Arsenio Valpoort

Arsenio Valpoort
Valpoort with Beitar Jerusalem in 2016
Personal information
Full name Arsenio Jermaine Cedric Valpoort[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 TEC
Number 17
Youth career
DCG
2006–2011 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Heerenveen 13 (1)
2013 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 9 (2)
2013–2014 Ferencváros 10 (2)
2014–2016 RKC Waalwijk 49 (11)
2016–2017 Beitar Jerusalem 8 (2)
2017–2018 Almere City 40 (18)
2018 Busan IPark 10 (1)
2019 Roeselare 14 (2)
2019–2020 Excelsior 5 (0)
2020 Dordrecht 14 (1)
2021 Ermis Aradippou 15 (2)
2021 Teuta Durrës 0 (0)
2021 Egnatia Rrogozhinë 5 (0)
2022 Persebaya Surabaya 11 (1)
2022–2023 Hebar Pazardzhik 18 (3)
2023– TEC 26 (4)
International career‡
2012 Netherlands U20 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:04, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2013

Arsenio Jermaine Cedric Valpoort (born 5 August 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tweede Divisie club TEC.

A youth prospect of Heerenveen, Valpoort made his first team debut in 2011. Failing to break through as a regular starter for the club, Valpoort embarked on a journeyman career, playing in Hungary, Israel, South Korea and Belgium, but achieving the most success in the Netherlands, where he had short spells with RKC Waalwijk and Almere City. In 2020, he moved to Dordrecht, his tenth club in nine years.

Valpoort is a youth international for the Netherlands, having gained four caps for the Netherlands under-20 team in which he scored one goal.

Club career

Heerenveen

Valpoort joined the youth academy of Heerenveen at the same time as future professional Luciano Narsingh, and later stated that he saw the latter's breakthrough as a source of inspiration.[2] In the youth teams he regularly showed his scoring ability, for example in the U19 league where he with 16 goals to his name finished third in the top goalscorers list.[3] This achievement earned him a promotion to the first team where he initially signed a one-year contract with the option of an extra year in June 2011.[4]

On 4 December 2011, Valpoort made his debut in the Eredivisie, coming on as a substitute for the injured Narsingh in a 5–1 win over AZ. On 31 January 2012, he made his debut in the KNVB Cup in a match against Vitesse. In March 2012, Heerenveen announced that the option in his contract would be triggered, keeping him at the club until June 2013. Valpoort was officially added to the Heerenveen first team in January 2012, after joining on a training camp to Portugal. During the training camp, he made two appearances in friendlies against Hannover 96 and Bayer Leverkusen.[5] After the training camp, Valpoort made four more appearances in the Eredivisie that season and one more in the KNVB Cup, where he failed to score. In the summer break, he appeared in the UEFA Europa League matches against Norwegian club Molde, where he scored a consolation goal in the return leg to make it 2–1. Heerenveen was eliminated based on goal difference.

After a first half of the season in the 2012–13 season, in which Valpoort made five appearances, he was sent on a six-month loan deal to PEC Zwolle.[6]

Loan to PEC Zwolle

Moving to PEC Zwolle in January indicated a new beginning for Valpoort.[7] However, he was immediately benched for the first two matches. After his debut for Zwolle against Feyenoord, he was benched again. On 2 March, Valpoort made his debut in the starting lineup against Willem II due to an injury to Furdjel Narsingh. In that game, Valpoort made his first goal in the Eredivisie in the 57th minute on a pass from Denni Avdić.[8]

Ferencváros

After his contract was not extended at Heerenveen, he trialled with Hungarian club Ferencváros in June 2013. After a successful trial, he signed a contract on 27 June with the club, coached by fellow Dutchman Ricardo Moniz.[9] After the resignation of Moniz, he was demoted to the club's second team together with fellow countrymen Jack Tuijp and Mark Otten.[10]

Later career

Valpoort signed a two-year contract with RKC Waalwijk in July 2014 after a successful trial.[11] In February 2016, he signed a multi-year contract with Beitar Jerusalem.[12] Valpoort scored his first ever goal for Beitar Jerusalem in an Israeli Premier League match against Maccabi Haifa.

