Tim Keurntjes

Tim Keurntjes

Keurntjes with Groningen in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Tim Keurntjes
Date of birth	(1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
0000–2001	DCS
2001–2010	De Graafschap
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	De Graafschap	3	(0)
2010–2013	Groningen	8	(0)
2012–2013	→ Cambuur (loan)	13	(0)
2013–2016	Telstar	59	(7)
2016–2018	De Graafschap	11	(0)
2019	TOP Oss	1	(0)
2019–	MASV
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2023

Tim Keurntjes (born 13 March 1991) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left back for MASV in the Dutch Eerste Klasse.

Career

Keurntjes started his career at SV DCS and joined De Graafschap's youth academy in 2001. In the 2009–10 season, he played with Jong De Graafschap in the KNVB Cup tournament. He scored the only goal against FC Zwolle before the team went on to lose to NAC Breda. In that period he also made his professional debut in the first team of De Graafschap: a match on 20 November 2009, where he came on as a substitute for Jordy Buijs against Excelsior. He would also make appearances against HFC Haarlem and BV Veendam that season.

On 21 January 2010, Eredivisie club Groningen signed Keurntjes on a three-year contract, with him joining the club ahead of the 2010–11 season.^[1] He made his debut for the club in a pre-season friendly on 3 July 2010 against RWE Eemsmond. He came on in the second half and also scored the 0–10 for Groningen.^[2] Keurntjes made his official debut for the side on 22 September 2011 in an away match against AZ in the KNVB Cup. He scored a goal for Groningen in this match, as they lost 4–2.^[3] The club then sent Keurntjes on loan to Cambuur in the 2012–13 season.^[4] After three seasons at Telstar,^[5] Keurntjes returned to De Graafschap in 2016, with whom he promoted to the Eredivisie in 2018 via the post-season play-offs.^[6] In September 2019, he started practicing with TOP Oss, and became eligible to play for the club from January 2019.^[7] Six months later, he moved to the Arnhem based amateur club MASV.^[8]

Honours

De Graafschap

• Eerste Divisie: 2009–10

Cambuur

• Eerste Divisie: 2012–13

References

1. "Keurntjes tekent bij FC Groningen". fcgroningen.nl (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
2. "FC Groningen begint met ruime zege in oefencampagne; RWE Eemsmond met 13-0 verslagen". Groninger Internet Courant (in Dutch). 3 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. Wassing, Leo (22 September 2011). "FC Groningen uit bekertoernooi na knotsgek duel". OOG TV (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. Meijer, Harro (31 August 2012). "FC Groningen verhuurt Tim Keurntjes aan SC Cambuur". OOG TV (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
5. "Tim Keurntjes vertrekt bij Telstar". NH Nieuws (in Dutch). 3 June 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
6. "Tim Keurntjes is blij terug te zijn bij De Graafschap". degraafschap.nl (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
7. "Tim Keurntjes kan eindelijk aan de bak". toposs.nl (in Dutch). TOP Oss. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
8. Gerritsen, Marco (30 September 2019). "MASV heeft nu zijn eigen Tagliafico: oud-profvoetballer Tim Keurntjes". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2021.

External links

• Tim Keurntjes at WorldFootball.net
• Profile on Voetbal International (in Dutch)