	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	53	16
PSV	2013–14	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2014–15		8	0	1	0	3 [lower-alpha 1]	0	–		12	0
	2015–16		1	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	–		4	0
	Total		9	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16	0
Cambuur	2015–16	Eredivisie	8	0	–		–		–		8	0
FC Eindhoven	2016–17	Eerste Divisie	32	12	2	1	–		–		34	13
NAC Breda	2017–18	Eredivisie	31	4	1	1	–		–		32	5
Frosinone	2018–19	Serie A	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
Sint-Truiden	2018–19	Belgian Pro League	0	0	–		–		2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	2	0
Excelsior	2019–20	Eerste Divisie	29	14	2	0	–		–		31	14
Heracles Almelo	2020–21	Eredivisie	33	16	2	1	–		–		35	17
	2021–22		12	3	1	2	–		–		13	5
	Total		45	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	48	22
Astana	2022	Kazakhstan Premier League	14	5	3	2	2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	–		19	7
Ural Yekaterinburg	2022–23	Russian Premier League	15	4	10	3	–		–		25	7
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	5	0	2	0	–		2 [lower-alpha 5]	0	9	0
	Total		20	4	12	3	–		2	0	34	7
Career total			246	74	26	10	6	0	4	0	282	84

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in the UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in the Europa League play-offs
4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Appearances in the relegation play-offs

References

1. Rai Vloet at WorldFootball.net
2. Den Bosch vs. Jong PSV - 20 September 2013 - Soccerway
3. "Official: Frosinone buy Vloet - Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. 15 August 2018.
4. "Rai Vloet al Frosinone". 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
5. "Rai Vloet sluit maandag aan bij selectie van Excelsior" (Press release) (in Dutch). Excelsior. 13 July 2019.
6. "Heracles snap up Vloet". 22 June 2020.
7. "Встречайте, Рай Влут – официально игрок «Астаны»!". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
8. "Рай Влут покидает футбольный клуб «Астана»". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
9. "Рай Влут покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 26 June 2024.
10. "Kleuter overleden bij ongeval A4, Heracles-voetballer Rai Vloet aangehouden". 14 November 2021.
11. Kapteijns, Jeroen (21 January 2022). "Heracles Almelo schorst Rai Vloet per direct". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
12. "Profvoetballer Rai Vloet en Openbaar Ministerie zien af van hoger beroep". NOS (in Dutch). 9 September 2024. Archived from the original on 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
13. "OM eist 3,5 jaar tegen veroorzaker dodelijk verkeersongeval Hoofddorp - Nieuwsbericht". Openbaar Ministerie (in Dutch). 20 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
14. Bakker, Kim (3 April 2023). "Profvoetballer Rai Vloet krijgt 2,5 jaar celstraf voor dodelijk verkeersongeluk". NRC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

External links

• Rai Vloet at WorldFootball.net
• Rai Vloet at Soccerway
• Netherlands profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-04)