Bart Meijers

Bart Adrianus Johannes Meijers (born 10 January 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.

Bart Meijers
Meijers with Petrolul Ploiești in 2022
Personal information
Full name Bart Adrianus Johannes Meijers[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Petrolul Ploiești
Number 3
Youth career
Unitas '30
0000–2011 RBC
2011–2015 NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 NAC Breda 22 (1)
2018–2019 → Helmond Sport (loan) 34 (2)
2019–2020 Almere City 9 (1)
2020– Petrolul Ploiești 89 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023

Meijers started out as a senior at his hometown club NAC Breda in 2017, and also represented Helmond Sport and Almere City in the Netherlands before moving to Romanian side Petrolul Ploiești in 2020.

Career

Netherlands

Meijers grew up in Etten-Leur and spent his junior years in the academies of Unitas '30, RBC and NAC Breda. He made his professional debut for the latter in a 1–0 Eerste Divisie win over Volendam, on 24 February 2017.[2] On 13 March that year, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 league defeat of Fortuna Sittard. He amassed 13 matches during his first season as a senior, as NAC obtained Eredivisie promotion via play-offs.

On 21 October 2017, Meijers recorded his top division debut by coming on as an 18th-minute substitute for Pablo Marí in a 0–2 home loss to PEC Zwolle. He made 13 appearances during the 2017–18 campaign, of which 11 as a starter. Meijers spent the next year on loan at Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport,[2] and in August 2019 joined fellow league side Almere City as a free agent on a one-year contract.[3]

Romania

On 27 August 2020, Meijers moved abroad for the first time by signing for Romanian Liga II team Petrolul Ploiești.[4] In the 2021–22 season, he played 18 matches to aid Petrolul in winning the second league championship and thus promoting to the Liga I.

Meijers made his debut in the Romanian top tier by starting in a 0–1 home loss to Voluntari, on 18 July 2022.[5] He scored his first goal in the competition on 2 December that year, opening the scoring with a header in a 2–0 home win over Universitatea Cluj.[6] He was an undisputed starter during the season, totalling 38 league matches after only missing one through a suspension.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 October 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NAC Breda
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 9100—4[lower-alpha 1]0131
2017–18 Eredivisie 13000——130
Total 22100—40261
Helmond Sport (loan) 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 34210——352
Almere City 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 9110——101
Petrolul Ploiești
2020–21 Liga II 21120——231
2021–22 Liga II 18000——180
2022–23 Liga I 38130——411
2023–24 Liga I 12010——130
Total 89260——952
Career total 154680—401666
  1. Appearances in Eredivisie promotion play-offs

Honours

Petrolul Ploiești[7]

References
  1. "MEIJERS BART ADRIANUS JOHANNES" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. "BART MEIJERS OP HUURBASIS NAAR HELMOND SPORT" [BART MEIJERS ON A LOAN BASIS TO HELMOND SPORT] (in Dutch). NAC Breda. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. "Almere City FC contracteert Bart Meijers" [Almere City FC signs Bart Meijers] (in Dutch). Almere City FC. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. "Bart Meijers și Sory Ibrahim Diarra au semnat cu FC Petrolul Ploiești!" [Bart Meijers and Sory Ibrahim Diarra signed with Petrolul Ploiești!] (in Romanian). FC Petrolul Ploiești. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. "Petrolul Ploiești - FC Voluntari 0-1. Ploieștenii pierd în primul meci de la revenirea în Liga 1" [Petrolul Ploiești - FC Voluntari 0–1. Ploieștenii lose the first match since their Liga 1 return] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. "VIDEO + FOTO "Lupii" prelungirilor » Petrolul o bate pe U Cluj și revine pe loc de play-off! Clasamentul ACUM" [VIDEO + PHOTO "Wolves" in extra time » Petrolul beats U Cluj and returns to a play-off place! The table NOW]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  7. Bart Meijers at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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