Jordi Balk
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordi Balk | ||
Date of birth | 26 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Cothen, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | DOVO | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
SVF Cothen | |||
SV Houten | |||
FC Utrecht | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Ross County | 4 | (0) |
2015–2017 | FC Oss | 68 | (1) |
2017 | St Patrick's Athletic | 12 | (1) |
2018 | FC Lienden | 28 | (0) |
2019 | VV Duno | ||
2019– | DOVO | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:51, 1 September 2019 (UTC) |
Jordi Balk (born 26 April 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for DOVO.
Club career
Ross County
Balk, who had previously played in the youth academy of Dutch club Utrecht, signed for Scottish Premiership club Ross County in July 2014.[1] He made his debut appearance on 16 August 2014, in a 2–1 defeat against Kilmarnock. Balk was released from his contract in November 2014.[2]
FC Oss
In January 2015, he signed with Dutch Eerste Divisie side FC Oss until the end of the season.[3] He stayed with FC Oss until 2017.
St Pats
After 3 seasons with FC Oss, Balk went on trial with League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic, from the capital city of Dublin. On 5 July 2017 he played the full 90 minutes as a trialist in a 1–0 friendly win over Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian at Richmond Park. After impressing fans and coaching staff with his passing, positional sense and tackling, Balk signed a contract with the Saints on 7 July 2017, becoming the first Dutch player to play for the club.[4] Balk made his full debut on 9 July in a narrow 1–0 defeat away to league leaders Cork City.[5] He scored his first goal in the clubs crucial 4-2 win against Cork which helped St Pats stay in League of Ireland Premier Division.[6]
Return to Holland
On 19 December, Balk announced to his fans via his Instagram account that despite St Patrick's Athletic offering him a multi-year contract, he would be leaving Dublin and returning home to sign for FC Lienden of the Tweede Divisie on a 1.5 year contract.[7]
VV Duno and DOVO
Balk signed with Voetbalvereniging Duno Doorwerth, better known as VV Duno, in the beginning of 2019.[8] However, already on 12 February 2019 it was confirmed, that Balk would join DOVO from the upcoming season.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 19 December 2017.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ross County | 2014–15[10] | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 |
FC Oss | 2014–15[10] | Eerste Divisie | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
2015–16[10] | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 0 | ||
2016–17[10] | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
Club Total | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 70 | 1 | ||
St Patrick's Athletic | 2017[10] | League of Ireland Premier Division | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
FC Lienden | 2017–18[10] | Tweede Divisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 84 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 2 |
- ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
References
- ^ "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit, BBC Sport
- ^ Balk maakt seizoen af bij FC Oss Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch). 12 January 2015.
- ^ "Jordi Balk Joins the Saints".
- ^ "League Report: Cork City 1 - 0 St Patrick's Athletic".
- ^ "League Report: St Patrick's Athletic 4 - 2 Cork City".
- ^ "Jordi Balk sluit per direct aan bij tweede divisie selectie".
- ^ Duno start 2019 met makkelijke oefenzege, hoogenlaag.nl, 5 January 2019
- ^ Ex-prof Jordi Balk van Duno naar DOVO in Veenendaal, gelderlander.nl, 12 February 2019
- ^ a b c d e f "Nederlands - J.Balk". Soccerway. soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/relegation-threatened-st-pats-were-11729219
- https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/liam-buckley-praises-jordi-balk-14075897
- https://www.gelderlander.nl/voetbal-arnhem/jordi-balk-van-schotland-ierland-en-lienden-naar-duno-in-doorwerth~af821231/
- https://www.elfvoetbal.nl/Avonturiers/270135/Zo-wil-Jordi-Balk-via-Ierland-zijn-Engelse-droom-waarmaken
- https://www.the42.ie/jordi-balk-league-of-ireland-st-patricks-athletic-3617685-Sep2017/
External links
- Profile - Voetbal International
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- VV Duno profile
- Webarchive template wayback links
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Wijk bij Duurstede
- Dutch footballers
- Association football defenders
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Ross County F.C. players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- TOP Oss players
- Eerste Divisie players
- St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
- Tweede Divisie players
- FC Lienden players
- VV DOVO players
- League of Ireland players
- Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
- Footballers from Utrecht (province)