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Aaron Meijers
Dutch footballer (born 1987)
Aaron Meijers (born 28 October 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back for Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. He formerly played for FC Volendam, ADO Den Haag, and Sparta Rotterdam.
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Meijers with ADO Den Haag in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1987-10-28) 28 October 1987 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Delft, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RKC Waalwijk | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–2000 | AVV Andijk | ||
| 2000–2006 | FC Volendam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | FC Volendam | 124 | (4) |
| 2010–2012 | RKC Waalwijk | 62 | (4) |
| 2012–2021 | ADO Den Haag | 237 | (7) |
| 2020–2021 | → Sparta (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Sparta | 25 | (0) |
| 2023– | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2024 | |||
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Meijers was born in Delft. Aged six he moved to Andijk, where he started playing for AVV Andijk (now Sporting Andijk). In 2000 Meijers joined FC Volendam. After four years in the first team of FC Volendam he moved to RKC Waalwijk. With both FC Volendam and RKC Waalwijk Meijers won the Eerste Divisie. In 2012 Meijers went to ADO Den Haag.[1]
For the 2020–21 season, he was loaned to Sparta Rotterdam. After returning to ADO Den Haag and beginning the 2021–22 season there, on 30 August 2021 he returned to Sparta on a permanent basis.[2]
In the summer of 2023, Meijers returned to RKC Waalwijk on a one-season deal.[3]
Meijers, along with fellow ADO player Jens Toornstra was invited to train with the national team in 2012 by Louis van Gaal.[4]
- As of match played 2 September 2023
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Beker | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Volendam | 2006–07 | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| Total | 124 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 129 | 4 | |||
| RKC Waalwijk | 2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Total | 62 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 74 | 4 | |||
| ADO Den Haag | 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Total | 237 | 7 | 11 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 250 | 7 | |||
| Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| RKC Waalwijk | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 474 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 512 | 15 | ||
Club
AVV Andijk FC Volendam
RKC Waalwijk
- "SPARTA NEEMT MEIJERS OVER VAN ADO" (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Aaron Meijers tot medio 2024 weer RKC'er" (in Dutch). RKC Waalwijk. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Toornstra en Meijers melden zich bij Nederlands elftal - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Aaron Meijers at WorldFootball.net
- Aaron Meijers at Soccerway
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
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