Anthony Berenstein (born 2 March 1997) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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 ...

for

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

on 5 August 2016 in a game against

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

. He afterwards played for Magreb '90. In February 2018, Berenstein signed with

FC Volendam Football Club Volendam () is a professional association football, football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024 ...

after a successful trial, initially joining the reserve team. He made his debut for the first team on 30 March 2018 in a 2–2 draw against Cambuur, in which he scored his first goal. Berenstein joined

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in May 2019, signing a one-year contract with an option for two more years. He made his competitive debut for the club on 16 August 2019 on the second matchday of the

season, starting in a 1–0 away win over

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 ...

. On 26 July 2022, Berenstein signed a one-year contract with

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 ...

club

GVVV Gelders Veenendaalse Voetbal Vereniging, better known as GVVV, is a football club based in Veenendaal, Netherlands, that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. It is one of seven football clubs from ...

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Berenstein is of Surinamese descent. He represented

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at the

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, where Netherlands were the runner-up.

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* * 1997 births Footballers from Amsterdam Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent FC Dordrecht players FC Volendam players SC Telstar players GVVV players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Netherlands men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub