Remco van der Schaaf

Remco van der Schaaf

Personal information
Full name	Remco Jelmer van der Schaaf
Date of birth	(1979-02-28) 28 February 1979
Place of birth	Ten Boer, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Central midfield, Centre back
Youth career
	VV Omlandia
	TOP Oss
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2002	Vitesse	82	(5)
2000	→ Fortuna Sittard (loan)	4	(0)
2002–2005	PSV	39	(1)
2005–2008	Vitesse	70	(5)
2008–2011	Burnley	1	(0)
2009–2011	→ Brøndby (loan)	44	(6)
2011–2013	Randers	24	(3)
International career‡
1997	Netherlands U18	2	(0)
1997–1998	Netherlands U19	4	(1)
1999–2001	Netherlands U21	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:17, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Remco Jelmer van der Schaaf (born 28 February 1979) is a Dutch professional football player who currently plays as a midfielder.

Early and personal life

Van der Schaaf was born in Ten Boer, Groningen.

Career

Club career

After playing youth football for VV Omlandia and TOP Oss, Van der Schaaf began his professional career in 1997 at Vitesse, where he spent part of the 1999–2000 season on loan at Fortuna Sittard.

Van der Schaaf signed for PSV Eindhoven in 2002, and was injured in a 2004 UEFA Cup match by Titus Bramble of Newcastle United. Van der Schaaf re-signed for Vitesse in 2005, and in July 2008 he signed a three-year deal with Burnley, turning down a contract from Welsh side Cardiff City in the process.

Schaaf signed on loan for Danish Superliga side Brøndby IF in February 2009, where he stayed until the end of the 2008–09 season.

in January 2010, van der Schaaf once again signed on loan for Brøndby IF on a one and a half year contract, thus seeing out his contract with Burnley.

In July 2011 he joined the Danish club Randers FC on a 2 year long contract

International career

Van der Schaaf has represented the Dutch under-21 side.

External links

• Remco van der Schaaf career statistics at Soccerbase
• Player profile at ESPNsoccernet
• Player profile at Burnley F.C.
• (Dutch) Player profile at Voetbal International
• International stats at 11v11
• Netherlands stats at OnsOranje