Dominique Scholten

Dominique Scholten
Personal information
Full name Dominique Scholten
Date of birth (1988-04-06) 6 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Nijmegen, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Twente/Heracles Academy (Director)
Youth career
Noviomagum
NEC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 NEC 0 (0)
2008–2009 → FC Oss (loan) 15 (0)
2009–2011 FC Oss 40 (4)
2011–2013 Achilles '29 62 (13)
2013–2016 Spakenburg 64 (3)
2016–2017 JVC Cuijk 11 (0)
2017–2022 BVC '12
2022–2023 SC Woezik
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dominique Scholten (born 6 April 1988) is a Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the director of the FC Twente/Heracles Academy.

Playing career

Scholten is a midfielder who was born in Nijmegen and made his debut in professional football, being part of the NEC Nijmegen squad in the 2006–07 season.

For the second half of the 2008–09 season, Scholten was on loan at TOP Oss. In May 2009 he signed for three seasons at the club.[1] In June 2011 he had the contract dissolved and he signed a two-year contract with Achilles '29 from Groesbeek.[2] There, he won the title in 2012, making Scholten the first footballer ever to win the Topklasse Sunday twice. The same season, Achilles '29 managed to win the general lower leagues championship after two games against SV Spakenburg. Scholten was a starter in both games. Scholten also won the title in his third season in the Topklasse. This also made him the first player to win the Topklasse Sunday three times.

After his second season in Groesbeek, he signed a two-year deal with SV Spakenburg. In 2016, he moved to JVC Cuijk and a year later to BVC '12.[3] H

Managerial career

Scholten played for several years at amateur level in the Netherlands, alongside various jobs at different clubs, working mainly in youth academies. However, he announced in April 2023 that he had hung up his boots.[4]

In the 2006–07 season he started coaching youth teams at his former club NEC. In December 2009, Scholten started his own football academy. Scholten was active as a coach at the NEC/FC Oss academy from 2011. In addition, he worked in sports marketing for NOC/NSF between 2014 and 2017. In the 2016–17 season, he was head of Achilles '29 regional youth academy. In 2017, he became head of youth scouting and general affairs manager at the NEC/FC Oss academy.[5] On 5 February 2020 it was announced that Scholten would become manager of the FC Twente/Heracles Academy from 1 April 2020.[6]

In the summer 2022, Dominique Scholten extended his contract and was promoted to director of the FC Twente/Heracles Academie.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Dominique Scholten" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  2. ^ Nieuwkamp, Walter (3 June 2011). "Dominique Scholten naar Achilles". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Dominique Scholten kiest voor JVC Cuijk". Stadskrant Veghel (in Dutch). 29 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
    Daamen, Guus (22 April 2017). "BVC'12 past perfect bij carrièreswitch Scholten". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ HGHM: Nijland maakt goal om in te lijsten, Roman ontkent hartproblemen, forzanec.nl, 5 April 2023
  5. ^ "Dominique Scholten hoofd jeugdscouting en manager algemene zaken Voetbal Academie N.E.C./FC Oss". nec-nijmegen.nl (in Dutch). NEC Nijmegen. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Dominique Scholten treedt aan als manager academie". fctwente.nl (in Dutch). FC Twente. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
    Pichel, Dominique (10 June 2020). "Dominique Scholtens stille overstap van NEC naar Twente/Heracles: 'Ik kwam erachter hoe egoïstisch ik soms was'". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  7. ^ Dominique Scholten verlengt contract bij FC Twente/Heracles Academie, fctwente.nl, 23 June 2022