Johan Jansen (born 7 February 1989) 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 ...

who plays, as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

, for

Sparta Nijkerk Voetbalvereniging Sparta Nijkerk, is an association football club from Nijkerk, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1931, is currently (season 2022/2023) playing in the Derde Divisie. History In one of their most notable matches of recent mem ...

in the Dutch

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

Career

Born in

Terschuur Terschuur is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Barneveld (municipality), Barneveld. History It was first mentioned around 1400 as "den teende ther schuren", and means "at the barn". ...

, Jansen made his professional debut during the 2007-08 season for

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 ...

. After playing with

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion. The club builds on form ...

, Jansen moved to

GVVV Gelders Veenendaalse Voetbal Vereniging, better known as GVVV, is a Dutch football club. It is one of seven football clubs from Veenendaal. GVVV's colors are blue-white. GVVV plays its matches at Sportpark Panhuis. Since 2016, it plays in the Tw ...

in February 2011. On 10 December 2021,

announced their signing of Jansen, who would begin playing for them in the 2022-23 season. This was confirmed by his former club, GVVV, a day later.

References

1989 births Living people People from Barneveld Footballers from Gelderland Dutch footballers NAC Breda players Almere City FC players GVVV players Sparta Nijkerk players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Association football goalkeepers {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub