Vito van Crooy

Vito van Crooy
Personal information
Full name Vito van Crooy
Date of birth (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996
Place of birth Venlo, Netherlands
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 PEC Zwolle
Number 7
Youth career
Quick Boys '31
VVV-Venlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 VVV-Venlo 133 (36)
2018– PEC Zwolle 0 (0)
National team
2015– Netherlands U20 6 (0)
2016– Netherlands U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2018

Vito van Crooy (born 29 January 1996 in Venlo) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a winger, primarily on the left hand side, for PEC Zwolle in the Dutch Eredivisie. He plays also in the Dutch National Team under 21 and won the Eerste Divisie Young Player of the year in 2016 for his performances for VVV-Venlo. His brother, Delano van Crooy plays for VVV-Venlo as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He made his debut for VVV-Venlo at the age of 18 in the KNVB Cup against Eindhoven at the start of the 2014/2015 Season, however he did not score until the game against MVV in the KNVB Cup, scoring once in the 2-0 victory. His first league game in the Eerste Divisie was in the 3-0 victory against Achilles '29.[1] However, Van Crooy did not score a league goal until February, netting the winner in the 1-0 victory against Almere City.

In the 2015/16 season, Van Crooy was part of the VVV-Venlo squad which finished 2nd in the Eerste Divisie. Van Crooy scored 13 goals and recorded 8 assists throughout the season playing as a left winger. Van Crooy was part of the VVV-Venlo team which lost in the play off final of the Eerste Divisie. Van Crooy just missed out on the Eerste Divisie Young Player of the Year Award[2] for the 2015/2016 season where he was nominated due to his impressive performances for VVV.

In the 2016/17 season, Van Crooy started the season well, scoring the equaliser in the 2-1 victory over SC Cambuur. Since then he has scored more goals, including a penalty in the 2-1 Limburg Derby defeat to Helmond Sport.

Honours

VVV-Venlo

References

  1. ↑ Van Crooy tekent voor 2,5 jaar bij VVV - 1Limburg (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Sparta wint bijna alle Gouden Stieren - Rijnmond (in Dutch)


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