Sander Duits (born 29 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional
footballer
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. He played for
De Graafschap
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It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium ...
,
FC Omniworld
Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion.
The club builds on forme ...
,
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merg ...
and
Go Ahead Eagles. His favorite position on the field is as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Duits started playing football with amateurs
SDC Putten
Sterk Door Combinatie Putten (SDC Putten) is an association football club from Putten, Netherlands. It was founded in 1952.
History
In 1966 SDC Putten promoted from the Tweede Klasse to the Hoofdklasse. Since, it plays predominantly in the Hoof ...
and he was soon signed to the youth team of
Vitesse. In 1999,
De Graafschap
VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium ...
picked him up. He made his debut in professional football as a part of the De Graafschap squad in the
2002–03 Eredivisie season, in which De Graafschap relegated. When relegation was a fact, Duits became a regular starter in
Frans Adelaar
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He most recently was manager of Dutch top amateur side IJsselmeervogels.
Career
Club career
Adelaar played professional football for FC Utrecht ...
's side. After promoting back to the Eredivisie, and
Gert Kruys
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Career
Kruys played his entire career for FC Utrecht (1978–1988), except for one short spell at RKC Waal ...
becoming manager, Duits played less. He was even put in the reserve team for a short period. De Graafschap once again relegated, and Kruys left the club. He was still no regular, as De Graafschap signed players like
Joost Volmer
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and
Dave Bus breaking through – both players for his position.
In 2006, his contract expired at the club, and he signed with
FC Omniworld
Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion.
The club builds on forme ...
. There he became the key player, and Eredivisie clubs began showing their interest in him. Eventually, he signed with
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merg ...
for the
2010–11 season. The club had just been relegated from the Eredivisie, and were fighting for a comeback. After RKC had relegated to the
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...
, Duits announced he wanted to leave the club. On 28 August 2014, he signed a deal two-year deal with
Eredivisie
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side
Go Ahead Eagles.
Duits quit professional football in 2017 citing persisting knee problems and returned to childhood club SDC Putten.
Sander Duits (Go Ahead) naar SDC Putten
– ''De Stentor''
Honours
Club
RKC Waalwijk:
*Eerste Divisie
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: 2010–11
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References
External links
RKC Waalwijk.nl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duits, Sander
1983 births
Living people
People from Putten
Men's association football midfielders
Dutch men's footballers
De Graafschap players
Almere City FC players
RKC Waalwijk players
Go Ahead Eagles players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Footballers from Gelderland
SDC Putten players