Donny de Groot
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donny de Groot | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Gouda, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| UNIO | |||
| FC Utrecht | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | FC Utrecht | 28 | (5) |
| 2002 | → Volendam (loan) | 15 | (9) |
| 2002–2003 | → Emmen (loan) | 31 | (30) |
| 2004–2005 | RBC | 23 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | De Graafschap | 25 | (13) |
| 2006–2007 | AEK Larnaca | 23 | (9) |
| 2007–2009 | De Graafschap | 36 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | Newcastle United Jets | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | RKC | 34 | (20) |
| 2011–2012 | Willem II | 32 | (14) |
| 2012–2013 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Eindhoven | 28 | (12) |
| 2014–2015 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 325 | (136) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Donny de Groot (born 16 August 1979) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]De Groot started his football career with amateur side UNIO in Oudewater, near his native town Gouda. As a youth player, he moved to FC Utrecht, where he made his debut for the main squad on 27 February 2000, in the home game against AZ. During the next two and a half years in Utrecht, De Groot played only five matches for the main squad. During the 2001–02 season, De Groot moved to FC Volendam, where he scored 9 goals in 15 matches. De Groot moved to FC Emmen for the next season. His 30 goals in 31 matches made him top scorer of the 2002–03 Eerste Divisie.
Success and career abroad
[edit]He returned to FC Utrecht for the 2003–04 Eredivisie season; he played 23 matches, scoring 5 goals. At the end of the season, De Groot moved to RBC Roosendaal,[1] and during the 2005–06 Eredivisie season, he went to Eerste Divisie side De Graafschap. At the end of the season, De Groot moved abroad, signing a two-year deal with AEK Larnaca of Cyprus. De Groot played for the Cypriot side for only one season, and returned to De Graafschap for the 2007–08 Eredivisie season.
On 30 January 2009, he went to Newcastle Jets on a free transfer.[2] On 10 March 2009, he made his debut for Newcastle in their 2–0 loss in the AFC Champions League to Beijing Guoan. De Groot fell out of favour under new manager Branko Čulina and was given permission to negotiate with other clubs.
Return home
[edit]Therefore, he went to back to his home country where he signed with Go Ahead Eagles on a free transfer in January 2010. He immediately made an impact, scoring two goals as a jet lagged second-half substitute in a Dutch Cup quarter finals away win over Eredivisie side NAC Breda. He had only finished his long journey from Australia less than 24 hours earlier. In June 2011 it was reported that he would sign a contract at Tilburgian side Willem II Tilburg.[3] He later had a spell with Belgian side Sint-Truiden[4] and signed with Fortuna Sittard in 2014.[5]
Post-playing career
[edit]While living in Diessen at the time, De Groot took up his first senior coaching job at local amateur side Beerse Boys in 2017. He had already worked as an assistant and youth coach at PSV, RKC and Fortuna Sittard.[6] He later moved to Cyprus.[7]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]FC Utrecht[8]
RKC Waalwijk:[9]
Individual
[edit]- Eerste Divisie Player of the Year: 2002–03
- Eerste Divisie Top scorer: 2002–03
References
[edit]- ↑ "Donny de Groot kiest voor RBC Roosendaal". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 4 December 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ "Jets hit two targets in recruitment battle". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ↑ "Go Ahead stunt dankzij Donny de Groot" (in Dutch). Trouw. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ↑ "Donny de Groot alsnog naar Sint-Truiden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ "Donny de Groot naar Fortuna Sittard". RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ van der Hansz, Silvester (6 August 2017). "Oudewaternaar Donny de Groot zet eerste stap op trainerspad". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ Ottens, Chris (24 September 2019). "'Maradonny' vindt zijn tweede thuis op Cyprus: 'Het eiland heeft alles'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ "2004: Utrecht prolongeert de beker" (in Dutch). KNVB. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ↑ "RKC Waalwijk kampioen in Jupiler League" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Oudewater
- Footballers from Gouda, South Holland
- Men's association football forwards
- Dutch men's footballers
- FC Utrecht players
- FC Volendam players
- FC Emmen players
- RBC Roosendaal players
- De Graafschap players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- Willem II Tilburg players
- Sint-Truidense VV players
- FC Eindhoven players
- Fortuna Sittard players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- Cypriot First Division players
- A-League Men players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- PSV Eindhoven non-playing staff
- Fortuna Sittard non-playing staff
- RKC Waalwijk non-playing staff