Clint Leemans
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995
Place of birth Veldhoven, Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 NAC Breda
Number 8
Youth career
1998–2003 RKVVO
2003–2013 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Jong PSV 87 (14)
2016–2018 VVV-Venlo 70 (22)
2018–2021 PEC Zwolle 38 (5)
2019–2020 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 21 (4)
2021 → De Graafschap (loan) 9 (1)
2021–2023 Viborg 63 (9)
2023– NAC Breda 16 (1)
International career
2012–2013 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Netherlands U19 9 (1)
2014 Netherlands U20 4 (0)
2015 Netherlands U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:43, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Clint Leemans (born 15 September 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club NAC Breda.[1]

Career

Leemans began playing football in the youth of RKVVO in 1998, before moving to the PSV youth academy in 2003.[2] Leemans made his professional debut as Jong PSV player in the second division on 20 September 2013 against FC Den Bosch in a 2–1 away defeat. He came in the field after 81 minutes for Rubén Bentancourt.[3] He's also active as a Dutch youth international.

In the 2020–21 season, he won the "Eredivisie Player of the Month" award for September due to his performances with PEC Zwolle.[4]

Left without contract in July 2021, Leemans moved to Denmark and signed with newly promoted Danish Superliga club Viborg FF on 4 August 2021, signing a deal until the summer 2023.[5] After two seasons, Leemans left the club at the end of his contract in June 2023.[6]

On 11 July 2023, Leemans returned to the Netherlands and signed a three-year contract with NAC Breda.[7]

Career statistics

As of 31 January 2018[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong PSV 2013–14 Eerste Divisie 2730000273
2014–15 Eerste Divisie 2860000286
2015–16 Eerste Divisie 3250000325
Total 871400008714
PSV 2014–15 Eredivisie 00000000
VVV 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 371220003912
2017–18 Eredivisie 2073000237
Total 571950006219
Career totals 14433500014933

    Honours

    VVV-Venlo

    Individual

    References

    1. 1 2 Clint Leemans at Soccerway
    2. ↑ "Clint Leemans - RKVVO". rkvvo.nl. RKVVO. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
    3. ↑ "Den Bosch vs. PSV II - 20 September 2013 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
    4. ↑ "Clint Leemans uitgeroepen tot Eredivisie-speler van de maand". Eredivisie. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
    5. ↑ Hollandsk midtbanespiller til VFF, vff.dk, 4 August 2021
    6. ↑ Viborg tager afsked med Clint Leemans, bold.dk, 1 May 2023
    7. ↑ "NAC VERSTERKT ZICH MET ERVAREN CLINT LEEMANS" [NAC STRENGTHENS ITSELF WITH EXPERIENCED CLINT LEEMANS] (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
    8. ↑ "VVV-Venlo stelt na promotie ook titel veilig in Jupiler League". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
    9. ↑ "Clint Leemans uitgeroepen tot Eredivisie-speler van de maand". eredivisie.nl. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

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