Jordie Briels (born 26 November 1991) 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 lea ...

who plays as a

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. Briels has previously played for

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; ) is a professional football club from the municipality of Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was establi ...

and Scottish club

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...

Club career

Born in

Weert Weert (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maas ...

, Briels played in the youth academy of Belgian side

Genk Genk () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality comprises only the town of Genk itself. It ...

, but signed professional terms with

in 2012. Briels signed a one-year contract with Scottish club

in July 2017, spending the year with the club before being released following the end of his contract.

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* 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Weert Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers KRC Genk players Fortuna Sittard players Dundee United F.C. players TOP Oss players Eerste Divisie players Scottish Professional Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub