Orlando Smeekes

Orlando Smeekes (born 28 December 1981) is a Curaçaoan former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Orlando Smeekes
Smeekes in 2009.
Personal information
Full name Orlando Smeekes
Date of birth (1981-12-28) 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)
National team
2008 Netherlands Antilles 4 (0)
2011 Curaçao 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

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

Smeekes made two appearances for the Curaçao national team and four for the Netherlands Antilles national team.[5]

References
  1. "Smeekes unterschreibt – endlich". kicker (in German). 26 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  2. "Reimann unterschreibt Vertrag bei FC Carl Zeiss Jena" (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  3. www.wiesbadenaktuell.de. "Wiesbadenaktuell: News detail view". www.wiesbadenaktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. "Buckley, Yende join Maritzburg". 26 June 2012.
  5. "Orlando Smeekes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.