Kees Luijckx

Kees Luijckx (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkeːs ˈlœy̯ks]; born 11 February 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre-back. He earned 7 caps with the Netherlands U21 youth team.

Kees Luijckx
Luijckx at NAC Breda in January 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986
Place of birth Beverwijk, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Roda JC
Number 4
Youth career
1992–1996 Vitesse 1922
1996–2006 AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 AZ 18 (0)
2007–2008 → Excelsior (loan) 44 (3)
2010 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 16 (2)
2010–2013 NAC Breda 92 (10)
2013–2014 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 (2)
2014–2015 Niki Volos 10 (0)
2015 Videoton 7 (0)
2015–2020 SønderjyskE 124 (12)
2020 Silkeborg IF 8 (0)
2020– Roda JC 15 (2)
National team
2006–2008 Netherlands U21 7 (0)
2009 Netherlands B 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:18, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Beverwijk, North Holland. Luijckx began his career in his hometown Castricum with Vitesse 1922 before being scouted AZ in 1996. He initially played for the youth side and was then promoted to AZ's first team in the Eredivisie. Having made one league appearance in a year, he was loaned out to S.B.V. Excelsior in July 2007. He left Excelsior after only two games in the season 2007–2008 and returned to AZ, where he played 15 matches in the 2008–2009 season[1] and won the 2008–09 Eredivisie. On 26 May 2009, his club announced they were planning without him and he would be searching a new club.[2]

In January 2010, Luijckx signed a three-year contract with NAC Breda joining the club in July 2010.[3]

In 2015, he joined Videoton, Hungary's reigning champion.

On 20 September 2015, Luijckx, who was a free agent, signed a half-year contract with Danish Superliga-side SønderjyskE. In January 2020, he joined Silkeborg IF on a contract for the rest of the season.[4]

International career

Luijckx is part of the Dutch Olympic side participating in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. He played as a substitute in the pre-Olympic ING Cup in Hong Kong, arriving in the second half for the injured Kew Jaliens.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 June 2018[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AZ2006–07Eredivisie 20———20
Total 2000000020
Excelsior2006–07Eredivisie 12000—40160
2007–08 32321——344
Total 443210040504
AZ2008–09Eredivisie 15020——170
2009–10 30—10—40
Total 180201000210
ADO Den Haag2009–10Eredivisie 162———162
Total 162000000162
NAC Breda2010–11Eredivisie 29341——334
2011–12 29300——293
2012–13 34430——374
Total 92107100009911
Roda JC2013–14Eredivisie 28230——312
Total 282300000312
Niki Volos2014–15Superleague Greece 10000——100
Total 100000000100
Videoton2014–15Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2010——100
2015–16500050—100
Total 70105000200
SønderjyskE2015–16Danish Superliga 20131——232
2016–17162101080262
2017–1824611—91348
Total 60952101718312
Career total 277262047021132531
Notes

1 Includes KNVB Cup. 2 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches. 3 Includes the Johan Cruijff Shield, Eredivisie playoffs, and Danish Superliga championship playoff matches.

References
  1. Netherlands Stats
  2. Pellè en Luijckx mogen AZ verlaten Archived 2009-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Luijckx kiest voor het goede gevoel bij NAC Breda". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 5 January 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. Erfaren hollænder skifter til SIF, silkeborgif.com, 29 January 2020
  5. Hollandsk rutine og size til SønderjyskE Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, SønderjyskE, 20 September 2015
  6. "Kees Luijckx » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  7. "K. Luyckx". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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