Jordy Croux

Jordy Croux
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Hasselt, Belgium
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 Cerezo Osaka
Youth career
2000–2001 Runkst VV
2001–2011 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Genk 18 (0)
2014 → OH Leuven (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2015 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 38 (5)
2015–2016 MVV Maastricht 40 (10)
2016–2019 Willem II 59 (2)
2019 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 14 (3)
2019–2020 Roda JC Kerkrade 45 (6)
2021–2022 Avispa Fukuoka 56 (8)
2023–2024 Cerezo Osaka 36 (2)
2024– Júbilo Iwata 12 (1)
International career
2009 Belgium U15 7 (2)
2009–2010 Belgium U16 11 (2)
2010–2011 Belgium U17 15 (0)
2011–2012 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2012–2013 Belgium U19 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2022, 14:22 (UTC)

Jordy Croux (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔrdi ˈkruks]; born 15 January 1994) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Japanese club Júbilo Iwata.

Club career

Early career

Croux was born in Hasselt where he began to play football with Runkst VV. He moved to the Racing Genk academy at the age of seven where he progressed through their youth squads.

Genk

Croux made his debut for Racing Genk's senior team on 21 March 2012 during their 3–1 win against Gent when he came in as a substitute for Anthony Limbombe in the 60th minute.[3]

In April 2012, Croux signed a contract extension with the club, which is to end in 2015. He scored his first goal for Genk in their 6–0 win against Saint-Gilloise in the sixth round of the 2012–13 Belgian Cup. It was the first goal of the match, scored in the 14th minute.

Avispa Fukuoka

On 8 January 2021, Croux moved to Japan and signing with J1 club, Avispa Fukuoka for 2021 season.[4] After two seasons with the club he moved on to Cerezo Osaka in 2022.

Cerezo Osaka

On 7 December 2022, Croux officially transferred to Cerezo Osaka for the 2023 season.[5]

International career

Belgium U16

Croux made his international debut for the Belgium U-16s during their 4–0 loss against the Germany U-16 team on 14 October 2009.

Belgium U17

On 26 August 2010, Croux was part of the Belgium U-17 squad that played and won 1–0 against Switzerland U-17. He played again for the team that lost 3–1 against Spain U-17 on 26 March 2011. He played again two days later in a 2–1 loss against the England U-17 squad.

Belgium U18

Croux appeared for the Belgium U-18 team in a 1–0 loss against the Germany U-18 team on 13 November 2011.

Belgium U19

Croux was called up to the Belgium U-19 squad that played against Serbia U-19 in a 0–0 draw on 26 February 2012.

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 July 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genk 2011–12 Belgian Pro League 10 0 — — — — 10 0
2012–13 6 0 2 1 — 1 0 — 9 1
2013–14 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 18 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 22 1
OH Leuven (loan) 2013–14 Belgian Pro League 2 0 — — — 2 0 4 0
MVV Maastricht (loan) 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 38 5 2 1 — — — 40 6
MVV Maastricht 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 35 8 1 0 — — 4 2 40 10
2016–17 5 2 0 0 — — — 5 2
Total 40 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 45 12
Willem II 2016–17 Eredivisie 29 1 1 0 — — — 30 1
2017–18 22 1 2 0 — — — 24 1
2018–19 8 0 3 0 — — — 11 0
Total 59 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 2
MVV Maastricht (loan) 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 14 3 0 0 — — — 14 3
Roda JC Kerkrade 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 29 3 2 0 — — — 31 3
2020–21 16 3 1 0 — — — 17 3
Total 45 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6
Avispa Fukuoka 2021 J1 League 25 4 2 2 1 1 — — 28 7
2022 31 4 4 0 10 1 — — 45 5
Total 56 8 6 2 11 1 0 0 0 0 73 12
Cerezo Osaka 2023 J1 League 27 2 2 0 3 0 — — 32 2
2024 9 0 2 0 3 1 — — 14 1
Total 36 2 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 46 3
Career total 307 36 24 4 17 3 1 0 7 2 357 45

International

National team Season Apps Goals
Belgium U15 2008–09 7 2
Belgium U16 2009–10 11 2
Belgium U17 2010–11 15 0
Belgium U18 2011–12 4 0
Belgium U19 2011–12 1 0
2012–13 10 1
Total 11 1
Career total 48 5

References

  1. ^ "Jordy Croux" (in Japanese). Avispa Fukuoka. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ Jordy Croux – Profile – UEFA
  3. ^ Racing Genk 3 – 1 AA Gent – Yahoo! Sport – UK and Ireland.
  4. ^ "ジョルディ クルークス選手 ローダJC（オランダ） より完全移籍加入のお知らせ" (Press release). アビスパ福岡. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ "ジョルディ クルークス選手 完全移籍加入について". Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. ^ Jordy Croux at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2023.