Jordi Balk

Jordi Balk (born 26 April 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for DOVO.

Jordi Balk
Personal information
Full name Jordi Balk
Date of birth (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994
Place of birth Cothen, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing 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)

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ross County 2014–15[10] Scottish Premiership 400010––50
FC Oss 2014–15[10] Eerste Divisie 18000002[lower-alpha 1]0200
2015–16[10] 33000––––330
2016–17[10] 17100––––171
Club Total 68100––20701
St Patrick's Athletic 2017[10] League of Ireland Premier Division 121200000141
FC Lienden 2017–18[10] Tweede Divisie 0000000000
Career total 842201020892
  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. http://stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=7578
  5. http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/30287/2/
  6. http://www.extratime.ie/articles/19927/league-report-st-patricks-athletic-4---2-cork-city/
  7. https://www.fclienden.nl/1/1461/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. "Nederlands - J.Balk". Soccerway. soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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