Jordi Balk
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordi Balk | ||
Date of birth | 26 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Cothen, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
SVF Cothen | |||
SV Houten | |||
FC Utrecht | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Ross County | 4 | (0) |
2015–2017 |
FC Oss | 68 | (1) |
2017 | St Patrick's Athletic | 12 | (1) |
2018 | FC Lienden | 28 | (0) |
2019 | VV DUNO | 8 | (0) |
2019–2020 |
DOVO | 19 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Sportlust '46 | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:51, 30 January 2023 (UTC) |
Jordi Balk (born 26 April 1994) is a retired Dutch professional
Club career
Ross County
Balk, who had previously played in the youth academy of Dutch club Utrecht, signed for Scottish Premiership club Ross County in July 2014.[1] He made his debut appearance on 16 August 2014, in a 2–1 defeat against Kilmarnock. Balk was released from his contract in November 2014.[2]
FC Oss
In January 2015, he signed with Dutch
St Patrick's Athletic
After 3 seasons with
Return to Holland
On 19 December, Balk announced to his fans via his Instagram account that despite
Balk signed with Voetbalvereniging Duno Doorwerth, better known as
Balk played for Sportlust '46 from 2020 until he retired from football in July 2022.
On 9 September 2023, Balk returned to Dublin to play in a friendly for a St. Patricks Athletic legends team for Ian Bermingham's testimonial match.[10]
Career statistics
- As of 19 December 2017.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ross County | 2014–15[11] | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 |
FC Oss
|
2014–15[11] | Eerste Divisie | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
2015–16[11] | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 0 | ||
2016–17[11] | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
Club Total | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 70 | 1 | ||
St Patrick's Athletic | 2017[11] | League of Ireland Premier Division | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
FC Lienden | 2017–18[11] | Tweede Divisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 84 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 2 |
- ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
References
- ^ "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit, BBC Sport
- ^ Balk maakt seizoen af bij FC Oss Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch). 12 January 2015.
- ^ "Jordi Balk Joins the Saints".
- ^ "League Report: Cork City 1 - 0 St Patrick's Athletic".
- ^ "League Report: St Patrick's Athletic 4 - 2 Cork City".
- ^ "Jordi Balk sluit per direct aan bij tweede divisie selectie".
- ^ Duno start 2019 met makkelijke oefenzege, hoogenlaag.nl, 5 January 2019
- ^ Ex-prof Jordi Balk van Duno naar DOVO in Veenendaal, gelderlander.nl, 12 February 2019
- ^ "Testimonial Squads Confirmed". www.stpatsfc.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nederlands - J.Balk". Soccerway. soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/relegation-threatened-st-pats-were-11729219
- https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/liam-buckley-praises-jordi-balk-14075897
- https://www.gelderlander.nl/voetbal-arnhem/jordi-balk-van-schotland-ierland-en-lienden-naar-duno-in-doorwerth~af821231/
- https://www.elfvoetbal.nl/Avonturiers/270135/Zo-wil-Jordi-Balk-via-Ierland-zijn-Engelse-droom-waarmaken
- https://www.the42.ie/jordi-balk-league-of-ireland-st-patricks-athletic-3617685-Sep2017/
External links
- Profile - Voetbal International
- Jordi Balk at Soccerbase
- VV Duno profile