Sjoerd Overgoor (born 6 September 1988) is a Dutch former professional

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. He played for

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 ...

, Go Ahead Eagles,

Szombathelyi Haladás Szombathelyi Haladás (), is a Hungarian football club based in Szombathely. ''Haladás'' is the Hungarian word for ''progress''. The club, which was founded in 1919, plays its home games at Rohonci úti Stadion which has a capacity of 9,500 ...

and

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

. He will join

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from the 2021–22 season, and work as a youth coach for

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Club career

Overgoor moved to the youth academy of

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after playing for ''VV DEO'' and ''VV Reünie''. From there, he went to

, for whom he made his professional debut on 14 August 2009 in a match against

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. He won the

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title with the club in his debut season. Overgoor scored his first league goal on 24 November 2010, the winner, in a 0–1 win over

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. He had come on as a 57th minute substitute for

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. Overgoor moved from De Graafschap to Go Ahead Eagles on 31 January 2012, who initially loaned him on a six-month deal and afterwards signed him on a permanent contract in the summer of 2012. With that club, he experienced another promotion to the

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– this time via the 2012–13 promotion play-offs. After Go Ahead Eagles were relegated back to the second division in the 2014–15 season, Overgoor left for

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 ...

. There, he was assigned number 8. Overgoor was appointed captain of Cambuur after one match, after his predecessor

Etiënne Reijnen Etiënne Reijnen (born 5 April 1987) is a retired Dutch footballer. He played as a centre back. Career Born in Zwolle, he played for amateur clubs Rohda Raalte, WVF and Vitesse Arnhem as a youth. In 2005, he joined PEC Zwolle in the Eerste ...

left for

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. ...

. He also suffered relegation in the 2015–16 season with Cambuur from the Eredivisie. Overgoor himself would, however, not play in a lower division again. Instead, in June 2016, he signed a three-year contract with Hungarian club

, who the previous season had finished fifth in the

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, the highest tier. There, he became a teammate with fellow Dutch player,

Sjoerd Ars Sjoerd Ars (; born 15 April 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Youth career Ars played in the youth of DVC'26 from the town of Didam, and was later picked up by Dutch giants, Feyenoord. He never brok ...

. On 12 July 2017, Overgoor returned to the Netherlands and Go Ahead Eagles. He moved to

on 31 January 2019. He announced his retirement from professional football on 2 March 2021, after suffering a knee injury in practice. Instead, he would continue as a youth coach for

and play at amateur level for

Honours

De Graafschap *

: 2009–10

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Overgoor, Sjoerd 1988 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch expatriate footballers De Graafschap players Go Ahead Eagles players SC Cambuur players TOP Oss players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Expatriate footballers in Hungary Footballers from Enschede Association football midfielders Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Hungary