Mike van Beijnen

Mike Johannes Hendrikus Josephus van Beijnen (born 7 March 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back for Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard.[1]

Mike van Beijnen
Personal information
Full name Mike Johannes Hendrikus Josephus van Beijnen[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999[1]
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Sittard
Number 18
Youth career
SAB
The Gunners
2010–2011 RBC
2011–2017 Willem II
2018 PSV
2018–2019 NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Barcelona B 0 (0)
2020 Gençlerbirliği 1 (0)
2020– Fortuna Sittard 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:18, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Career

Youth career

Born in Breda,[2] van Beijnen played youth football for SAB, The Gunners, RBC,[3] Willem II, PSV, and NAC Breda,[4] before moving to Spanish club Barcelona B in June 2019, signing a two-year contract with a €100 million release clause.[5][6] Van Beijnen, being the stepson of Frenkie de Jong's agent, Ali Dursun, became part of the massive deal that sent De Jong to Barcelona as a gesture from to club towards Dursun.[7][8]

Gençlerbirliği

He moved to Turkish club Gençlerbirliği in January 2020, six months after arriving in Barcelona and without making any appearances for the Catalan side.[7] He made his professional debut on 19 July 2020, appearing as a substitute in the Süper Lig.[9]

Fortuna Sittard

In August 2020 he returned to the Netherlands, signing for Fortuna Sittard.[10]

References
  1. Mike van Beijnen at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. Blanco, Yadran (12 June 2018). "Bredaas talent Mike van Beijnen krijgt kans van NAC". BNDeStem. BN DeStem. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "Ook NAC-talent Van Beijnen maakt droomtransfer naar Barça". VI.nl. Voetbal International. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. Yadran Blanco (20 June 2019). "Droomtransfer Mike van Beijnen: van Jong NAC naar Barcelona B" (in Dutch). BN DeStem. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. "Barcelona reserves put £89.2m release clause on new signing Mike van Beijnen". 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Mike van Beijnen joins Barça". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. "Van Beijen deja el Barça B sin haber debutado". sport. 31 December 2019.
  8. Mossou, Sjoerd (22 June 2019). "Het wonder van Mike van Beijnen naar Barcelona". AD.nl. Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. "Sivasspor vs. Gençlerbirliği - 19 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  10. "Fortuna legt ook back Van Beijnen vast". 1Limburg | Nieuws en sport uit Limburg. 17 August 2020.


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