Jordi Balk

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Jordi Balk
Personal information
Full name Jordi Balk
Date of birth (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 27)
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
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
  1. ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

References[]

  1. ^ "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit, BBC Sport
  3. ^ Balk maakt seizoen af bij FC Oss Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch). 12 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Jordi Balk Joins the Saints".
  5. ^ "League Report: Cork City 1 - 0 St Patrick's Athletic".
  6. ^ "League Report: St Patrick's Athletic 4 - 2 Cork City".
  7. ^ "Jordi Balk sluit per direct aan bij tweede divisie selectie".
  8. ^ Duno start 2019 met makkelijke oefenzege, hoogenlaag.nl, 5 January 2019
  9. ^ Ex-prof Jordi Balk van Duno naar DOVO in Veenendaal, gelderlander.nl, 12 February 2019
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Nederlands - J.Balk". Soccerway. soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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