Arnold_Kruiswijk
Arnold Kruiswijk
Dutch footballer
Arnold Kruiswijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑrnɔlt ˈkrœysʋɛik]; born 2 November 1984) is a former Dutch professional footballer who played as a left back.
 Kruiswijk with Vitesse in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Arnold Kruiswijk | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 39) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Groningen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0000–2001 | Groningen | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Groningen | 149 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Anderlecht | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Roda JC (loan) | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Heerenveen | 81 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Vitesse | 69 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Netherlands U21 | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Groningen, Kruiswijk started his career at local side Groningen.
In the 10 September 2006 match against Heracles Almelo, Kruiswijk scored the fastest own goal ever in the Eredivisie,[1] misplacing a back pass to the keeper that ended up in the goal after 9 seconds.
After the 2007–08 season, Kruiswijk moved to the Belgian club RSC Anderlecht.
In January 2010, Kruiswijk went on loan to Dutch side Roda JC until the end of the season.[2] On 21 May 2010 he signed a four-year contract for SC Heerenveen, where he was reunited with his former Groningen-coach Ron Jans.[3] In 2014, he moved to Vitesse.[4]
On 1 July 2014, preceding his release from Heerenveen, Kruiswijk joined fellow Eredivisie side Vitesse.[5] Kruiswijk entered the Dutch history books for a second time on 29 January 2017, when he played 25,128 minutes without scoring a goal for his club thus surpassing the record held by John Veldman.[6] Soon after, on 10 March 2017 in an Eredivisie home fixture against Sparta Rotterdam, he scored his first goal in 362 career appearances.[7]
He played as Vitesse won the final of the KNVB Cup 2–0 against AZ Alkmaar on 30 April 2017 to help the club, 3-time runners up, to the title for the first time in its 125-year history.[8][9]
He retired in March 2019 due to injury.[10]
In 2006, Kruiswijk was part of the Netherlands U21 squad that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Portugal. A year later at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands he was again part of the squad that successfully defended their title and that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by reaching the semi-finals at the tournament.
- As of match played 16 January 2018.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Groningen | 2001–02 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Eredivisie | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04 | Eredivisie | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | Eredivisie | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06 | Eredivisie | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | Eredivisie | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Total | 149 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 166 | 0 | ||
| Anderlecht | 2008–09 | Belgian First Division | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Roda JC (loan) | 2009–10 | Eredivisie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Heerenveen | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Total | 81 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Vitesse | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 69 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 333 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 377 | 1 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
- Appearance(s) in Eredivisie European Play-offs
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in Johan Cruyff Shield
Club
Vitesse
- Nader bekeken Archived 15 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine - NRC (in Dutch)
- Anderlecht leent Arnold Kruiswijk uit aan Roda JC Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch)
- Jans en Kruiswijk herenigd bij SC Heerenveen Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Arnold Kruiswijk tekent bij Vitesse Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine - RTV Noord (in Dutch)
- "A. Kruiswijk". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- Nooit scorende Kruiswijk schrijft Eredivisie-historie - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- "Vitesse vs. Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway. 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- "Vitesse claim first major trophy with Cup triumph". Reuters. 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "AZ Alkmaar vs. Vitesse - Football Match Line-Ups - April 30, 2017 - ESPN". Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Arnold Kruiswijk zet een punt achter zijn loopbaan". www.gic.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- Arnold Kruiswijk at ESPN FC
- Arnold Kruiswijk at WorldFootball.net
- Netherlands stats at OnsOranje
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