Orlando Smeekes (born 28 December 1981) is a Curaçaoan former professional footballer who played as a winger.
 Smeekes in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Orlando Smeekes | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Flevo Boys | |||
| SC Heerenveen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Stormvogels 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 | 23 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 29 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 65 | (20) |
| 2011–2012 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 14 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Maritzburg United | 35 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | WKE | 19 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Den Bosch | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 317 | (57) | |
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Netherlands Antilles | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | Curaçao | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Smeekes was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. On 10 September 2008, he left Go Ahead Eagles and moved to German 3. Liga club Stuttgarter Kickers. After the relegation of Kickers he signed with FC Carl Zeiss Jena on 26 June 2009.[1] In July 2010 joined for a trial week at Coventry City, which did not result in a full-time contract. He had further trials at Charlton Athletic with similar success.[2] On 21 March 2011, he signed a contract with SV Wehen Wiesbaden and joined the club on 30 June 2011.[3] He joined South African club Maritzburg United on 26 June 2012.[4]
International career edit
Smeekes made two appearances for the Curaçao national team and four for the Netherlands Antilles national team.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Smeekes unterschreibt – endlich". kicker (in German). 26 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
- ^ "Reimann unterschreibt Vertrag bei FC Carl Zeiss Jena" (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ www.wiesbadenaktuell.de. "Wiesbadenaktuell: News detail view". www.wiesbadenaktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Buckley, Yende join Maritzburg". 26 June 2012.
- ^ Orlando Smeekes at National-Football-Teams.com
External links edit
- Orlando Smeekes – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Orlando Smeekes at Soccerway
- Profile at VI (in Dutch)
- Orlando Smeekes at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Orlando Smeekes at FootballDatabase.eu
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