Twan Smits

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Twan Smits
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Smits in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Twan Smits
Date of birth (1985-12-20) 20 December 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Weurt, Netherlands
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Juliana '31
Youth career
WVW Weurt
N.E.C.
De Treffers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2009 Juliana '31
2009–2015 Achilles '29 136 (2)
2015–2017 De Treffers 47 (4)
2017– Juliana '31
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2017

Twan Smits (born 20 December 1985 in Weurt) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Juliana '31 in the Dutch Derde Divisie. [1] [2] Smits also is the captain of the Groesbeek side since 2011. Originally a youth product from N.E.C., he played first team football for Juliana '31 for five years before moving to Achilles '29 in the 2009 summer. Smits also works as an account manager for former youth club and Eredivisie side N.E.C.

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References

  1. Twan Smits naar Juliana'31‚ svjuliana31.nl, 3 March 2017
  2. "Twan Smits". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2014.