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Vito van Crooij

Vito van Crooij

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at NEC Nijmegen
Age30
CitizenshipNetherlands
Height1.79 m
Footright
BornJanuary 29, 1996
at NEC Nijmegen 601 days · joined 2024-09-30
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists
Market value €1.50m
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

8
clubs played for
12/13
debut season
0.23
goals / match
VVV-Venlo
top club · 181 apps

Career highs

€2.20m
peak value · 2023
€650k
top transfer fee · 18/19
14
best season · 15/16
7 / 0
int'l caps / goals
393Appearances
90Goals
58Assists
68Yellow cards
0Red cards
73Full matches (90′)
Full nameVito van Crooij
Date of birth1996-01-29 (30 yrs)
Place of birthVenlo, Netherlands
CitizenshipNetherlands
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height179.00 m
Current clubNEC Nijmegen
Joined2024-09-30
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentPURE
Jul 2025
25/26 — NEC Nijmegen
4 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Sep 2024
Transfer: Without Club → NEC Nijmegen
24/25 · Transfer
Sep 2024
Transfer: Al-Wehda → Without Club
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — NEC Nijmegen, Al-Wehda FC
29 matches · 10 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Sep 2023
Transfer: Sparta R. → Al-Wehda
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Sparta Rotterdam, Al-Wehda FC
28 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
Jul 2022
22/23 — Sparta Rotterdam
40 matches · 14 G · 12 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — Sparta Rotterdam
35 matches · 7 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: VVV-Venlo → Sparta R.
21/22 · Transfer
Feb 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2020
Transfer: PEC Zwolle → VVV-Venlo
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — VVV-Venlo
35 matches · 4 G · 9 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2019
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — PEC Zwolle U21, PEC Zwolle
23 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: VVV-Venlo → PEC Zwolle
18/19 · Transfer · €650k
Jul 2018
18/19 — PEC Zwolle
32 matches · 10 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — VVV-Venlo
33 matches · 5 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — VVV-Venlo
38 matches · 14 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — VVV-Venlo
36 matches · 14 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U21, VVV-Venlo, VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19
44 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: VVV/Hel U19 → VVV-Venlo
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U21, VVV-Venlo, VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19
16 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: VVV/Hel U17 → VVV/Hel U19
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2011
Transfer: VVV/Helm. Youth → VVV/Hel U17
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2004
Transfer: Quick Boys Yth. → VVV-Venlo Youth
04/05 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.20m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 44 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.66/90
100
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.66/90
91
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
64
6,603 min
Minutes played by club
NEC Nijmegen 7.1%
Al-Wehda FC 0.0%
Sparta Rotterdam 13.8%
VVV-Venlo 48.9%
PEC Zwolle 6.5%
PEC Zwolle U21 3.3%
VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U21 2.0%
VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19 18.4%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
NEC Nijmegen 2 24/25 25/26 32 11 8 468
Al-Wehda FC 2 23/24 24/25 26 0 0 0
Sparta Rotterdam 3 21/22 23/24 78 21 17 909
VVV-Venlo 6 13/14 20/21 181 41 26 3,230
PEC Zwolle 2 18/19 19/20 50 10 5 427
PEC Zwolle U21 1 19/20 19/20 5 4 0 219
VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U21 2 13/14 14/15 6 1 1 135
VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19 3 12/13 14/15 15 2 1 1,215

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€550K13€1.1M20€1.7M26€2.2M13/14 — 2 goals (VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19)13/14 — 1 assists313/1414/15 — 5 goals (VVV-Venlo)14/15 — 1 assists614/1515/16 — 14 goals (VVV-Venlo)15/16 — 8 assists2215/1616/17 — 14 goals (VVV-Venlo)16/17 — 3 assists1716/1717/18 — 5 goals (VVV-Venlo)17/18 — 6 assists1117/1818/19 — 10 goals (PEC Zwolle)18/19 — 4 assists1418/1919/20 — 4 goals (PEC Zwolle U21)19/20 — 1 assists519/2020/21 — 4 goals (VVV-Venlo)20/21 — 9 assists1320/2121/22 — 7 goals (Sparta Rotterdam)21/22 — 4 assists1121/2222/23 — 14 goals (Sparta Rotterdam)22/23 — 12 assists2622/2323/24 — 1 assists123/2424/25 — 10 goals (NEC Nijmegen)24/25 — 8 assists1824/2525/26 — 1 goals (NEC Nijmegen)125/2614/15 — €50K15/16 — €150K16/17 — €500K17/18 — €700K18/19 — €1M19/20 — €1.3M20/21 — €800K21/22 — €750K22/23 — €900K23/24 — €2.2M24/25 — €1.5M25/26 — €1.5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 5514/1515/16: 141415/1616/17: 141416/1717/18: 5517/1818/19: 101018/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 4420/2121/22: 7721/2222/23: 141422/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 101024/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 8815/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 6617/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 9920/2121/22: 4421/2222/23: 121222/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 8824/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Eredivisie NEC Nijmegen 4 1 0 0 0 137
24/25 Eredivisie NEC Nijmegen 25 9 8 5 0 211
24/25 KNVB Beker NEC Nijmegen 2 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 Play-Offs Conference League NEC Nijmegen 1 1 0 0 0 120
24/25 Saudi Pro League Al-Wehda FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam 3 0 1 1 0 0
23/24 King's Cup Al-Wehda FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Saudi Pro League Al-Wehda FC 23 0 0 3 0 0
23/24 Saudi Super Cup Al-Wehda FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam 34 12 11 4 0 239
22/23 KNVB Beker Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Play-Offs Conference League Sparta Rotterdam 4 2 1 2 0 193
21/22 Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam 33 5 4 6 0 439
21/22 KNVB Beker Sparta Rotterdam 2 2 0 0 0 38
20/21 Eredivisie VVV-Venlo 31 3 8 8 0 907
20/21 KNVB Beker VVV-Venlo 4 1 1 0 0 375
19/20 Beloften Preliminary Round PEC Zwolle U21 2 2 0 0 0 90
19/20 Eredivisie PEC Zwolle 16 0 1 3 0 0
19/20 KNVB Beker PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 1 0 0
19/20 Reserve Erediv. PEC Zwolle U21 3 2 0 0 0 129
18/19 Eredivisie PEC Zwolle 30 9 4 7 0 266
18/19 KNVB Beker PEC Zwolle 2 1 0 0 0 161
17/18 Eredivisie VVV-Venlo 31 5 6 6 0 493
17/18 KNVB Beker VVV-Venlo 2 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Jupiler League VVV-Venlo 36 14 3 8 0 221
16/17 KNVB Beker VVV-Venlo 2 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 Jupiler League VVV-Venlo 33 13 8 5 0 181
15/16 Jupiler PO VVV-Venlo 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 KNVB Beker VVV-Venlo 1 1 0 0 0 90
14/15 Beloften Eredivisie VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U21 2 1 1 0 0 135
14/15 Beloften Preliminary Round VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U21 3 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Jupiler League VVV-Venlo 31 3 0 5 0 722
14/15 Jupiler PO VVV-Venlo 4 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 KNVB Beker VVV-Venlo 3 1 0 0 0 241
14/15 U19 Div. 2 Fall VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Beloften Eredivisie VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U21 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Jupiler League VVV-Venlo 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Jupiler PO VVV-Venlo 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 U19 Cup NL VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19 1 1 0 0 0 90
13/14 U19 Div. 2 Spring VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19 13 1 1 0 0 1,125
12/13 U19 Div. 2 Spring VVV-Venlo/Helmond Sport U19 0 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
04/05 2004-07-01 Quick Boys Yth. VVV-Venlo Youth Transfer 0
11/12 2011-07-01 VVV/Helm. Youth VVV/Hel U17 Transfer 0
13/14 2013-07-01 VVV/Hel U17 VVV/Hel U19 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 VVV/Hel U19 VVV-Venlo Transfer 25000
18/19 2018-07-13 VVV-Venlo PEC Zwolle Transfer 1000000 €650k
20/21 2020-08-25 PEC Zwolle VVV-Venlo Transfer 800000
21/22 2021-07-01 VVV-Venlo Sparta R. Transfer 750000
23/24 2023-09-07 Sparta R. Al-Wehda Transfer 2200000
24/25 2024-09-03 Al-Wehda Without Club Transfer 1500000
24/25 2024-09-30 Without Club NEC Nijmegen Transfer 1500000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 Muscle injury 2017-09-09 2017-09-14 6 1
19/20 Abdominal muscle strain 2019-08-01 2019-09-24 55 7
20/21 Quarantine 2021-02-25 2021-03-08 12 3
22/23 Ill 2022-10-12 2022-10-15 4 0
22/23 Ankle injury 2022-11-05 2022-11-10 6 1
22/23 Muscle injury 2023-01-24 2023-01-25 2 1
Current€1.50m
Peak€2.20m
Low€25k
Δ since start+€1.45m
€25k€569k€1.11m€1.66m€2.20m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €25k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #16342 6 0 former national player
Team #11944 #14 1 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Robin Buwalda 2 0 0
Pelle Clement 1 0 0
Joshua Kitolano 2 3 0
Tobias Lauritsen 2 4 0
Leandro Resida 2 2 0
Sven Mijnans 2 1 0
Arno Verschueren 2 4 0
Gianluca Nijholt 2 2 0
Tristan Dekker 2 1 0
Dirk Abels 1 0 0
Torino Hunte 2 3 0
Nils Röseler 2 0 0
Bart Vriends 1 2 0
Younes Namli 1 7 0
Johnatan Opoku 2 4 0
Moreno Rutten 1 0 0
Lennart Thy 1 7 0
Clint Leemans 2 5 0
Ralf Seuntjens 2 9 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
16/17 Jupiler League VVV-Venlo 14 36
15/16 Jupiler League VVV-Venlo 13 33
22/23 Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam 12 34

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
22/23 Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam 11 34
20/21 Eredivisie VVV-Venlo 8 31
15/16 Jupiler League VVV-Venlo 8 33

Teams faced most often by Vito van Crooij's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Heracles Almelo 37 16 9 12 56 64 -8 43%
Fortuna Sittard 35 12 12 11 53 47 +6 34%
FC Utrecht 34 4 13 17 36 74 -38 12%
FC Groningen 34 16 8 10 47 34 +13 47%
AFC Ajax 32 0 4 28 17 91 -74 0%
Willem II 28 11 7 10 34 34 0 39%
ADO Den Haag 27 10 5 12 45 46 -1 37%
Vitesse 27 9 2 16 36 50 -14 33%
RKC Waalwijk 26 12 11 3 49 24 +25 46%
FC Emmen 25 10 4 11 37 36 +1 40%
AZ Alkmaar 25 3 10 12 29 51 -22 12%
PSV Eindhoven 25 0 3 22 21 67 -46 0%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
13/14 First senior goal
18/19 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 29 331 6 1 0 1.9
23/24 28 0 4 0 0 0
22/23 40 432 6 0 0 1.25
21/22 35 477 6 0 0 1.13
20/21 35 1,282 8 0 0 0.56
19/20 23 219 4 0 0 1.64
18/19 32 427 7 1 0 1.69
17/18 33 493 7 0 0 1.28
16/17 38 221 9 0 0 3.67
15/16 36 271 5 0 0 1.66
14/15 44 1,098 6 1 0 0.57

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Eredivisie
207 apps
44 G
43 A
Jupiler League
101 apps
30 G
11 A
KNVB Beker
22 apps
6 G
1 A
Play-Offs Conference League
5 apps
3 G
1 A
Reserve Erediv.
6 apps
3 G
1 A
Beloften Preliminary Round
5 apps
2 G
0 A
U19 Div. 2 Spring
13 apps
1 G
1 A
U19 Cup NL
1 apps
1 G
0 A
Saudi Pro League
24 apps
0 G
0 A
Jupiler PO
6 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Vito van Crooij

Who is Vito van Crooij?

Vito van Crooij is a Netherlands professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for NEC Nijmegen.

How old is Vito van Crooij?

Vito van Crooij is 30 years old. He was born on January 29, 1996 in Venlo.

What position does Vito van Crooij play?

Vito van Crooij plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Vito van Crooij play for?

Vito van Crooij currently plays for NEC Nijmegen.

How many career goals has Vito van Crooij scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Vito van Crooij has scored 90 goals in 393 appearances.

What is Vito van Crooij's market value?

Vito van Crooij's most recent reported market value is €1.50m.