Brayton Biekman (born 16 December 1978) is a Dutch

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who plays for

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse () is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 21 divisions, 12 played on Saturday and nine on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The ch ...

club SV Houten.

Club career

Biekman began playing amateur football with LMO,

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SC Feyenoord Sportclub Feyenoord, also known as Feyenoord AV, is a football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The amateur branch of professional football club Feyenoord, they are currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch foo ...

and the

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youth. He made his professional debut for

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 17 August 2003 with a 1–3 away win at

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. In 2004, FC Den Bosch was promoted to the

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, where he would appear in 14 matches. Halfway during the 2004–05 season, Biekman was loaned out to

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. After 16 matches and 3 goals he returned to FC Den Bosch, who were relegated and began the 2005–06 season in the

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. Halfway during the 2005–06 season he was sold to Excelsior, who became

champions that season. After 15 matches without a goal he went to

Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburgse Boys is a football club based in Rijnsburg, Netherlands. The team compete in the Tweede Divisie, the third level of the Dutch football league system. History The club was established on 24 March 1930. It currently plays in the Twe ...

in the Zaterdag Hoofdklasse A.

Amateur football

After leaving Rijnsburgse Boys, he had spells at DOVO, Elinkwijk and

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. He spent several seasons playing in the

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, with him moving to DFS from fellow Hoofdklasse side

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in summer 2015. In January 2016, Biekman was announced as a new signing by

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

outfit FC Lienden for the 2016/17 season. He began playing for

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club HVC in 2021. After one season, he moved to SV Houten, where he contributed to the team's promotion to the

Honours

Den Bosch *

: 2003–04

References

1978 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers FC Den Bosch players Excelsior Rotterdam players Rijnsburgse Boys players USV Elinkwijk players SV Argon players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players VV DOVO players FC Lienden players SC Feyenoord players {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub