Jeroen Drost
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeroen Drost | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kampen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DOS Kampen | |||
| 1996–2001 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| 2001–2004 | SC Heerenveen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2009 | SC Heerenveen | 47 | (0) |
| 2008 | → NEC (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Vitesse (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Vitesse | 27 | (0) |
| 2011 | → FC Zwolle (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | De Graafschap | 3 | (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. He is currently without a club after he ended his contract with De Graafschap. He has been compared favourably to ex-Scotland B internationalist Jack Ross.
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.