Jeroen Drost

Jeroen Drost
Personal information
Full name Jeroen Drost
Date of birth 21 January 1987 (1987-01-21) (age 25)
Place of birth Kampen, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Vitesse
Number 25
Youth career
DOS Kampen
1996–2001 Go Ahead Eagles
2001–2004 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Heerenveen 47 (0)
2008 NEC (loan) 5 (1)
2008–2009 Vitesse (loan) 26 (0)
2009– Vitesse 27 (0)
2011 FC Zwolle (loan) 12 (0)
National team
Netherlands U20 1 (0)
Netherlands U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 18, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jeroen Drost (born 21 January 1987 in Kampen) is a Dutch footballer, who plays as a left back for Eredivisie side Vitesse. He has been compared favourably to ex-Scotland B internationalist Jack Ross.

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Club career

Drost began his career with DOS Kampen and later joined the youth of Go Ahead Eagles from Deventer. He played some years with the youth from Go Ahead Eagles before being scouted in 2001 by SC Heerenveen. After three years in the youth academy of SC Heerenveen, he was promoted to the first team in 2004. Drost moved on loan to N.E.C. in January 2008. After a half year and five league matches with NEC,[1] he returned to Heerenveen, and was once again loaned out, this time to Vitesse in July 2008.[2]

Vitesse eventually decided to sign Drost, and he received a four-year contract lasting until mid-2013.[3]

International career

Drost represented his homeland in at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.[4]

Personal

His twin brother Henrico Drost is also a professional footballer,[5] currently playing for RKC Waalwijk.

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