Matthijs Hardijk
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997
Place of birth Hoogezand, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Katwijk
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2015 VV Hoogezand
2015–2016 FC Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Harkemase Boys 32 (6)
2017–2018 Jong AZ 22 (0)
2018–2019 Jong Groningen 33 (9)
2019–2020 ACV Assen 21 (13)
2020–2023 HHC Hardenberg 70 (18)
2023– Katwijk 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:35, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Matthijs Hardijk (born 25 December 1997) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for Tweede Divisie club Katwijk.

Career

During his early career, Hardijk was part of the youth setups of VV Hoogezand and FC Groningen. In 2016, he moved to amateur club Harkemase Boys, where he was a key player in the Derde Divisie. As a result of his performances, he joined AZ in April 2017.[2]

He made his professional Eerste Divisie debut for Jong AZ on 18 August 2017 in a game against FC Den Bosch, replacing Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui in the 72nd minute.[3]

On 25 May 2018, it was announced that Hardijk would return to Groningen, where he was to compete for the reserves in the Derde Divisie in the 2018–19 season.[4]

In June 2019, Hardijk joined Hoofdklasse club ACV Assen from Jong Groningen.[5] After one season, he moved to HHC Hardenberg in the Tweede Divisie after agreeing to the deal in January 2020.[6]

Hardijk experienced his breakthrough for the club during the 2022–23 season, where he was top goalscorer for the club, scoring 17 goals in 34 appearances as Hardenberg finished fourth in the third tier.[7][8]

After three seasons at Hardenberg, Hardijk signed with defending amateur champions Katwijk in 2023 due to him moving to Amsterdam in connection to his civil career.[9][8]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 May 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Harkemase Boys 2016–17 Derde Divisie 326214[lower-alpha 1]0387
Jong AZ 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 220——220
Jong Groningen 2018–19 Derde Divisie 339——339
ACV Assen 2019–20 Hoofdklasse 211300—2113
Hardenberg 2020–21 Tweede Divisie 6010—70
2021–22 Tweede Divisie 30110—311
2022–23 Tweede Divisie 341710—3517
Total 701830—7318
Katwijk 2023–24 Tweede Divisie 00000000
Career total 17846514018747
  1. ↑ Appearances in Derde Divisie promotion/relegation playoffs

References

  1. ↑ "M. Hardijk – Profiel". Voetbal International. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Matthijs Hardijk verruilt Harkemase Boys voor AZ". Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 18 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Matthijs Hardijk en Kellian van der Kaap naar FC Groningen onder-23". FC Groningen (Press release) (in Dutch). 25 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Vleugelaanvaller Matthijs Hardijk naar ACV". ACV Assen (in Dutch). 16 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Nijman, Herman (20 January 2020). "Aanvaller Matthijs Hardijk eerste nieuweling bij HHC". De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  7. 1 2 Matthijs Hardijk at Soccerway
  8. 1 2 "Katwijk wint de strijd om HHC-topscorer Hardijk". Voetbal in de Bollenstreek (in Dutch). 16 March 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Matthijs Hardijk vertrekt vanwege verhuizing naar VV Katwijk". HHC Hardenberg (Press release) (in Dutch). 16 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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