Orlando Smeekes
| Orlando Smeekes | ||
 Smeekes 2009 during training in Jena
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | December 28, 1981 | |
| place of birth | Amsterdam , Netherlands | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | Storm | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Flevo Boys | ||
| SC Heerenveen | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2000-2003 | Stormbirds Telstar | 50 (10) |
| 2003-2004 | FC Volendam | 2 (0) |
| 2004-2005 | TOP Oss | 26 (2) |
| 2005-2007 | Helmond Sport | 48 (9) |
| 2007-2008 | Go Ahead Eagles Deventer | 23 (5) |
| 2008-2009 | Stuttgart Kickers | 29 (4) |
| 2009-2011 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 65 (20) |
| 2011–2012 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 (0) |
| 2011–2012 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden II | 10 (2) |
| 2012-2014 | Maritzburg United | 35 (5) |
| 2014-2015 | VV WKE Emmen | 19 (2) |
| 2015-2016 | FC Den Bosch | 6 (0) |
| 2016-2018 | OFC Oostzaan | 2 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2008 | Netherlands Antilles | 4 (0) |
| 2011 | Curacao | 2 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career 2 Status: end of career |
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Orlando Smeekes (born December 28, 1981 in Amsterdam , the Netherlands ) is a former Dutch football player and today's kickboxer .
Career
In the club
Smeekes played in his youth for the Flevo Boys and the Dutch honorary division SC Heerenveen .
In 2000 he moved to the second division of the Netherlands to Stormvogels Telstar . There he came to 50 missions (10 goals) by 2003 and went to league rivals FC Volendam in 2003 . After a season in which he only made two appearances, the attacker switched to TOP Oss , for whom he played 26 times in 2004/05 (2 goals). 2005-2007 Smeekes played then at Helmond Sport (48 missions, 9 goals) and 2007/08 in the Go Ahead Eagles (23 inserts, 5 goals), before the summer of 2008 by Germany , the third division side Stuttgarter Kickers changed. Smeekes made 29 appearances (4 goals) for the Swabian club.
For the 2009/10 season he moved to FC Carl Zeiss Jena , where he signed a two-year contract. On the first day of the 2009/10 season Smeekes scored the goal of the month with a free kick from 35 meters . For the 2011/12 season Orlando Smeekes moved to league rivals SV Wehen Wiesbaden , where he signed a contract until 2013.
For the 2012/13 season Smeekes moved together with Delron Buckley to South Africa to Maritzburg United under coach Ernst Middendorp . After 35 league games and five goals in South Africa, his contract was not renewed in the summer of 2014. After a short period of non-membership, he returned to his home in the Netherlands in October 2014, where he let his active career end with lower-class clubs. Smeekes ended his active career in the summer of 2018.
In the national team
Smeekes played four times in 2008 for the national soccer team of the Netherlands Antilles , the first time on February 6, 2008 in the away game in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup against Nicaragua . After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on October 10, 2010, Smeekes has since played for the national soccer team of Curaçao . He played his first international game on October 8, 2011 in the home game in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup against Antigua and Barbuda . Another international match against Haiti followed in November 2011.
Personal
Since his retirement in 2018, he worked as a personal trainer for Fit For Free in the Amsterdam Arena . Smeeke's ancestors come from Willemstad on Curaçao .
Kickboxing
In October 2019 Smeekes announced that he will be a kickboxer and completed his first fight against the Hungarian Tamas Kossenberg as part of the Rings Gala in Amstelveen on October 5th in the Emergohal Sporthal.
Web links
- Orlando Smeekes in the database of weltfussball.de
- Orlando Smeekes in the database of fussballdaten.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine : The former FC Carl Zeiss Jena player, Orlando Smeekes, is now returning to the Saale as a kickboxer. from January 21, 2021
- ↑ Sportschau: Goal of the Month July 2009 (with video)
- ^ Maritzburg buckle up , Independent Online (iol.co.za) of June 27, 2012 (accessed June 29, 2012).
- ↑ Noordhollands Dagblad : Orlando Smeekes verslaat tegenstander bij kickboksdebuut within minutes: 'een wervelstorm of October 29, 2019
- ↑ Liga-Drei.de Erfurt vs Jena: Interview with Orlando Smeekes from October 18, 2018
- ↑ Oud-profvoetballer Orlando Smeekes sloopt nu mensen in de ring from January 25, 2020
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Smeekes, Orlando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |