Joey Sleegers
Personal information
Full name Johannes Martinus Sleegers[1]
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[2]
Team information
Current team
 Eindhoven
Number 11
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) 33 (13)
2015–2017 NEC 26 (1)
2016–2017 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 35 (8)
2018–2019 Trenčín 38 (10)
2019–2022 Eindhoven 61 (28)
2022–2023 Dibba Al Fujairah 8 (1)
2023 ADO Den Haag 15 (1)
2023– Eindhoven 0 (0)
International career
2011 Netherlands U17 1 (0)
2012 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2014 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

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

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.[3]

On 25 August 2015, Sleegers signed a three-year contract with NEC, who had been promoted to the Eredivisie in the previous season.[4] 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.[5] On 26 February 2016, Sleegers scored his first goal for NEC in an away game against SC Heerenveen.[6]

During the 2016–17 season, Sleegers was sent on loan to VVV-Venlo.[7] There, he won the Eerste Divisie title and scored eight goals in 35 appearances.[1] 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]

Sleegers joined recently promoted UAE Pro League club Dibba Al Fujairah on 13 July 2022.[12]

On 5 January 2023, Sleegers returned to the Netherlands and signed a 2.5-year contract with ADO Den Haag.[13]

On 17 July 2023, Sleegers returned to FC Eindhoven for the second time on a two-year contract.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 December 2022[1]
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——104
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 16310——173
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 352110—4[lower-alpha 1]36724
Total 612820—436731
Dibba Al Fujairah 2022–23 UAE Pro League 8110——91
Career total 201611748110423670
  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "Netherlands - J. Sleegers - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Joey Sleegers at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "FC Eindhoven vs. Achilles '29 - 13 September 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Joey Sleegers vertrekt naar N.E.C." FR12.nl (in Dutch). 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Willem II - NEC Nijmegen 0:1 (Eredivisie 2015/2016, 4. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "N.E.C. sleept punt uit het vuur in Heerenveen". N.E.C. (in Dutch). 20 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Joey Sleegers gehuurd van NEC". VVV-Venlo (in Dutch). 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Joey Sleegers laat FC Eindhoven achter zich en gaat avontuur aan in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "ADO DEN HAAG LEGT JOEY SLEEGERS VAST TOT MEDIO 2025" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "SLEEGERS MAAKT OPNIEUW COMEBACK BIJ FC EINDHOVEN" [SLEEGERS MAKES ANOTHER COMEBACK AT FC EINDHOVEN] (in Dutch). FC Eindhoven. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Bronzen Stier voor Joey Sleegers". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 6 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Gouden Stieren voor Jahanbakhsh, De Jong, Ars en Sleegers". KNVB (in Dutch). 13 May 2015.
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