Ryan Koolwijk

Ryan Koolwijk ( born August 8, 1985 in Rotterdam, South Holland) is a Dutch football player. The defensive midfielder is in the 2011/12 season at NEC Nijmegen under contract.

Koolwijk learned to play football in vv Lekkerkerk, before he moved to the D- youth in the youth department of Excelsior Rotterdam. Here he went through the other teens and was eventually included in the squad of the second team Jong Excelsior. Only with already 22 years he came as an amateur under coach Ton Lokhoff in the 2007/ 08 season on December 30, 2007 against Roda JC on his debut in the Eredivisie. In the second round he came to another six inserts in the top division. His performance made ​​the FC Twente attention to him, among other things, but when Excelsior offered him a three-year contract he signed it in May 2008.

The technically savvy midfielder who played with swerve in particular for his passports and " arc edges" is known, was after the descent Excelsior in the Eerste Divisie team regular. He was promoted to captain of the Rotterdam and carried in the season 2009/10 significantly to the resurgence in, not only with his six goals in 37 games. In the season 2010/11 he was able to maintain its leadership position in the team in the Eredivisie and was one of the guarantors that Excelsior could hold the class. For the 2011/12 season Koolwijk followed his coach Alex Pastoor to league rivals NEC to Nijmegen. As Team Captain Ramon Zomer mid-August 2011 moved to sc Heerenveen, Koolwijk was appointed as his successor.

Stations

  • Excelsior (2007-2011; 40 Eredivisie appearances / 1 goal; Eerste divisie 74/9 )
  • N.E.C. ( since 2011; Eredivisie 28/ 0)
S.B.V. Excelsior N.E.C. (football club) 2011–12 Eredivisie 2007–08 Eredivisie 2010–11 Eredivisie 2013–14 Eredivisie Kevin Conboy Rens van Eijden Dennis Gentenaar Christoph Hemlein Jakob Jantscher Karl-Johan Johnsson Jeffrey Leiwakabessy Youri Loen Marcel Stutter
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