Frank Sturing
 Sturing (left) and Ole Romeny | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Sturing | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SV Horn | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oranje Blauw | |||
| 2007–2016 | NEC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | NEC | 43 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Den Bosch | 18 | (0) |
| 2021– | SV Horn | 8 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Canada | 2 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2021 | |||
Frank Sturing (born 29 May 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre back for SV Horn in the 2. Liga and the Canada national team.
Club career[]
NEC[]
Sturing started playing soccer in Nijmegen in 2007 with NEC's academy. On 2 April 2017, he made his debut for NEC against Vitesse. In May 2020, NEC announced Sturing would be departing the club.[1]
Den Bosch[]
In October 2020, Sturing joined rival Dutch second-tier club Den Bosch.[2] At the end of the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie, Sturing departed the club.[3]
SV Horn[]
In September 2021 Sturing joined Austrian club SV Horn.[4]
International career[]
Netherlands[]
Sturing has represented the Netherlands at multiple youth levels.
Canada[]
Eligible for Canada through his father, Sturing was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on 26 February 2020.[5] He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021.[6] He joined the World Cup qualifier squad in March 2021, and started in the game against Cayman Islands on the 29th; he scored the match's opening goal, his first for Canada.[7]
On July 11, Canada Soccer announced that Sturing would join the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad after Scott Kennedy withdrew from the team.[8]
References[]
- ^ "UURDOOR: REDACTIE ABRUPT EINDE VOOR SPELERS MET AFLOPEND CONTRACT". 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Frank Sturing versterkt Bossche defensie". 5 October 2020.
- ^ van der Put, Max (8 August 2021). "FC Den Bosch-captain Wouter van der Steen: 'Ik beweeg als een kameleon mee met de club'".
- ^ "Am letzten Tag des Transferfensters verpflichtete der SV Horn zwei weitere Spieler. Herzlich Willkommen Frank Sturing und Djibril Fandje Toure!". 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Davidson, Neil (23 December 2020). "TFC's Ayo Akinola accepts invite to Canadian national team camp". CBC.
- ^ "CAYMAN ISLANDS 0-11 CANADA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "CANADA KICKS OFF GROUP PHASE AT THE 2021 CONCACAF GOLD CUP". 10 July 2021.
External links[]
- Frank Sturing at Soccerway
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