Jasper Waalkens (born 13 February 1989 in

Schijndel Schijndel () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. Schijndel is located approximately southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch. Schijndel was founded on 6 December 1309. On 1 January 2017 Schijn ...

) is a Dutch

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who plays as a winger for DOVO on loan from

SV Spakenburg Sportvereniging Spakenburg is a association football, football club based in Bunschoten, Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands, that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 15 Augu ...

in the Dutch

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Career

Waalkens started his career with Avanti'31. At young age he was scouted by both

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadiu ...

and Willem II. Because of the commuting distance he made the choice for

. A few years later Willem II was interested again to sign him. This time he made the choice for the

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

youth academy. In his first under-19 year he won the prize for the best player in the competition. Although PSV wanted to give him a chance in the reserve squad, Waalkens signed a two-year deal (with option) with Willem II. August 9, 2009 he made his professional debut in the awaymatch against

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

(1–0 loss). In the summer 2017, Waalkens joined

. He was loaned out to DOVO for the 2019–20 season.DOVO neemt Jasper Waalkens over van Spakenburg
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Honours

Club

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Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

(1): 2014–15

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waalkens, Jasper 1989 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Willem II Tilburg players Helmond Sport players FC Eindhoven players Fortuna Sittard players NEC Nijmegen players Almere City FC players SV Spakenburg players VV DOVO players Sportspeople from Winterswijk Footballers from Gelderland Men's association football midfielders