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The world of

Joost van Aken

Joost is born and raised in a small village next to Haarlem, Vogelenzang. He had a stable youth. In his youth, it was school and a lot of sports, especially football. He was a disciplined and busy kid, at school and at his football club.

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with us since

2022

Get to know Joost

Temperate

Patient

Go-getter

Joost van Aken

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Important moments for Joost

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Graduated for VWO

2012

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Debut for sc Heerenveen

2014

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Transfer to Sheffield Wednesday

2017

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Birth of his nephew

2020

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Wedding from his sister

2022

Ups and downs

My career

At the age of 11, I went to HFC Haarlem. After one season at the HFC Haarlem academy, I was scouted for Ajax. I played three 3 seasons in the Ajax academy before I went back to HFC Haarlem. Sc Heerenveen showed interest at the age of 16. I made my debut here and at the age of 23, I went to Sheffield Wednesday. After some adventures at Vfl Osnabrück and Zulte Waregem, I went back to sc Heerenveen at the age of 28.

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"To discover nice places in the world with family of friends makes me really happy"

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"Golfing with my dad and granddad is special to me"

Outside football

As I said earlier, family is very important to me. The best times I have with my family. For example, I often go golfing with my dad and granddad. My granddad is quite old, but to still do that is really special to me and makes me happy.

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