Ruud Swinkels (born 23 February 1987) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for Esperanza Pelt in the Belgian fifth-tier

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. He formerly played for

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

, PSV,

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

, Willem II and Witgoor Sport Dessel.

Career

Swinkels started his professional career with

in the

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, where he was the first goalkeeper for three years. In the summer of 2012, Swinkels moved to PSV, where he was the third goalkeeper. He was released on 31 December 2012. In June 2013, Swinkels signed for two seasons with

, which promoted to the

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. However, Cambuur and Swinkels agreed to dissolve his contract with the club on 12 August 2013. Swinkels lost the competition of fellow goalkeeper Leonard Nienhuis and refused to spend the season as the second goalkeeper. On 30 July 2021, he joined Belgian club Esperanza Pelt.

Honours

Club

Willem II *

(1): 2013–14

References

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* 1987 births People from Oisterwijk Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Eindhoven players PSV Eindhoven players SC Cambuur players Willem II Tilburg players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Footballers from North Brabant {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub