John Goossens
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John Goossens (ˈdʒɔn ˈɣoː.səns) (born 27 July 1988 in Heemstede
Heemstede
Heemstede is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-History :Heemstede formed around the Castle Heemstede that was built on the Spaarne River around 1286. Before 1296, Floris V, Count of Holland, granted Heemstede as a fiefdom to Reinier of Holy...

) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 Association footballer who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 club N.E.C..

Career

Goossens is a striker who was born in Heemstede
Heemstede
Heemstede is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-History :Heemstede formed around the Castle Heemstede that was built on the Spaarne River around 1286. Before 1296, Floris V, Count of Holland, granted Heemstede as a fiefdom to Reinier of Holy...

 and began his career by HBC Heemstede, than joined in September 1999 to AFC Ajax and was promoted to Jong Ajax in November 2006. On 2 February 2009 he switches from AFC Ajax to N.E.C. Nijmegen. The 20-year-old Dutch U-20 national team player in the NEC signed a contract for four years.

He made his debut in professional football, as being part of the N.E.C. Nijmegen squad in the 2008–09 season, he played his first game on 4 February 2009 against F.C. Groningen.

International

Goossens was part of the Netherlands U-17 squad that reached third place at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate in this tournament...

. He scored 2 goals in the tournament, now is part of the under 20 and hold here two games.

Position

John spent much of his developing years at Ajax playing down the left flank, initially as an out and out winger, then as a more flexible attacking wing-back. He now primarily plays as a forward but is still adept on the left wing.

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