Jordy Buijs

Jordy Buijs

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Personal information
Full name	Jordy Buijs
Date of birth	(1988-12-28) December 28, 1988
Place of birth	Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	free agent
Youth career
–1995	Slikkerveer
1995–2007	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Feyenoord	0	(0)
2008	→ De Graafschap	6	(0)
2008–2011	De Graafschap	89	(10)
2011–2014	NAC Breda	92	(11)
2014–2016	SC Heerenveen	15	(0)
2016	Roda JC Kerkrade	17	(1)
International career‡
	Netherlands	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 9, 2007

Jordy Buijs (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔrdi ˈbœy̯s]) (born December 28, 1988 in Ridderkerk) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre back. He can also play as a midfielder and is not related to Dutch former player Danny Buijs.

Buijs is a player with a great ability to read the game and who is steady in passing. He joined Feyenoord's youth squad in 1995. He participated with the Netherlands under 17 squad at the 2005 under 17 European Championships, where the Dutch reached the final. Buijs provided the assist for the winning goal in the semi final against Italy. He also took part with the same team at the Under 17 World Championships in Peru where they became third. Dutch under 17 coach Ruud Kaiser said Jordy Buijs is a winners type, who is good in one on one clashes, who has a great heading ability and an absolute peach of a free-kick on him. In the 2014/15 season for Heerenveen he notched 13 goals 3 of which a first half hatrick of penalties.

Career

Feyenoord

In July 2007 Buijs became officially part of Feyenoord's first team managed by Bert van Marwijk. He was awarded squad number 23 and showed up at Feyenoord's first training for the 2007-08 season, which was visited by a record number of 20,000 fans. But, after having no chances on the first team, he was loaned to De Graafschap for a half-year period, on January 30, 2008.

De Graafschap

In his first period at De Graafschap he didn't play that much. In the second half of the 2007/2008 season he only played in 6 Eredivisie games for De Graafschap. Although he didn't play a lot of games De Graafschap decided to sign Jordy Buijs. In the beginning of the 2008/2009 season Buijs still wasn't a first eleven player. But during the season Buijs became important player. He played on the left back position but also on the midfield. He scored his first goal for De Graafschap in the home game versus Sparta Rotterdam. He scored the 3-1. Unfortionatly the game ended in a 3-3 draw. He played in 28 games in the Eredivisie in the 2008/2009 season. He also scored a beautiful free kick in the play-off match versus MVV Maastricht. Jordy Buijs became a fan favorite and is well known with his rushes down the leftflank and his clever passes.

NAC Breda

In the summer of 2011, Buijs signed a three-year contract with NAC Breda and became an important player for the team. He again played both as a centre back and a defensive midfielder. After three seasons, Buijs left as a free agent as he claimed to be ready for a new challenge

SC Heerenveen

Buijs found this new challenge with SC Heerenveen and signed a two-year contract, having denied offers from ADO Den Haag, FC Groningen and Panathinaikos.

External links

• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• Feyenoord Forever (Dutch)