Jeremy van Mullem (born 18 March 1999) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for club Cambuur.

Career

Early years

Van Mullem began his youth career at

VV Zwaluwen Voetbalvereniging Zwaluwen Vlaardingen is a Association football, football club from Vlaardingen, Netherlands. History The club was founded in 1935. The first squad promoted to the Derde Klasse in 1946. Since, Zwaluwen has been hovering betwee ...

and later moved to

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's academy, where he signed his first professional contract in 2018. After one season with Jong Feyenoord, his contract expired in 2019, and he left on a free transfer to SSV Jeddeloh in Germany, competing in

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

. He made his debut for Jeddeloh on 21 July 2019, in a 1–1 draw at home against

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in the

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. Van Mullem would go on to make a total of 21 appearances in the Regionalliga Nord before the league was indefinitely suspended due to the

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Sparta Rotterdam

In 2020, Van Mullem joined Jong Sparta Rotterdam on an amateur contract, where he made his first appearance in the

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on 5 September 2020, against Jong Volendam. After six matches, the Tweede Divisie was cancelled due to COVID-19, and Van Mullem did not feature for Jong Sparta again. Towards the end of the 2020–21 season, he was included in the first-team squad of

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

for several matches. He made his debut for Sparta in the last game of the regular season, a 2–1 away victory against

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

in the

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, coming on as a substitute for Wouter Burger in the 74th minute. In May 2022, Van Mullem extended his contract with Sparta for two more seasons.

Cambuur

On 1 September 2023, Van Mullem signed a two-year contract with an option for an additional season with recently relegated

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club Cambuur. He made his competitive debut for the club on 9 September, starting in a 3–1 league win over

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. On 6 November, he scored his first goal for Cambuur in a dominant 8–1 away victory 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 ...

; the latter's most significant home defeat ever.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mullem, Jeremy van 1999 births Living people Footballers from Vlaardingen Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders VV Zwaluwen players Feyenoord players SSV Jeddeloh players Sparta Rotterdam players SC Cambuur players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Regionalliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Dutch sportsmen Jong Sparta players