Darren Sidoel

Darren Sidoel
Personal information
Full name Darren Devlin Sidoel
Date of birth (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AB
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2012 Den Haag
2012–2017 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Jong Ajax 16 (1)
2018–2019 Reading 0 (0)
2019 → Roeselare (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2020 Arda Kardzhali 16 (0)
2020–2021 Córdoba 1 (0)
2021 → Hércules (loan) 4 (1)
2021–2022 East Bengal 11 (3)
2023– AB 10 (1)
International career
2013 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2013 Netherlands U16 7 (0)
2014 Netherlands U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2024

Darren Devlin Sidoel (born 10 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for AB. Besides the Netherlands, he has also played in England, Belgium, Bulgaria, India and Spain.[3]

Club career

Sidoel started his career with ADO Den Haag before joining AFC Ajax in 2012.[1] After making his debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax in the 2017–18 season,[4] Sidoel signed for English club Reading on a three-year contract in July 2018.[5] on 8 July 2019, Sidoel left Reading by mutual consent.[6]

On 8 August 2019, Sidoel signed a two-year contract with Arda Kardzhali.[7] He completed his debut on 23 August 2019 in a league match against Cherno More Varna.[8]

On 17 July 2020, Sidoel signed a 1-year contract with Córdoba CF. On 1 February 2021 was loaned to Segunda División B club Hércules CF for the rest of the season.[9]

On 17 September 2021, Sidoel signed with Indian Super League side SC East Bengal[10] and made his debut on 27 November in a 3–0 defeat to ATK Mohun Bagan. In the next match on 30 November, he scored his first goal against Odisha FC, but lost the match by 6–4.[11] In September 2023, Sidoel joined Danish 2nd Division side AB.[12]

International career

Sidoel represented the Netherlands at under-17 youth level.[5] He is of Indonesian and Surinamese descent.[13][14] In an interview for a local media, right after he had joined Arda Kardzhali in 2019, Siddoel expressed his desire to represent the Indonesia national team, but would first concentrate on his club career.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 February 2022[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Ajax 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 3 0
2017–18 16 1 0 0 3[a] 1 19 2
Total 16 1 0 0 6 1 22 2
Reading U23 2018–19 Premier League 2 6 0 0 0 – 0 0
Roeselare (loan) 2018–19 Belgian First Division B 11 0 0 0 – 11 0
Arda Kardzhali 2019–20 First League 16 0 2[b] 0 – 18 0
Córdoba 2020–21 Segunda División B 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
Hércules (loan) 2020–21 4 1 0 0 – 4 1
East Bengal 2021–22 Indian Super League 11 3 0 0 – 11 3
Career total 59 4 2 0 6 1 67 5
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Youth League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Bulgarian Cup

Honours

Club

Jong Ajax

References

  1. ^ a b "Ajax signs Darren Sidoel". AFC Ajax. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Darren Sidoel Football Database". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ^ Het Ajax-product dat een rijzende ster is in een land waar hij nog niet speelde voetbalzone.nl
  4. ^ a b Darren Sidoel at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Reading: Ajax defender Darren Sidoel on three-year contract". BBC Sport. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Liam Kelly signs permanently for Dutch giants Feyenoord". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  7. ^ "ОФИЦИАЛНО: АРДА подписа с холандски футболист (ВИДЕО)". fcarda.bg (in Bulgarian). FC Arda Kardzhali. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. ^ "АРДА и Черно море не се победиха (ВИДЕО+СНИМКИ)" (in Bulgarian). АРДА / fcarda.bg. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ Córdoba, El Día de (1 February 2021). "Darren Sidoel sale del Córdoba CF con destino al Hércules". El Día de Córdoba (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  10. ^ "SC EAST BENGAL ANNOUNCED THIRTY THREE MEMBER SQUAD FOR ISL". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  11. ^ "ISL: Odisha FC come from behind to beat SC East Bengal in 10-goal thriller". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  12. ^ AB GLADSAXE HENTER DARREN SIDOEL, ab-fodbold.dk, 14 September 2023
  13. ^ "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ Noveanto, Eric (10 December 2018). "PROFIL: Darren Sidoel, Bek Keturunan Indonesia Yang Merajut Mimpi Di Inggris". Goal.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  15. ^ Hengkang dari Reading, Darren Sidoel Resmi Gabung Kasta Teratas Eropa indosport.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021
  16. ^ Darren Sidoel at Soccerway


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