Jos Hooiveld (; born 22 April 1983) is a Dutch retired

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. Hooiveld is known for his strong physical performances. Born in Zeijen,

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, he started his career with

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club

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in 2003, before moving to

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side

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, on loan, between 2004 and 2006. In 2006, he moved to Austrian Erste Liga side

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and one year later moved to Finnish side Inter Turku. During his time there he won both the

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and

League Cup as well as being named the defender of the year twice. In 2009 Swedish side AIK signed him and he won the

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and the 2009 Svenska Cupen. He moved to

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side

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in January 2010 but after one year was loaned out to

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club

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. He then moved on loan to

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club

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shortly after the start of the 2011–12 season before joining them permanently in December 2011. He was a regular throughout the season helping them win promotion to the

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. He spent the final year of his Southampton contract on loan to

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and

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. In the summer of 2015 he once again signed for Swedish side AIK.

Club career

Heerenveen

Hooiveld started his professional career for

in 2003, when he came on as a substitute for

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. In the next season he made twelve appearances in the League mostly as a left back, starting in five of those matches which included wins over

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and PSV. He could not force his way to the first team the following season and was loaned to

in January 2005 for 18 months. During the 2004−05 season, Hooiveld had an unsuccessful trial with Scottish side Livingston, later claiming that a noisy hotel staff party left him sleep deprived and damaged his chances of winning a contract. He left the club in the summer of 2006 joining Austrian club

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Zwolle

Hooiveld made his debut for Zwolle in February 2005 in a 0–0 draw, playing as a left back. He played most of his matches for the club at left back, with brief moves to midfield and central defence. In total he made 44 league appearances during his loan spell scoring three goals.

Kapfenberger SV

Hooiveld's football career almost ended due to problems with the club and management. In April 2007, after just eight months at the club and having made just fourteen appearances, Hooiveld signed a two-year contract with Inter Turku.

Inter Turku

In his first season with Inter Turku, Hooiveld was voted as the

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in the Finnish League Cup and after the season he was chosen as the best player of the season by a Finnish magazine

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and was also named

defender of the season. In the beginning of the 2008 season he won the League Cup, when FC Inter beat their local rival

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in the final. He went on to help the club to its first ever league title. He was again named

defender of the season for the second time in only two years in Finland – impressively FC Inter kept 16 clean sheets in the League in 26 matches in which Hooiveld played. After making 52 league appearances and scoring four goals in two successful years in Finland, he signed for AIK in January 2009.

AIK

Hooiveld made his debut for AIK on 5 April 2009 in a 1–0 win over

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. He won the Allsvenskan in 2009 with AIK, the first time the club had won it in eleven years. The club also won

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in 2009, making it the first time ever AIK had done the

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. Hooiveld made a total of 31 appearances for the club during his one season. Mikael Stahre wished Hooiveld well on his move commenting "Jos has, during this year, helped and contributed to the winning mentality that characterizes AIK. Idols come and go, AIK remains. We wish him well in his future career."

Celtic

On 11 January 2010,

announced that Hooiveld had signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club, moving for a fee of around £2,000,000. Hooiveld was given the number 16 shirt, vacated by Willo Flood after his transfer to

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. He made his debut for Celtic against

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on 30 January 2010. In his following game, against

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, Hooiveld went off with a thigh injury, and did not make another appearance for Celtic that season. The following season, Hooiveld was given the number 6 shirt after Landry N'Guemo returned to

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. He made his European debut for the Glasgow side in a 3–0 Champions League defeat to Portuguese side

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on 28 July 2010. He lost his place in the team after giving away a penalty in a 4–0

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defeat to

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a month later, before returning as a substitute in the 9–0 win over Aberdeen in November 2010.

Copenhagen

On 19 January 2011, Hooiveld joined

on loan until the end of the season. Hooiveld made 11 appearances for Copenhagen (four as a substitute) but on 28 May 2011 the club announced that they would not be taking up the option to make the move permanent.

Southampton

On 31 August 2011, the final day of the summer transfer window, Hooiveld joined

on a loan deal until January 2012. On 21 September 2011, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 victory over

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in the League Cup. On 18 October, he scored his first league goal in a 1–0 victory over

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, a win which put the

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five points clear at the top of the table. After impressing during his loan spell, the transfer was made permanent on 1 December 2011, the fee undisclosed. Southampton were able to sign him outside of the

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because he was already registered as their player. He scored for the second time against

in a 1–1 draw. He then made it two goals in as many games just days later in a 4–0 victory over

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. He scored on the final day of the season to help send the club back to the

in a 4–0 victory over

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. This was his eighth goal of the campaign, seven of which had been in the league. On 26 January 2015, Hooiveld joined

on loan for the remainder of the season, having previously been on loan at

. At Millwall he scored once in a 2–1 win over

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AIK

On 10 July 2015 it was announced that Hooiveld signed a 2.5 year deal with AIK. He scored his first goal with the club in a match against

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Twente

On 25 January 2017, Hooiveld joined

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on a contract until the summer of 2018.

Orange County

On 5 June 2018, Hooiveld signed for California-based Orange County of the

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. On 30 December, Hooiveld announced that he was retiring from football on

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Honours

Inter Turku *

: 2008 *

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: 2008 AIK *

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Copenhagen *

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Southampton *

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runners-up: 2011–12 Individual *

Defender of the Year:

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Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty
*

Player of the Year:

References

External links

Official player profile
at saintsfc.co.uk * *
Netherlands youth
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