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Benjamin van den Broek (born 21 September 1987) is a New Zealand international footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for
Koninklijke HFC Koninklijke Haarlemsche Football Club (Royal Haarlem Football Club) is a football club based in Haarlem, Netherlands. It is the oldest existing club in Dutch football, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the club's early years the team only ...
in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. Born in
Geleen Geleen (; li, Gelaen ) is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg in the Netherlands. With 31,670 inhabitants in 2020, it is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. Geleen is situated along the river Gele ...
, van den Broek has played for clubs in the Netherlands, England and Romania. He represented New Zealand at international level.


Club career

He started his career with
NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
, but made no Eredivisie appearances for the club. In 2008, he moved to
HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982 ...
, where he made 57 appearances in the Eerste Divisie, scoring 10 goals. After Haarlem went bust in January 2010, Van den Broek was left without a club. Despite attracting interest from
Lierse SK Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six ...
of Belgium and
FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...
, he signed for English League Two club Shrewsbury Town on 12 February until the end of the season. He made his debut on 6 March, replacing
Jamie Cureton Jamie Cureton (born 28 August 1975) is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he is currently player-manager at Enfield. He began his career at Norwich City in 1994, and after the club's relegation from the Premier League at the ...
for the last 25 minutes of a 0–3 defeat at Grimsby Town. His first start came a week later in his first game at the New Meadow, lasting 73 minutes before being replaced by Steve Leslie in a 0–1 defeat to Rochdale. He scored his only goal for the club in a 2–3 home defeat against
Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...
on 1 May. Later that month, he signed a new one-year contract. He signed a contract with Dutch club Den Bosch in spring 2011. On 2 February 2015, Van den Broek signed with Romanian Liga I side Universitatea Cluj. In August 2015, Van den Broek signed for
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side
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on a deal until the end of the season. However, in January 2016, Van den Broek left by mutual consent and went on to sign a two and a half-year contract at Dutch side Telstar.


International career

On 8 March 2015, Van den Broek was called into the New Zealand national football team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson. He qualified through his mother, who is from New Zealand. He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, replacing Bill Tuiloma for the final ten minutes of a 0–1 defeat.


Career statistics


References


Van den Broek maakt overstap naar SC Telstar
tjerkstramedia.nl, 7 January 2016


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Broek, Benjamin van den 1987 births Living people People from Geleen Men's association football midfielders New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of New Zealand descent Dutch expatriate men's footballers Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players English Football League players National League (English football) players Liga I players NAC Breda players HFC Haarlem players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players FC Den Bosch players FC Universitatea Cluj players SC Telstar players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Romania Koninklijke HFC players Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)