Frank Sturing

Frank Sturing (born 29 May 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back.

Frank Sturing
Sturing (left) with NEC in 2018
Personal information
Full name Frank Sturing
Date of birth (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997
Place of birth Nijmegen, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Oranje Blauw
2007–2016 NEC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 NEC 43 (1)
2020–2021 Den Bosch 18 (0)
2021–2023 SV Horn 44 (2)
International career‡
2014 Netherlands U18 3 (0)
2015 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2016 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
2021– Canada 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 20, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Club career

NEC

Sturing started playing soccer in Nijmegen in 2007 with NEC's academy. On 2 April 2017, he made his debut for NEC against Vitesse. In May 2020, NEC announced Sturing would be departing the club.[1]

Den Bosch

In October 2020, Sturing joined rival Dutch second-tier club Den Bosch.[2] At the end of the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie, Sturing departed the club.[3]

SV Horn

In September 2021 Sturing joined Austrian club SV Horn.[4] In April 2022, Horn announced Sturing has been signed to a new deal through the summer of 2022.[5]

International career

Netherlands

Sturing has represented the Netherlands at multiple youth levels.

Canada

Eligible for Canada through his father, Sturing was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on 26 February 2020.[6] He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021.[7] He joined the World Cup qualifier squad in March 2021, and started in the game against Cayman Islands on the 29th; he scored the match's opening goal, his first for Canada.[8]

On July 11, Canada Soccer announced that Sturing would join the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad after Scott Kennedy withdrew from the team.[9]

International goal
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.[10]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2021IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States Cayman Islands1–011–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "UURDOOR: REDACTIE ABRUPT EINDE VOOR SPELERS MET AFLOPEND CONTRACT". 25 May 2020.
  2. "Frank Sturing versterkt Bossche defensie". 5 October 2020.
  3. van der Put, Max (8 August 2021). "FC Den Bosch-captain Wouter van der Steen: 'Ik beweeg als een kameleon mee met de club'".
  4. "Am letzten Tag des Transferfensters verpflichtete der SV Horn zwei weitere Spieler. Herzlich Willkommen Frank Sturing und Djibril Fandje Toure!". 1 September 2021.
  5. "SV Horn bindet Kanadier an sich". 26 April 2022.
  6. "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. Davidson, Neil (23 December 2020). "TFC's Ayo Akinola accepts invite to Canadian national team camp". CBC.
  8. "CAYMAN ISLANDS 0-11 CANADA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  9. "CANADA KICKS OFF GROUP PHASE AT THE 2021 CONCACAF GOLD CUP". 10 July 2021.
  10. Molinaro, John (29 March 2021). "CanMNT thumps Cayman Islands 11-0 in World Cup qualifying win". canpl.ca. Retrieved 27 December 2022.


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