Tom Daemen (born 17 June 1985) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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. He formerly played for

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; ) is a professional football club from the municipality of Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was establi ...

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and

Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...

in his native Netherlands and Cypriot teams

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition (ancient state), Kition of Larnaca") is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional association football, football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EP ...

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou''; ), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Ta ...

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...

Club career

Daemen was born in

Brunssum Brunssum (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of . Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 197 ...

, and rose through the ranks of local amateur side, BVC' 28 Bingelrade and later professional club

. Daemen made his professional debut on 25 October 2002 against

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport () is a Dutch professional football club based in Helmond, North Brabant. Founded in 1967 following the acquisition of the professional license of , the club achieved promotion to the top-tier Eredivisie in 1982. After two seasons ...

, where he came in as a substitute in a 4-1 away defeat. In 2006, Daemen moved to another

Limburgian Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation in the formation of, S ...

club,

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently ...

. Here he became captain of the team, and often had the honour of receiving the prize of best player. In 2012, Daemen moved abroad to play for Cypriot outfit

alongside compatriots

Tim de Cler Tim de Cler (born 8 November 1978) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a left-back for AFC Ajax, Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, AZ, Feyenoord and AEK Larnaca FC, AEK Larnaca. Early life De Cler is born and raised in ...

, Gregoor van Dijk and

Edwin Linssen Edwin Jacobus Gerardus Maria Linssen (born 28 August 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Neeritter, Linssen played for VVV-Venlo, Helmond Sport, Roda JC, Fortuna Sittard and AEK Larnaca, bef ...

and with Leon Vlemmings at the helm. Finding it hard to earn a place in the starting line-up, he was snapped up by another Dutchman,

Ton Caanen Ton Caanen (born 18 March 1966) is a Dutch football manager. Managerial career Caanen was born in Geleen, Netherlands. Aside from a few years in the amateur Dutch leagues, he never played professional football. He got his start as a manager i ...

, at EN Paralimni. Then, Caanen took Daemen with him to

the following season. He returned to the Netherlands in 2014 and joined high-flying

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

, only to leave them after a season for

. After he renounced a transfer to

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadiu ...

in August 2017, Daemen no longer found a club. In February 2018, he started working as a commercial employee at

. He left that position in June 2021.

Honours

Club

NEC *

: 2014–15

References

External links

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at Voetbal International {{DEFAULTSORT:Daemen, Tom 1985 births Living people People from Brunssum Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Fortuna Sittard players MVV Maastricht players AEK Larnaca FC players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players NEC Nijmegen players Go Ahead Eagles players Eerste Divisie players Cypriot First Division players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)