Glenn Loovens

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Personal information
Glenn Loovens
Date of birth	October 22, 1983 (1983-10-22) (age 24)
Place of birth	Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Cardiff City
Number	6
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2005 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–	Feyenoord → Excelsior (loan) → De Graafschap (loan) → Cardiff City (loan) Cardiff City	27 (0) 24 (2) 11 (0) 33 (2) 66 (1)
National team
	Netherlands U21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Glenn Loovens (born 22 October 1983 in Doetinchem) is a Dutch professional footballer currently playing for Football League Championship side Cardiff City. A tall, imposing centre back he is a also a former Dutch under-21 international.

Loovens, a defender, made his Feyenoord debut in the 2001/02 season in the Feyenoord team that later won the UEFA Cup, along with Robin van Persie, Civard Sprockel and Ferne Snoyl. In the later seasons he failed to make good on his promising start as he quickly lost his position in defense to Patrick Paauwe again.

Loovens spent the 2005/06 season on loan at Football League Championship side Cardiff City and impressed enough so that they signed the promising young defender on a permanent deal after several months of negotiations for a reported fee of £250,000.^[1] He orignally formed a defensive partnership with club captain Darren Purse but the 2007-08 saw Purse lose his place in the side to Roger Johnson and the pair went on to form a vital base for the team to build on, including playing alongside each other in all 6 matches during the clubs run to the 2008 FA Cup Final. The season also saw Loovens make his 100th appearance in all competitions for Cardiff by playing against Hull City on 12 March.

[edit] Honours

Feyenoord

UEFA Cup Winner: 1

2001-02

Cardiff

FA Cup Runner-up: 1

2007-08

[edit] References

^ "Cardiff City look to the Loovenator" Western Mail Retrieved on 12 April 2008

[edit] External links

Voetbal International Profile
Glenn Loovens profile at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
Glenn Loovens career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Cardiff City F.C. – current squad

2 McNaughton • 3 Capaldi • 4 Rae • 5 Purse • 6 Loovens • 7 Whittingham • 8 Fowler • 10 McPhail • 11 Parry • 12 Johnson • 14 Feeney • 16 Ledley • 19 Scimeca • 20 Thompson • 23 Blake • 25 Sak • 26 Brown • 30 Ramsey • 31 Magennis • 36 Hasselbaink • –– Flood • Manager: Jones