John Verhoek (born 25 March 1989) is a Dutch professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

er who plays as a striker.

Career

Verhoek had stints at

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

and

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Western Netherlands, lo ...

. Verhoek joined

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

in January 2011 for a fee of €500,000 after spending six months with

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...

in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

, the second level of Dutch football. He joined

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

in 2018 but left Duisburg on 19 July 2019 for

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

, signing a deal with them that will keep him there until 2021. On 25 July 2023, Verhoek's contract with Hansa was terminated by mutual consent. On the next day, Verhoek signed with

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

in 2. Bundesliga.

Personal life

John Verhoek's brother

Wesley Verhoek Wesley Verhoek (; born 25 September 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He was known as a striker who can also play as a winger on either side of the pitch. He spent most of his professional career at ADO Den Haag at different pos ...

is also a professional footballer.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verhoek, John 1989 births Living people Footballers from Leidschendam Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany FC Dordrecht players FC Den Bosch players Stade Rennais FC players ADO Den Haag players FSV Frankfurt players FC St. Pauli players 1. FC Heidenheim players MSV Duisburg players FC Hansa Rostock players VfL Osnabrück players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ligue 1 players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players