Joey Sleegers

Joey Sleegers
Personal information
Full name Johannes Martinus Sleegers[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994
Place of birth Helmond, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 Eindhoven
Number 11
Youth career
–2002 HVV Helmond
2002–2006 RKC Waalwijk
2006–2013 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Eindhoven (loan) 33 (13)
2015–2017 NEC 26 (1)
2016–2017 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 35 (8)
2018–2019 Trenčín 38 (10)
2019–2022 Eindhoven 61 (28)
2022–2023 Dibba Al Fujairah 8 (1)
2023 ADO Den Haag 15 (1)
2023– Eindhoven 49 (6)
International career
2011 Netherlands U17 1 (0)
2012 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2014 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2025

Johannes "Joey" Martinus Sleegers (born 20 July 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eerste Divisie club Eindhoven.

Club career

Sleegers began his football development in the youth academy of RKC Waalwijk before joining Feyenoord at the age of 12. During the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie season, he was loaned to FC Eindhoven, where he made his professional debut on 13 September 2014 in a league match against Achilles '29.[3]

On 25 August 2015, Sleegers signed a three-year contract with newly promoted NEC.[4] He made his Eredivisie debut three days later in a 1–0 away victory over Willem II, starting the match before being substituted at half-time.[5] He scored his first goal for NEC on 26 February 2016 in a draw against SC Heerenveen.[6]

For the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie season, Sleegers joined VVV-Venlo on loan.[7] He made 35 appearances and scored eight goals as the club won the league title.[1]

Sleegers returned to NEC at the end of the loan spell but was unable to secure a regular place in the starting lineup.[8] On 5 January 2018, he moved to Slovak club AS Trenčín, signing a multi-year contract.[9] During his time at Trenčín, he helped the team qualify for the UEFA Europa League and registered an assist in a 3–0 win over former club Feyenoord in the third qualifying round.[10]

After eighteen months in Slovakia, Sleegers returned to the Netherlands and rejoined Eindhoven on a three-year deal, announced on 16 July 2019.[11]

On 13 July 2022, Sleegers signed with Dibba Al Fujairah in the UAE Pro League.[12]

Sleegers returned to Dutch football on 5 January 2023, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with ADO Den Haag.[13]

On 17 July 2023, he rejoined FC Eindhoven for a third spell, signing a two-year deal.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 December 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Eindhoven (loan) 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 33 13 1 0 — 2[a] 0 36 13
NEC 2015–16 Eredivisie 18 1 3 0 — — 21 1
2016–17 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 7 0 2 0 — — 9 0
Total 26 1 5 0 — — 31 1
VVV-Venlo (loan) 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 35 8 2 1 — — 37 9
Trenčín 2017–18 Super Liga 10 2 2 0 0 0 2[b] 0 14 2
2018–19 Super Liga 28 8 4 3 8[c] 1 2[d] 1 42 13
Total 38 10 6 3 8 1 4 1 56 15
Eindhoven 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 10 4 0 0 — — 10 4
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 16 3 1 0 — — 17 3
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 35 21 1 0 — 4[a] 3 67 24
Total 61 28 2 0 — 4 3 67 31
Dibba Al Fujairah 2022–23 UAE Pro League 8 1 1 0 — — 9 1
Career total 201 61 17 4 8 1 10 4 236 70
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Slovak Super Liga European play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Slovak Super Liga relegation play-offs

Honours

VVV-Venlo

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Netherlands - J. Sleegers - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ Joey Sleegers at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "FC Eindhoven vs. Achilles '29 - 13 September 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Joey Sleegers vertrekt naar N.E.C." FR12.nl (in Dutch). 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Willem II - NEC Nijmegen 0:1 (Eredivisie 2015/2016, 4. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ^ "N.E.C. sleept punt uit het vuur in Heerenveen". N.E.C. (in Dutch). 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Joey Sleegers gehuurd van NEC". VVV-Venlo (in Dutch). 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  8. ^ a b "NEC-huurling Joey Sleegers kampioen met VVV". Omroep Gelderland (in Dutch). 21 April 2017.
  9. ^ Gruijthuijsen, Jasper van (5 January 2018). "AS Trencín verlost Joey Sleegers van NEC-bank". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).
  10. ^ "Europa League ver weg voor Feyenoord na wanvertoning tegen Trencín". NU (in Dutch). 9 August 2018.
  11. ^ Dal, Thomas (16 July 2019). "Joey Sleegers verrast met terugkeer bij FC Eindhoven: Ik wilde graag weer in Nederland voetballen". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  12. ^ "Joey Sleegers laat FC Eindhoven achter zich en gaat avontuur aan in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  13. ^ "ADO DEN HAAG LEGT JOEY SLEEGERS VAST TOT MEDIO 2025" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  14. ^ "SLEEGERS MAAKT OPNIEUW COMEBACK BIJ FC EINDHOVEN" [SLEEGERS MAKES ANOTHER COMEBACK AT FC EINDHOVEN] (in Dutch). FC Eindhoven. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Bronzen Stier voor Joey Sleegers". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 6 March 2015.
  16. ^ "Gouden Stieren voor Jahanbakhsh, De Jong, Ars en Sleegers". KNVB (in Dutch). 13 May 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.