Giovanni Troupée

Giovanni Troupée
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Breukelen, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 TOP Oss
Number 20
Youth career
FC Abcoude
–2009 Nijenrodes
2009–2015 Utrecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Utrecht 59 (3)
2017–2021 Jong Utrecht 32 (4)
2018–2019 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 21 (1)
2019–2020 → Twente (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2022 Twente 21 (0)
2022–2023 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 9 (0)
2023– TOP Oss 32 (1)
International career‡
2015 Netherlands U17 8 (0)
2015–2016 Netherlands U18 8 (0)
2017 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2023– Curaçao 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

Giovanni Troupée (born 20 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss.[2] Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Curaçao national team.

Club career

Utrecht

Troupée is a youth exponent from FC Utrecht. He made his Eredivisie debut on 17 May 2015 as a 62nd-minute substitute for Jelle de Lange against Vitesse.[3] He became a starter in the 2016–17 season under head coach Erik ten Hag, as Utrecht finished the season fourth in the league and later qualifying for the UEFA Europa League after winning play-offs. Troupée finished the season by winning the "David Di Tommaso Trophy" for best player of the year at Utrecht.[4]

On 28 August 2018, he joined ADO Den Haag on a season-long loan, after losing his place in the starting lineup of Utrecht.[5] He returned to Utrecht for the 2019–20 season, but was mainly a backup to Sean Klaiber in the right back position, which meant that he was sent on a six-month loan to FC Twente in January 2020.[6] In a spring season, which was suspended due to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, Troupée made 8 appearances for Twente.[7]

Troupée started the 2020–21 season as a backup to Mark van der Maarel at the right back position for Utrecht.[8]

Twente

As his contract with Utrecht expired in June 2021, Troupée left the club on a free transfer and signed a one-year contract with Twente.[9] He left the club after one season as his contract expired.[10]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

On 20 December 2022, he signed with Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv one a one-and-a-half-year deal.[11] He made his debut for the club on 12 February 2023, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Botev Vratsa.[12]

TOP Oss

On 12 October 2023, Troupée signed a one-year deal with Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss.[13][14] He made his debut for the club on 20 October, starting in a 3–0 away loss to Jong AZ.[15]

International career

Troupée is Netherlands-born to a Dutch father and Curaçaoan mother, and a former youth international for the Netherlands.[16]

In March 2023, he received his first call-up to the Curaçao senior national team for the Nations League match against Canada and the friendly against Argentina.[17] On 28 March 2023, Troupée earned his first cap in the 0:7 loss against the latter, coming on as a substitute during the second half.[18]

Honours

Jong Utrecht

Individual

References

  1. ^ "G. Troupée – Profiel". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "G. Troupée: Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Vitesse vs. Utrecht - 17 March 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Giovanni Troupée wint David di Tommaso-trofee". RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. ^ "ADO Den Haag huurt rechtsback Giovanni Troupée van FC Utrecht" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 28 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Giovanni Troupée naar FC Twente". FC Twente (in Dutch). 13 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  7. ^ "FC Twente neemt afscheid van Lang en Troupée". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 5 May 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  8. ^ van Manen, Rick (1 October 2020). "Mark van der Maarel: 'Het zou een tik zijn als ik niet speel morgen'". RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  9. ^ "FC Twente neemt Troupée transfervrij over van FC Utrecht". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 25 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Troupée: Na fantastisch jaar ga ik Twente verlaten, wil m'n teamgenoten bedanken". Voetbalprimeur (in Dutch). 5 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Локомотив подписа договор с Джовани Трупе". Lokomotiv Plovdiv (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  12. ^ Кожухаров, Петър (12 February 2023). "Шоу по трибуните, но не и на терена на Локомотив Пд – Ботев Вр". dsport (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  13. ^ "TOP Oss versterkt zich met Giovanni Troupée". TOP Oss (Press release) (in Dutch). 12 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  14. ^ Stiphout, Teun (12 October 2023). "TOP Oss haalt nog maar eens een versterking: verdediger met meer dan 100 eredivisieduels in de benen komt naar Osse Kuipje". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  15. ^ "AZ II vs. TOP Oss 3–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  16. ^ Schouten, Ard (15 May 2016). "'Gio' Troupée, de nieuwe Indiaan van FC Utrecht". Sportnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  17. ^ "PREPARASHONNAN TA KONTINUÁ PA NOS SELEKSHON NASHONAL ENFRENTÁ CANADA DJASABRA 25 MART PRÓKSIMO! NOS HUNGADÓNAN TA KONOSÍ!". facebook.com (in Papiamento). Curaçao Football Federation. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  18. ^ Brennan, Joe (28 March 2023). "Argentina 7-0 Curaçao, summary: Messi hat trick, 100 goals, score, goals & highlights". as.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  19. ^ van Dijk, Bob (25 February 2020). "Het indrukwekkende seizoen van Jong Utrecht in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie". ELF Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 November 2020. Nadat Jong Utrecht in 2016 kampioen werd in de Beloften Eredivisie debuteerde de ploeg tijdens seizoen 2016/17 in de toenmalige Jupiler League.