Arjan van Dijk (born 17 January 1987) is a Dutch retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

, Van Dijk played for local sides Sporting '70 and Elinkwijk and joined the youth team of

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in 2006, making his senior debut in March 2009 against

TOP 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 abbrevia ...

. He moved to RKC in summer 2010 and won the

2010–11 Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie 2010–11 was the 55th season of the Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956. The previous year's winners were De Graafschap, who were replaced by last-placed 2009–10 Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. The league featur ...

title with them. In summer 2015, van Dijk moved into amateur football with

USV Hercules Utrechtse Sportvereniging Hercules (Utrecht Sports Association Hercules), also known as USV Hercules, Hercules Utrecht or simply Hercules, is an amateur football club in Utrecht, Netherlands. In 2014 it joined the Derde Divisie (then still known ...

, only to quit football over a persistent rib injury in January 2016.Herculesdoelman per direct gestopt
- RTV Utrecht

References

Honours

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 ...

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1987 births Living people Footballers from Utrecht (city) Men's association football goalkeepers Dutch men's footballers USV Elinkwijk players Excelsior Rotterdam players RKC Waalwijk players Eerste Divisie players USV Hercules players {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub