Yesin van der Pluijm

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Yesin van der Pluijm
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 One Knoxville
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2015 Feyenoord
2016–2018 Excelsior
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Young Harris Mountain Lions 54 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Cincinnati Dutch Lions 11 (1)
2020 East Atlanta 13 (4)
2022 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 1 (0)
2023– One Knoxville 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 18, 2023

Yesin van der Pluijm (born 4 April 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for One Knoxville SC in USL League One.

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Career

Youth

Van der Pluijm, raised in Rotterdam, joined local side Feyenoord when he was seven year's old. After almost a decade with the club, he left the club and joined Excelsior, where he captained the U19 side in his first season. [1]

College and amateur

In 2018, Van der Pluijm moved to the United States to play college soccer at Young Harris College. Over three seasons with the Mountain Lions, he made 54 appearances, scoring four goals and tallying three assists. In 2019 he was named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region second team, CoSIDA Academic All-District III Men's Soccer Team, the All-Peach Belt Conference second team, and the Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer Team of Academic Distinction. [2]

In 2019, Van der Pluijm played in the USL League Two with Cincinnati Dutch Lions, where he scored a single goal in 11 appearances. [3]

Professional

On 17 December 2021, it was announced that Van der Pluijm would join USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks ahead of their 2022 season. [4] He made his professional debut on 26 March 2022, appearing as a 90th–minute substitute in a 2–0 win over Birmingham Legion. [5]

Van der Pluijm joined USL League One expansion club One Knoxville SC on 15 December 2022. The move reunites van der Pluijm and his college coach, Mark McKeever. [6] He made his USL League One debut on 19 March 2023 starting against Lexington SC and scoring his first goal on 1 May 2023, a game winning overtime goal against Central Valley Fuego FC.

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References

  1. ↑ "Yesin van der Pluijm set to become second Dutchman at Young Harris College". 22 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Yesin van der Pluijm - Men's Soccer". Young Harris College Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Cincinnati Dutch Lions | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  4. ↑ "Colorado Springs Switchbacks Sign NCAA CoSIDA All American Player Yesin Van Der Pluijm".
  5. ↑ "Match Center | USLChampionship.com". www.uslchampionship.com.
  6. ↑ "Signed: Yesin van der Pluijm". OneKnoxSC.com. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

7.^ https://www.degraafschap.nl/nieuws/steven-theunissen-opgeroepen-voor-knvb-team-onder-14-jaar. Dutch national youth team.

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