Twan Smits (born 20 December 1985 in

Weurt Weurt is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Beuningen, and lies about 0.1 km West of Nijmegen. Weurt was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Beuningen. It was first me ...

) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for

Juliana '31 Juliana '31 is a football club from Malden, Netherlands. Juliana was promoted to Topklasse in 2012–13 after winning the promotion/relegation play-offs. It returned to the Hoofdklasse through relegation after only one season. In 2015–16 it r ...

in the Dutch

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede D ...

. Smits also is the captain of the

Groesbeek Groesbeek () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The larger area was known as Groesbeek until January 2016, whe ...

side since 2011. Originally a youth product from N.E.C., he played first team football for

for five years before moving to Achilles '29 in the 2009 summer. Smits also works as an

account manager An account manager (AM) is a person who works for a company and is responsible for the management of sales and relationships with particular customers. An account manager maintains the company's existing relationships with a client or group of cli ...

for former youth club and

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

side N.E.C.

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smits, Twan 1985 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Achilles '29 players Footballers from Gelderland De Treffers players Juliana '31 players NEC Nijmegen players