Sjoerd Ars

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Sjoerd Ars
Personal information
Full name Sjoerd Adrianus Theodorus Ars
Date of birth (1984-04-15) 15 April 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth Terborg, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
DVC'26
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 De Graafschap 13 (2)
2005–2006 Omniworld 36 (17)
2006–2008 Go Ahead Eagles 74 (34)
2008–2010 RBC Roosendaal 74 (32)
2010–2011 Zwolle 33 (28)
2011–2013 Levski Sofia 14 (6)
2012 → Tianjin Teda (loan) 29 (13)
2013 → Konyaspor (loan) 17 (7)
2013–2014 Karşıyaka 35 (9)
2014–2015 NEC 37 (28)
2015–2016 NAC Breda 33 (21)
2016 Szombathelyi Haladás 14 (1)
2017–2018 Fortuna Sittard 11 (0)
2017–2018 → De Graafschap 31 (8)
2018 De Treffers 16 (5)
Total 464 (211)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sjoerd Ars (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʃuːrt ˈɑrs]; born 15 April 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career[]

Youth career[]

Ars played in the youth of DVC'26 from the town of Didam, and was later picked up by Dutch giants, Feyenoord. He never broke through to the first team, and chose to play professionally for De Graafschap.

Dutch second division[]

After one season in Doetinchem, he decided to sign with FC Omniworld, a club that became a licensed pro-club that year. In his first season in Almere, Ars scored 17 goals.

He later played four successful seasons for Go Ahead Eagles and RBC Roosendaal.

FC Zwolle[]

In 2010, Ars signed a contract at FC Zwolle.[1][2] He started the season well by scoring 11 goals in his first 10 league matches. He finished the season with 28 goals, scored in 33 matches.

Levski Sofia[]

His great season with FC Zwolle was enough to be signed by Bulgarian side PFC Levski Sofia. Ars arrived in Sofia on 23 June 2011 and signed a three-year contract the next day. On 28 July 2011, in his official debut for Levski, he came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal for the 2–1 win over FC Spartak Trnava. Ars also netted a goal to open the scoring in the return leg, but Levski were eventually eliminated after losing the penalty shootout to decide the match (the aggregate score at the end of extra time was 3–3). On 6 November 2011, he scored a brace in the 3–2 home win over Loko Plovdiv in an A Group match.

Tianjin Teda[]

In February 2012, Ars went to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda on loan. Tianjin Teda also had an option to make the move permanent in the end of the 2012 league season. He made his official debut for Tianjin on 25 February, in a 2–1 CFA Super Cup defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande.

After spells in Turkey, Ars returned to the Netherlands to join NEC Nijmegen. He topped the Eerste Divisie top goalscorers charts at the end of the club's title winning 2014–15 season[3] and moved on to NAC.[4] In summer 2016, Ars left NAC Breda for Hungarian side Szombathelyi Haladás.[5]

He played for De Treffers in the Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 2018–19 season but retired in december 2018.

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
De Graafschap 2003–04[6] Eerste Divisie 13 2 0 0 – – 13 2
2004–05[6] Eerste Divisie 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
FC Omniworld 2005–06[6] Eerste Divisie 36 17 0 0 – – 36 17
Go Ahead Eagles 2006–07[6] Eerste Divisie 38 18 0 0 – 2 2 40 20
2007–08[6] Eerste Divisie 36 16 2 0 – 2 0 40 16
Total 74 34 2 0 0 0 4 2 80 36
RBC Roosendaal 2008–09[6] Eerste Divisie 37 17 1 0 – – 38 17
2009–10[6] Eerste Divisie 37 15 2 4 – – 39 19
Total 74 32 3 4 0 0 0 0 77 36
FC Zwolle 2010–11[6] Eerste Divisie 33 28 2 1 – 4 1 39 30
Levski Sofia 2011–12[6] A PFG 14 6 0 0 2 2 – 16 8
Tianjin Teda (loan) 2012[6] Chinese Super League 29 13 0 0 6 0 – 35 13
Konyaspor (loan) 2012–13[6] TFF First League 14 7 0 0 – 3 1 17 8
Karşıyaka 2013–14[6] TFF First League 35 9 0 0 – – 35 9
NEC 2014–15[6] Eerste Divisie 35 28 3 3 – – 38 31
2015–16[6] Eredivisie 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Total 37 28 3 3 0 0 0 0 40 31
NAC Breda 2015–16[6] Eerste Divisie 33 21 0 0 – 4 1 37 22
Szombathelyi Haladás 2016–17[6] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 14 1 0 0 – – 14 1
Fortuna Sittard 2016–17[6] Eerste Divisie 11 0 0 0 – – 11 0
De Graafschap (loan) 2017–18[6] Eerste Divisie 31 8 1 1 – – 32 9
De Treffers 2018–19[6] Tweede Divisie 16 5 1 1 – – 17 6
Career total 464 211 12 10 8 2 15 5 499 228

Honours[]

NEC

References[]

  1. ^ "Sjoerd Ars verlaat RBC voor Zwolle" [Sjoerd Ars leaves RBC for Zwolle]. Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 23 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Sjoerd Ars nieuwe spits FC Zwolle" [Sjoerd Ars is FC Zwolle's new striker]. RTV Oost (in Dutch). 23 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. ^ Ars met 28 goals topscorer van Jupiler League - AD (in Dutch)
  4. ^ NEC-spits Ars op weg naar NAC - de Gelderlander (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Ars verruilt NAC Breda voor Hongaars avontuur - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Sjoerd Ars » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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