John Goossens

John Goossens (born 25 July 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for ADO Den Haag in the Dutch Eredivisie.[1]

For the Belgian businessman, see John J. Goossens.

John Goossens
John Goossens in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988
Place of birth Heemstede, Netherlands
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 ADO Den Haag
Number 8
Youth career
1997–1999 HBC Heemstede
1999–2009 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 NEC 72 (14)
2012–2014 Feyenoord 30 (3)
2014 Pune City 4 (1)
2015–2016 Voluntari 14 (1)
2016–2018 Chicago Fire 25 (3)
2018– ADO Den Haag 43 (3)
National team‡
2005–2006 Netherlands U-17 13 (5)
2010 Netherlands U-21 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:16, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Career

Born in Heemstede, Goossens began his career at HBC Heemstede, then joined AFC Ajax in September 1999, and was promoted to Jong Ajax in November 2006 and signed a new contract later in May 2007, that will keep him until 2011.[2] In the 2008/09 season, he played left back in that team, where he had previously acted as left winger. However, under the management of Marco van Basten, Goossens was told that he doesn't have a future at Ajax no longer.[3] While at Ajax, Goossens was described as "super talented".[4]

N.E.C.

On 2 February 2009, Goossens switched from AFC Ajax to NEC, where he signed a contract for four years.[5] Previously moving to N.E.C, FC Twente originally keen to sign Goosens. Both parties already agreed with Goossens, but could with Ajax not agree on the terms of the contract. Ajax wanted the contract to include a repurchase option, to which Twente ceased negotiations.[6] Goossens signed a contract until mid- 2012 in Nijmegen.[7]

He made his professional football debut on 4 February 2009, playing his first game against Groningen, where he came on as a substitute for Rachid Bouaouzan in the 29th minute.[8] Goossens then scored his first goal for the club, in a 1–1 draw against Twente on 3 April 2009.[9] In his first half to his career at NEC, Goossens made eight appearance and scoring once.

In the 2009–10 season, Goossens started his full season at NEC when he wasn't used and was on the bench at the start of the season before he scored his first goal of the season, in a 1–1 draw against ADO Den Haag.[10] A week later, on 28 October 2009, in the third round of KNVB Cup, in a 2–1 win over Excelsior. Then, he scored his second league goal of the season, in a 4–3 loss against Twente two months later.[11] Then in the fourth round of KNVB Cup, Goossens then scored, in a 2–0 win over Groningen.[12] During a friendly match against Pelister, Goossens damaged his left ankle that left him out between four and six weeks.[13] He made his return, in a 2–0 loss to Groningen on 20 February 2010. Goossens then scored his third goal of the season, in a 4–1 loss to Heerenveen on 20 March 2010.[14] At the end of the season, Goosses scored five goals in twenty-four appearance in all competitions. One of his goal this season resulted Goossens being awarded for Goal of the season.[15]

In the 2010–11 season, Goossens started his season when he scored his goal of the season, when he scored in a 3–1 loss against PSV on 11 September 2010.[16] Despite being on the losing side, Goossens was named by Algemeen Dagblad as the team of the week.[17] Then, in the third round of KNVB Cup against Dordrecht, Goossens was sent-off after a straight red card in the 45th minutes, which NEC lost 4–3.[18] After the match, Goossens was given a three match ban, which lead the club appealed.[19] As a result, Goossens was suspended on one match.[20] The appeal would later become successful.[21] He then scored his second goal of the season, in a 3–1 win over Willem II on 11 December 2010,[22] followed up his third goal on 22 January 2011, in a 2–2 draw against NAC Breda.[23] He then scored his fourth and fifth goal against Utrecht[24] and Vitesse Arnhem.[25] The next game after Vitesse, Goossens scored twice, in a 4–1 win over VVV-Venlo.[26] At the end of the 2010–11 season, Goossens scored seven goals in thirteen appearance. The club started negotiation a new contract for Goossens, whose contract expire at the end of the 2011–12 season.[27]

