Joshua Benjamin Brenet (born 20 March 1994) is a professional

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who plays for

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as a full-back. Brenet played two friendlies for the Netherlands national team, before switching to play for the Curaçao national team.

Club career

Brenet is a graduate of PSV's youth academy, having joined the club in 2011 from

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. He made his professional debut on 6 December 2012 in a

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game against

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, coming on for

Peter van Ooijen Petrus Antonius "Peter" van Ooijen (born 16 February 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Born in Rosmalen, Van Ooijen started his career with PSV, having joined the club in 2003 from FC Den Bosch. He mad ...

after 87 minutes. He made his Champions League qualification debut on 30 July 2013 against Zulte Waregem. He played on 15 April 2018 as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the

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title. On 31 January 2022, Brenet joined

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until the end of the 2021–22 season. Twente suspended Brenet on 27 March 2024, after he was sentenced to a month in prison for driving without a license on two occasions. His contract expired at the end of the 2023–24 season and was not extended.

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Brenet is of Curaçaoan descent. Brenet made his debut for the

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in a November 2016

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against

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. He was called up to the preliminary squad for the Curaçao national team for the

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. Brenet made his

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for

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on 5 June 2024 in a 2026 World Cup qualification match starting against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

PSV *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 *

Johan Cruijff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Individual *

Team of the Month: March 2022

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brenet, Joshua 1994 births Living people Footballers from Kerkrade Curaçao men's footballers Curaçao men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Dutch people of Curaçao descent Men's association football fullbacks Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Jong PSV players PSV Eindhoven players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players FC Twente players Al-Rayyan SC players 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Dual internationalists (men's football) 21st-century Dutch sportsmen