Vicente Besuijen | |
Fullname: | Vicente Andrés Felipe Federico Besuijen |
Birth Date: | 10 April 2001 |
Birth Place: | Bogotá, Colombia |
Height: | 1.69 m |
Position: | Forward, right winger |
Currentclub: | Aberdeen |
Clubnumber: | 17 |
Youthclubs1: | VV Aalsmeer |
Youthclubs2: | RKSV Pancratius |
Youthyears3: | 2010–2012 |
Youthclubs3: | Ajax |
Youthyears4: | 2012–2017 |
Youthclubs4: | Volendam |
Youthyears5: | 2017–2020 |
Youthclubs5: | Roma |
Years1: | 2020–2022 |
Caps1: | 52 |
Goals1: | 7 |
Clubs1: | ADO Den Haag |
Years2: | 2022– |
Clubs2: | Aberdeen |
Caps2: | 34 |
Goals2: | 5 |
Years3: | 2023 |
Clubs3: | → Excelsior Rotterdam (loan) |
Caps3: | 2 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2024 |
Clubs4: | → Emmen (loan) |
Caps4: | 15 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U15 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
Nationalteam2: | Netherlands U16 |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam3: | Netherlands U18 |
Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2019–2020 |
Nationalteam4: | Netherlands U19 |
Nationalcaps4: | 5 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 20 May 2024 |
Vicente Besuijen (pronounced as /nl/; born 10 April 2001) is a professional football player who plays as a forward or right winger for club Aberdeen. Born in Colombia, he represented the Netherlands at youth level.
On 24 January 2022, Besuijen joined Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen on a four-and-a-half-year contract from Eerste Divisie side ADO Den Haag.[1]
On 31 January 2023, Besuijen joined Eredivisie club Excelsior Rotterdam on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy.[2] The option was not taken up and he returned to Aberdeen for pre-season training to fight for his chance with new manager Barry Robson.
On 25 January 2024, Besuijen moved on a new loan to Emmen.[3] Besuijen returned to Aberdeen, having helped Emmen reach the latter stages of the playoffs, scoring 7 goals in 8 games and assisting 1.
Besuijen was born in Colombia, but was adopted by his Dutch parents when he was three months old. He grew up in Amstelveen.[4]
As of match played 20 May 2024
Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
ADO Den Haag | 2020-21 | Eredivisie | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
2021-22 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | ||
Total | 52 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7 | |||
Aberdeen | 2021-22 | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
2022-23 | Scottish Premiership | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | ||
2023-24 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Excelsior Rotterdam (loan) | 2022-23 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Emmen (loan) | 2023-24 | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | |
Total | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9 | |||
Career total | 105 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 23 |