In 2011–12 season, Goossens appeared in two matches before being sidelined with a knee injury which he sustained during a match.[28] Goossens made his return, in a 3–0 loss against Ajax, where he made a start, only to be substituted for 25 minutes after injuring his ankle.[29] Goossens would score twice from a direct free kick, in a 2–0 win over VVV-Venlo.[30] After the match, Goossens never practice taking free kick.[31] Goossens then scored four days later, in the fourth round of KNVB Cup, in a 3–0 win over Achilles '29 (III).[32] His third goal of the season came in a 4–0 win over Groningen on 25 February 2012.[33] Soon after, Goossens ended his season and his career at NEC when he had a knee surgery and kept him for eight weeks.[34]

Due to his good performance for NEC Nijmegen, Goossens was offered a new contract in 2012, but he rejected the offer. Welsh side Swansea City were interested in signing Goossens. This led to the club's technical director Carlos Aalbers admitted he had mixed feelings over midfielder John Goossens' proposed move to the club.[35] NEC stated they do not want to risk losing Goossens on a free transfer in the summer. Eventually, Goossens eventually rejected a move to Swansea as he had decided to serve the remainder of his contract.[36]

Feyenoord

Two weeks later, Feyenoord managed to sign him on a free transfer at the end of the season. Eventually, Goossens agreed to join Feyenoord on a four-year deal. The club's technical director Martin van Geel said: "We are delighted that Goossens has chosen Feyenoord."[37] On 25 June 2012, Goossens was fit when he appeared at the club's first training sessions of the season.[38] Goossens made his Feyenoord debut when they played in a friendly match against FC Horst on 10 July 2012, which he played for an hour.[39] However, Goossen's career at Feyenoord career didn't a good start after he wasn't fit, with recurring injury around him.[40]

After three months at the club, Goossens made his debut for the club on 21 October 2012, where he set up the second goal in the match for Feyenoord, in a 3–2 win over VVV-Venlo.[41] However, for the second time this season, Goossens was out for a month with a knee injury.[42] Following his return, Goossens scored his first goals for Feyernood, in a 6–0 win over Heracles, as well as, making two assists, on 28 April 2013.[43] Goossens would make 10 appearance and scoring two goals in his first season.

In the 2013–14 season, Goossens started his season well when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 4–0 win over Roda JC on 1 September 2013.[44] Goossens continued to be a first team regular, though he had problem with indifferent form and his playing minutes significantly decreased. Towards the end of the season, Goossen sustained a hamstring injury during training that left him out for four weeks.[45] Goossens made his return on the last game of the season, in a 1–1 draw against AZ Alkmaar, where he came on as a substitute in the second half.[46] At the end of the season, Goossens would make twenty appearance for the club. However, the start of the 2014–15 season, it was announced that Goossens left the club by mutual consent.[47]

Pune City

Goossens signed for Pune City in October 2014.[48]

Goossens suffered a very serious lower rib cage and paraspinal muscle injury after a collision with his own goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya on 7 November 2014, which ruled him out for the remainder of the season.[49]

Voluntari

In September 2015, Goossens signed for Romanian side FC Voluntari.[50]

Chicago Fire

Following a successful trial, Goossens signed for Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire on 29 February 2016.[51]

International career

Goossens was part of the Netherlands U-17 squad that reached third place at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[52] He scored two goals in the tournament.[53]

Career statistics
As of match played 29 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NEC 2008–09 Eredivisie 81000081
2009–10 2132200235
2010–11 3171000327
2011–12 1232100144
NEC total 721453007717
Feyenoord 2012–13 Eredivisie 1021000112
2013–14 2013000231
Feyenoord total 3034000343
Pune City 2014 Indian Super League 41000041
FC Voluntari 2015–16 Liga I 1411000151
Chicago Fire 2016 MLS 2432000263
2017 10000010
ADO Den Haag 2018–19 Eredivisie 2112000231
2019–20 2221000232
Career total 188251530020328

References
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