Benjamin van den Broek

{{Short description|New Zealand footballer (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Benjamin van den Broek

| image =

| fullname = Benjamin van den Broek

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|9|21}}

| birth_place = Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands

| height = {{height|m=1.87}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Koninklijke HFC

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Unitas '59

| youthyears2 = {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}–1998

| youthclubs2 = ESV

| youthyears3 = 1998–2003

| youthclubs3 = FC Eindhoven

| youthyears4 = 2003–2008

| youthclubs4 = NAC Breda

| years1 = 2006–2008

| clubs1 = NAC Breda

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2008–2010

| clubs2 = Haarlem

| caps2 = 57

| goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2010–2011

| clubs3 = Shrewsbury Town

| caps3 = 22

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2011–2015

| clubs4 = FC Den Bosch

| caps4 = 117

| goals4 = 16

| years5 = 2015

| clubs5 = Universitatea Cluj

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2015–2016

| clubs6 = Barrow

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2016–2017

| clubs7 = Telstar

| caps7 = 49

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2018

| clubs8 = Koninklijke HFC

| caps8 = 15

| goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 275

| totalgoals = 31

| nationalyears1 = 2015

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Benjamin van den Broek (born 21 September 1987) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Koninklijke HFC in the Dutch Tweede Divisie.

Born in Geleen, van den Broek has played for clubs in the Netherlands, England and Romania.

He represented New Zealand at international level.

Club career

He started his career with NAC Breda, but made no Eredivisie appearances for the club. In 2008, he moved to HFC Haarlem, where he made 57 appearances in the Eerste Divisie, scoring 10 goals.

After Haarlem went bust in January 2010, Van den Broek was left without a club. Despite attracting interest from Lierse SK of Belgium and FC Den Bosch,{{cite web | title=Town go Dutch with midfield ace | work=Shropshire Star | url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/13/town-go-dutch-with-midfield-ace/ | accessdate=14 February 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219212858/http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/13/town-go-dutch-with-midfield-ace/ | archivedate=19 February 2010 }} he signed for English League Two club Shrewsbury Town on 12 February until the end of the season.{{cite news | title= Shrewsbury sign Benjamin van den Broek |publisher=BBC Sport| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/8514164.stm | accessdate=14 February 2010 | date=13 February 2010}} He made his debut on 6 March, replacing Jamie Cureton for the last 25 minutes of a 0–3 defeat at Grimsby Town.{{cite news|title=Grimsby 3 - 0 Shrewsbury|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8541678.stm|accessdate=18 April 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=6 March 2010}} His first start came a week later in his first game at the New Meadow, lasting 73 minutes before being replaced by Steve Leslie in a 0–1 defeat to Rochdale.{{cite news|title=Shrewsbury 0 - 1 Rochdale|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8548399.stm|accessdate=18 April 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=13 March 2010}} He scored his only goal for the club in a 2–3 home defeat against Morecambe on 1 May.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8630132.stm |publisher=BBC News | title=Shrewsbury 2–3 Morecambe | date=1 May 2010}} Later that month, he signed a new one-year contract.{{cite web | title= Benjamin van den Broek staying at Shrewsbury Town | work=Shropshire Star | date=26 May 2010 | url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/2010/05/26/den-broek-staying-at-town/ | accessdate=2 August 2010}}

He signed a contract with Dutch club Den Bosch in spring 2011. On 2 February 2015, Van den Broek signed with Romanian Liga I side Universitatea Cluj.[http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/groenendijk-haalt-weer-twee-oude-bekenden-naar-cluj.htm Groenendijk haalt weer twee oude bekenden naar Cluj] (Dutch). Voetbal International. 2 February 2015.

In August 2015, Van den Broek signed for Conference side Barrow on a deal until the end of the season. However, in January 2016, Van den Broek left by mutual consent and went on to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract at Dutch side Telstar.

International career

On 8 March 2015, Van den Broek was called into the New Zealand national football team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson. He qualified through his mother, who is from New Zealand.{{cite news|title=New-look All Whites squad named for Korea trip|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/267987/new-look-all-whites-squad-named-for-korea-trip|accessdate=18 April 2015|work=Radio New Zealand|date=8 March 2015}} He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, replacing Bill Tuiloma for the final ten minutes of a 0–1 defeat.{{cite news|title=Late winner hurts All Whites|url=http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/late-winner-hurts-all-whites/|accessdate=18 April 2015|publisher=New Zealand Football|date=31 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430033440/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/late-winner-hurts-all-whites/|archive-date=30 April 2017|url-status=dead}}

Career statistics

{{updated|31 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/benjamin-van-den-broek/49906/|title=B. van den Broek|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=31 March 2016}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NAC Breda2006–07Eredivisie00002020
rowspan=3|Haarlem2008–09rowspan=2|Eerste Divisie

|35

90000359
2009–10

|22

11000231
colspan=2|Haarlem total571010005810
rowspan=3|Shrewsbury Town2009–10rowspan=2|League Two

|11

10000111
2010–11

|11

03000140
colspan=2|Shrewsbury total2213000251
rowspan=5|Den Bosch2011–12rowspan=4|Eerste Divisie

|30

52010330
2012–13

|32

34000363
2013–14

|35

61020386
2014–15

|20

21000212
colspan=2|Den Bosch total11716803012816
Universitatea Cluj2014–15Liga I

|5

0000050
Barrow2015–16National League

|10

03100131
rowspan=3|Telstar2015–16rowspan=2|Eerste Divisie

|16

20000162
2016–17

|33

22000352
colspan=2|Telstar total4942000514
Koninklijke2017–18Tweede Divisie

|15

00000150
colspan=3|Career total275311715029532

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060518/http://www.tjerkstramedia.nl/23066-2/ Van den Broek maakt overstap naar SC Telstar], tjerkstramedia.nl, 7 January 2016