Mark van der Maarel

Mark van der Maarel (born 12 August 1989), is a Dutch footballer who plays as a right-back for FC Utrecht of the Eredivisie. Born in Arnhem, he is of Indonesian descent through his mother, who is from Indonesia.[1]

In this Dutch name, the family name is Van der Maarel, not Maarel.
Mark van der Maarel
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989
Place of birth Arnhem, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 FC Utrecht
Number 2
Youth career
Argon
2006–2008 Haarlem
2008–2009 FC Utrecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009– FC Utrecht 227 (7)
2016 Jong FC Utrecht 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2019

Club career

Born in Arnhem, Van der Maarel was in his youth an Argonaut (nickname for players from SV Argon in Mijdrecht), and after a spell in the Haarlem youth, he joined FC Utrecht in May 2008.

He made his debut on 22 August 2009 in a friendly against non-league side Elinkwijk. His first league match was on 20 September at ADO Den Haag, where he replaced the injured Sander Keller after 67 minutes. Due to injuries to regular right back and team captain Tim Cornelisse, he kept his place in the first team and made an impressive contribution to the best start to a season ever for FC Utrecht. In the 1–0 win against champions AZ he was voted Man of the Match.[2][3]

International career

On 5 October, Van der Maarel was called up for Netherlands U21, for the European U21 Championship group 4 qualifiers at Finland and Poland. Here he also benefitted from injury problems: he replaced Feyenoord defender Kelvin Leerdam.[4]

References
  1. "Inilah Alasan Van der Maarel dan Lilipaly Tolak Panggilan Timnas - Republika Online".
  2. Van der Maarel stelt zich voor Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch)
  3. Eredivisie Team Of The Week: Round 8 Archived 11 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Pot haalt Utrechter Van der Maarel bij Jong Oranje Archived 7 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch)


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