Jordy Buijs

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Jordy Buijs
Personal information

Full name	Jordy Buijs
Date of birth	(1988-12-28) December 28, 1988
Place of birth	Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender Midfielder
Club information
Current club	NAC Breda
Number	23
Youth career
-1995	Slikkerveer
1995-2007	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007-2008	Feyenoord Rotterdam	0	(0)
2008	→ De Graafschap	6	(0)
2008-2011	De Graafschap	89	(10)
2011-	NAC Breda	28	(1)
National team^‡
	Netherlands	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 15, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 9, 2007

Jordy Buijs (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔrdi ˈbœy̯s]) (born December 28, 1988 in Ridderkerk) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defender for NAC Breda. He can also play as a midfielder and is not related to Scottish club Kilmarnock F.C. player Danny Buijs.

Buijs is a player with a great ability to read the game and who is steady in passing. He joined Feyenoord's youth squad in 1995. He participated with the Netherlands under 17 squad at the 2005 under 17 European Championships, where the Dutch reached the final. Buijs provided the assist for the winning goal in the semi final against Italy. He also took part with the same team at the Under 17 World Championships in Peru where they became third. Dutch under 17 coach Ruud Kaiser said Jordy Buijs is a winners type, who is good in one on one clashes, who has a great heading ability and who is always determined to win.^{[citation needed]}

Feyenoord

In July 2007 Buijs became officially part of Feyenoord's first team managed by Bert van Marwijk. He was awarded squad number 23 and showed up at Feyenoord's first training for the 2007-08 season, which was visited by a record number of 20,000 fans. But, after having no chances on the first team, he was loaned to De Graafschap for a half-year period, on January 30, 2008.

De Graafschap

In his first period at De Graafschap he didn't play that much. In the second half of the 2007/2008 season he only played in 6 Eredivisie games for De Graafschap. Although he didn't play a lot of games De Graafschap decided to sign Jordy Buijs. In the beginning of the 2008/2009 season Buijs still wasn't a first eleven player. But during the season Buijs became important player. He played on the left back position but also on the midfield. He scored his first goal for De Graafschap in the home game versus Sparta Rotterdam. He scored the 3-1. Unfortionatly the game ended in a 3-3 draw. He played in 28 games in the Eredivisie in the 2008/2009 season. He also scored a beautiful free kick in the play-off match versus MVV Maastricht. Jordy Buijs became a fan favorite and is well known with his rushes down the leftflank and his clever passes.

References

Feyenoord Forever (Dutch)

v t e NAC Breda – current squad

1 Ten Rouwelaar (c) 2 De Roover 3 Drost 5 Kwakman 6 Gilissen 7 Hooi 8 Sarpong 9 Tighadouini 10 Matić 11 Suk 12 Stuij van den Herik 14 Poepon 15 Verbeek 16 Maatsen 17 Hadouir 18 Perica 20 Seuntjens 21 Babos 22 Swerts 23 Buijs 24 Gommeren 26 Struis 27 Bodor 28 Van der Weg Manager: Gudelj

Persondata
Name	Buijs, Jordy
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch footballer
Date of birth	December 28, 1988
Place of birth	Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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