Cees Keizer

Cees Keizer
Personal information
Full name Cees Cornelis Johannes Keizer
Date of birth (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Volendam, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–2001 Volendam
2001–2007 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Vitesse 2 (0)
2009 → Zwolle (loan) 14 (0)
2009–2010 Zwolle 29 (0)
2010–2012 FC Oss 50 (1)
2012–2017 RKAV Volendam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cees Keizer (born 8 January 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as a youth coach with FC Volendam.

Career

Born in Volendam, Keizer played youth football with hometown club FC Volendam before moving to Dutch giants Ajax. He never broke into the first team, and moved to Vitesse, where he made his professional debut in the 2007–08 season.[1] He moved on loan to FC Zwolle in January 2009, before signing a permanent contract in June 2009. Keizer remained a player of Zwolle for a year and a half, after which he left for FC Oss.[2] In 2012, he started playing for his youth club RKAV Volendam.[3]

After his retirement in 2017, Cees started his coaching career at RKAV Volendam. There, he coached the U11 team for three consecutive years and later began working as a youth coach for FC Volendam.[4] He became a UEFA A Youth coach in June 2020.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Vitesse legt Ajax-belofte Cees Keizer vast". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 7 May 2007.
  2. ^ "FC Oss haalt middenvelder Keizer". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 26 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Selectie van zaterdag hoofdklassers rond (met overzicht)". NH Nieuws (in Dutch). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2021. Nieuw: ... Cees Keizer (FC Oss)
  4. ^ "Cees Keizer aangetrokken als jeugdtrainer FC Volendam". FC Volendam (in Dutch). 3 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Cees Keizer behaalt UEFA A Youth diploma". www.groot-waterland.nl (in Dutch). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.