In January 2017, Valpoort signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Almere City.[13] In June 2018, he moved to South Korean K League 2 club Busan IPark together with fellow Dutch player Sherjill Mac-Donald.[14] After the club failed to win promotion to the top-tier K-League, Valpoort left and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Roeselare in the Belgian First Division B on 28 January 2019.[15]

On 1 September 2019, Valpoort signed a one-year contract with Excelsior, reuniting him with his former coach, Ricardo Moniz.[16] He made five league appearances at the club. After becoming a free agent, he moved to FC Dordrecht.[17] On 7 January 2021, Valpoort moved to Ermis Aradippou in the Cypriot First Division.[18] On 14 August 2021, he signed with Albanian champions Teuta Durrës.[19] His spell at the club lasted only two weeks, as the technical staff were not satisfied with his performances. After his contract was terminated by mutual agreement, he joined league rivals Egnatia.[20] In 2022, Valpoort moved to Indonesian club Persebaya Surabaya where he also disappointed with only one goal in 11 appearances.[21] He left the club again in April 2022.[22] In September 2022, Valpoort joined newly promoted Bulgarian first division club Hebar Pazardzhik.[23]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Valpoort is of Surinamese descent.[24] Valpoort has gained four caps for the Netherlands under-20 team, scoring one goal.

References

  1. ^ "Arsenio Jermaine Cedric Valpoort - Profile". proleague.be. Pro League. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Valpoort wil Narsingh achterna bij Heerenveen". voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 19 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2020. "Ik kwam tegelijk met Luciano (Narsingh, red.) naar Heerenveen. Als je ziet welke ontwikkeling hij heeft doorgemaakt, dan is dat echt een voorbeeld voor mij. Ik wil net als hij presteren en doe daar alles voor", vertelde Valpoort over Narsingh, die afgelopen seizoen 24 competitieduels speelde en vijf keer scoorde.
  3. ^ "Hoge klassering Arsenio Valpoort" (in Dutch). SC Heerenveen. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "sc Heerenveen voelt goed voor mij" (in Dutch). SC Heerenveen. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Jans: "Ik roep niet om versterkingen"". voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 16 January 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Arsenio Valpoort op huurbasis naar PEC Zwolle" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. ^ "PEC voegt Valpoort en Van der Werff toe aan selectie". vi.nl (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Valpoort maakt basisdebuut bij PEC Zwolle". fcupdate.nl (in Dutch). 1 March 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Valpoort ziet Ferencvaros als 'goede stap'". fcupdate.nl (in Dutch). 28 June 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Als je Moniz gewend bent is alles anders, hij is voor mij een toptrainer". voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 6 March 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Sport maandag: Arsenio Valpoort naar RKC Waalwijk, NAC Breda test Isak Ssewankambo". omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Valpoort tekent contract bij Beitar Jerusalem". elfvoetbal.nl (in Dutch). ELF Voetbal. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  13. ^ "City FC strikt Arsenio Valpoort" (in Dutch). Omroep Flevoland. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Valpoort naar Busan Ipark: 'Niet echt op te wachten in Korea te gaan voetballen'". voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  15. ^ Welkom Arsenio Valpoort!, ksvroeselare.be, 28 January 2019
  16. ^ "Valpoort tekent bij het Excelsior van 'extreme' Moniz". sportnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Arsenio Valpoort versterkt FC Dordrecht" (in Dutch). FC Dordrecht. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  18. ^ Bomgaars, Arco (7 January 2021). "FC Dordrecht-aanvoerder Valpoort verkast naar Cyprus". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  19. ^ "FOTO+VIDEO/ Teuta i bën prezantim të bujshëm sulmuesit holandez, ja kush do ta zëvendësojë Bregun" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  20. ^ Halili, Erjon (5 September 2021). "Egnatia zyrtarizon holandezin Valpoort, Partizani firmos me 18-vjeçarin Hodo – SuperSport". Supersport (in Albanian). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  21. ^ Arya, Yosua (16 February 2022). "Mengenang Debut Striker Persebaya Surabaya Arsenio Valpoort Di Eredivisie Belanda. Siapa Saja Rekan Setimnya? | Goal.com". GOAL (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  22. ^ Novi, Ida Ayu (2 April 2022). "Arsenio Valpoort Susul Taisei Marukawa & Bruno Out dari Persebaya Surabaya, Aji Santoso Ungkap Alasannya - Denpasar Update". Denpasar Update (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Хебър се подсили с още трима чужденци" (in Bulgarian). bntnews.bg. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  24. ^ "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.