Joey Sleegers

Joey Sleegers (born 20 July 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eerste Divisie club FC Eindhoven.

Joey Sleegers
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994
Place of birth Helmond, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger[1]
Club information
Current team
 Eindhoven
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2002 HVV Helmond
2002–2006 RKC Waalwijk
2006–2013 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Eindhoven (loan) 35 (13)
2015–2017 NEC 26 (1)
2016–2017 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 35 (8)
2018–2019 Trenčín 38 (10)
2019– Eindhoven 46 (16)
National team
2011 Netherlands U17 1 (0)
2012 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2014 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2022

Club career

Sleegers is a youth exponent from Feyenoord, a club he joined as a 12-year-old from the RKC Waalwijk youth academy. During the 2014–15 season, he played on loan for FC Eindhoven, where he made his professional team debut on 13 September 2014 against Achilles '29.[2]

On 25 August 2015, Sleegers signed a three-year contract with NEC, who had been promoted to the Eredivisie in the previous season.[3] He made his Eredivisie debut three days later, when NEC beat Willem II 1–0 after a goal from Navarone Foor. Sleegers started the game, but was substituted off for Gregor Breinburg at half-time.[4] On 26 February 2016, Sleegers scored his first goal for NEC in an away game against SC Heerenveen.[5]

During the 2016–17 season, Sleegers was sent on loan to VVV-Venlo.[6] There, he won the Eerste Divisie title and scored eight goals in 35 appearances.[7] After his loan ended, he returned to NEC.[8]

Also in his second period at NEC, Sleegers was unable to secure a place in the starting lineup. Therefore, he moved to Slovakian club AS Trenčín on 5 January 2018, where he signed a multi-year contract.[9] With Trenčín he qualified for the UEFA Europa League with his former club Feyenoord being opponent in the third qualifying round. Sleegers contributed to the elimination of his old club with an assist to the 3–0 in the first leg.[10]

After a stay of one and a half years in Slovakia, Sleegers returned to the Netherlands to sign a three-year contract with FC Eindhoven.[11]

Career statistics
As of 3 October 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eindhoven (loan) 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 331310—2[lower-alpha 1]03613
NEC 2015–16 Eredivisie 18130——211
2016–17 Eredivisie 1000——10
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 7020——90
Total 26150——311
VVV-Venlo (loan) 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 35821——379
Trenčín 2017–18 Super Liga 10220002[lower-alpha 2]0142
2018–19 Super Liga 288438[lower-alpha 3]12[lower-alpha 4]14213
Total 38106381415615
Eindhoven 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 10400——210
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 16310——160
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 8400——10
Total 341110——3511
Career total 16643154816119549
  1. Appearance(s) in Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in Slovak Super Liga European play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in Slovak Super Liga relegation play-offs

Honours

VVV-Venlo

Individual

References
  1. Joey Sleegers at WorldFootball.net
  2. "FC Eindhoven vs. Achilles '29 - 13 September 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. "Joey Sleegers vertrekt naar N.E.C." FR12.nl (in Dutch). 25 August 2015.
  4. "Willem II - NEC Nijmegen 0:1 (Eredivisie 2015/2016, 4. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. "N.E.C. sleept punt uit het vuur in Heerenveen". N.E.C. (in Dutch). 20 February 2016.
  6. "Joey Sleegers gehuurd van NEC". VVV-Venlo (in Dutch). 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  7. "Netherlands - J. Sleegers - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. "NEC-huurling Joey Sleegers kampioen met VVV". Omroep Gelderland (in Dutch). 21 April 2017.
  9. Gruijthuijsen, Jasper van (5 January 2018). "AS Trencín verlost Joey Sleegers van NEC-bank". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).
  10. "Europa League ver weg voor Feyenoord na wanvertoning tegen Trencín". NU (in Dutch). 9 August 2018.
  11. Dal, Thomas (16 July 2019). "Joey Sleegers verrast met terugkeer bij FC Eindhoven: Ik wilde graag weer in Nederland voetballen". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  12. "Bronzen Stier voor Joey Sleegers". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 6 March 2015.
  13. "Gouden Stieren voor Jahanbakhsh, De Jong, Ars en Sleegers". KNVB (in Dutch). 13 May 2015.
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