Erik Quekel (born 16 April 1987) is a Dutch professional

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 ...

. He formerly played for

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 abbreviati ...

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, t ...

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, a ...

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. ...

, Jong PSV and

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium ...

Career

Quekel made his professional debut for

in the 2006–07 season. He made 85 appearances for the club in which he scored 36 goals. After four years, he moved to

, where he spent a year before joining

for the 2011–12 season. At the beginning of the 2013–14 season, Quekel trained with FC Oss, who, however, did not have the financial means to sign him to a contract. In view of an injury to Tom van Weert, rival

were in need of

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and had the opportunity to offer Quekel a contract. As a result of his move to the rivals, hard core supporters of FC Oss sent threats to the Quekel family, who were living in

Oss OSS or Oss may refer to: Places * Oss, a city and municipality in the Netherlands * Osh Airport, IATA code OSS People with the name * Oss (surname), a surname Arts and entertainment * ''O.S.S.'' (film), a 1946 World War II spy film about O ...

. Quekel eventually made his debut for FC Den Bosch on 15 September 2013 against his former club FC Oss. Den Bosch won 0–1. FC Den Bosch sent Quekel on loan to

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in February 2015, who recruited him as reinforcement for their reserve team, Jong PSV. Six months later, he joined

as a

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on a two-year deal; a team which had just won promotion to the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

. In August 2017, Quekel returned to FC Oss, the club where he once started his professional career. He left the club a year later, as his contract was not extended.

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
1987 births Living people Dutch men's footballers TOP Oss players FC Dordrecht players Helmond Sport players FC Den Bosch players PSV Eindhoven players De Graafschap players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Footballers from 's-Hertogenbosch Men's association football forwards {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub