| Sil Swinkels | |
| Fullname: | Sil Laurentius Swinkels[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.90m[2] |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Aston Villa |
| Clubnumber: | 50 |
| Youthclubs1: | RKSV Rhode |
| Youthclubs2: | Helmond Sport |
| Youthclubs3: | Brabant United |
| Youthyears4: | –2020 |
| Youthclubs4: | Vitesse |
| Youthyears5: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs5: | Aston Villa |
| Years1: | 2021– |
| Clubs1: | Aston Villa |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Netherlands U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 13:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC) |
Sil Laurentius Swinkels (born 6 January 2004) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defender for Aston Villa.
Swinkels was born in Sint-Oedenrode.
Having played youth football for RKSV Rhode, Helmond Sport, Brabant United and Vitesse, he joined Aston Villa's academy in summer 2020.[3] [4]
Swinkels made an unexpected first team debut for Aston Villa when, due to a COVID-19 outbreak, Villa were forced to play an inexperienced squad in an FA Cup third-round tie against Liverpool on 8 January 2021.[5]
On 24 May 2021, Swinkels was part of the Aston Villa U18s team that won the FA Youth Cup, beating Liverpool U18s 2–1 in the final.[6] On 10 August 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa.[7]
In March 2023, Swinkels suffered a torn ACL in a Premier League 2 match against Southampton B which he confirmed would result in an extended period on the sidelines.[8] Swinkels eventually returned to football on 8 April 2024, in a 4–0 defeat for Villa U21s against Chelsea U21s.[9] After coming back from injury and playing a part in Aston Villa U21s reaching the Premier League 2 play-offs and winning the Birmingham Senior Cup, on 17 May 2024, Swinkels signed a contract extension with Aston Villa.[10]
Swinkels played for Netherlands at the under-15 level. On 6 September 2021, Swinkels made his debut for Netherlands U18 in a 5–0 friendly victory over Italy.[11] He scored his first goal at youth international level for Netherlands U18s, on 28 March 2022, in a 4–1 away victory over Germany.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aston Villa | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Aston Villa U18s
Aston Villa U21s