| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 August 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bakel, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Juventus Next Gen | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Club Brugge | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Royal Excel Mouscron | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | FC Eindhoven | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | FC Eindhoven | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Juventus Next Gen | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Netherlands U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:46, 3 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:46, 3 July 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Shane van Aarle (born 5 August 2006) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie C Group B club Juventus Next Gen.
Van Aarle was raised in Wetteren, Belgium with his mother. He is a youth product of the Belgian clubs Club Brugge and Royal Excel Mouscron, before returning to the Netherlands with the youth academy of FC Eindhoven in 2022. [2] On 9 December 2024, he debuted with FC Eindhoven in a 4–0 Eerste Divisie win over Jong Utrecht. [3] On 14 May 2025, he transferred to Juventus Next Gen in the Serie C on a contract until 2029. [4]
Born in the Netherlands, Van Aarle was born to a Dutch father and Rwandan mother. [5] He was part of the Netherlands U19s that won the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. [6]
Netherlands U19