Darren Maatsen

Darren Maatsen
Personal information
Full nameDarren Maatsen
Date of birth30 January 1991
Place of birthVlaardingen, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
FC Den Bosch
Number8
Youth career
VV HVO
FC Dordrecht
Excelsior Maassluis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–2013Excelsior52(5)
2013–2015Ross County18(3)
2015–FC Den Bosch0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:23, 7 February 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Darren Maatsen (born 30 January 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for FC Den Bosch in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.

Career

Maatsen started playing football in youth career at VV HVO, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior Maassluis before joining Excelsior, where he started his professional career in 2011.

Maatsen made his debut, in the opening game of the season, where he come on as a substitute in the 72nd minutes, in a 2–0 loss against Feyenoord. In numbers of games, Maatsen would mostly come on the bench as a substitute. In a match against Twente, on 2 October 2011, Mastsen came on as a substitute in the 82nd minutes and with eight minutes remaining until full-time, Maatsen scored twice to make a comeback in a 2–2 draw.[1] Later in the 2011–12 season, Maatsen would score three more goals against Ajax,[2] NAC Breda[3] and VVV-Venlo,[4] to add a tally to his Excelsior career, but the club was relegated to Eerste Divisie, having finished eighteenth place with nineteenth points. Despite the relegation, his performance attracted interests from Polish side Lech Poznań.[5]

In 2012–13 season, Maatsen started to play in right-wing mostly, though sometimes in left-wing or even strikers as he made twenty eight appearance in all competitions.

Maatsen signed for Scottish Premiership club Ross County on 21 June 2013.[6] After just three minutes of the opening match of the season, away to Celtic, he scored with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area that went in off the crossbar with goalkeeper Fraser Forster well beaten; Ross County lost 2–1.[7] It was awarded "goal of the week" by The Terrace Scottish Football Podcast.[8]

On 2 February 2015, Maatsen was released by Ross County.[9] He signed with Dutch Eerste Divisie side FC Den Bosch on the same day.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Excelsior surprised poor Twente in final stage" [Excelsior verrast pover Twente in slotfase] (in Dutch). AD.nl. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ajax wins again league game at Arena" [Ajax wint weer eens competitieduel in Arena] (in Dutch). AD.nl. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Excelsior lags off after victory on 9 NAC'ers" [Excelsior hekkensluiter af na zege op 9 NAC'ers] (in Dutch). AD.nl. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Excelsior thanks 'idiot' and gives red lantern to VVV" [Excelsior dankt 'sukkel' en geeft rode lantaarn aan VVV] (in Dutch). AD.nl. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Polish striker adventure beckons for Excelsior" [Pools avontuur lonkt voor spits Excelsior] (in Dutch). AD.nl. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Winger Darren Maatsen joins Ross County from Excelsior". BBC Sport. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Anthony Stokes' goals inspire Celtic to opening day win over Ross County". The Observer. Press Association. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  8. ↑ http://terracepodcast.net/sublime-and-ridiculous/2013/8/5/things-we-noticed-from-the-scottish-premiership-050813
  9. ↑ "DEPARTURE: DARREN MAATSEN LEAVES CLUB". Ross County F.C. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ross County: Darren Maatsen leaves for Den Bosch". BBC Sport. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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