Jens Toornstra

Jens Toornstra (2012 )

Jens Toornstra ( born January 1, 1989 in Alphen aan den Rijn ) is a Dutch football player who is under contract with FC Utrecht since February 2013.

Career

Association

Toornstra played for the Dutch amateur club Alphense Boys in the " Tweede Klasse C". In his last season for this club, he scored twenty goals. The first division club ADO Den Haag became aware of him through his impressive performances. First, the Scouts from Den Haag did not believe that Toornstra could become a regular in the first team, so he was first committed to the reserve team.

In summer 2009, then he moved to The Hague; He signed a contract until 2012. On 12 February 2010 he came to his hoped-for pro debut against Willem II Tilburg. He quickly became the key players and thus Premier League rivals as AZ Alkmaar, FC Twente and Roda JC Kerkrade expressed interest in the young midfielder. But Toornstra decided to continue for ADO and extended on July 4, his contract until 2014. For 2010/11 season he was given the jersey number 7, a season before achieved Karim Soltani was who migrated to Greece. On 30 January 2011 he scored after a long time his first league game hits in a 5-1 victory over Excelsior Rotterdam, he previously missed a single League game. On 26 May, he scored a hat -trick in the national " Europa League playoff " against FC Groningen. After Den Haag won the first leg 5-1, they lost the return match with 1:5. In the end, The Hague secured the starting position by a 4-2 win on penalties.

During the winter break of the season 2012/13 Toornstra joined the league rivals FC Utrecht. There he played his first competitive match on February 3, 2013 against Twente Enschede. In this role he managed at first, the first goal is scored for his new club. Toornstra played in his first half of the season with Utrecht total of 12 league games in which he scored five goals.

National

On 13 May 2010 he was appointed the first time for the U- 21 team for the matches against Portugal on 18 and 21 May. Already in the first leg on 18 May, he came to his first international cap. He scored his first international goal against Liechtenstein on 11 August.

In 2013 he ran for the first time to the senior team. On his debut he came on June 7 during a friendly match against Indonesia. Four days later he was allowed to play against China a second time for his country.