Mick van Buren

Mick van Buren (born 24 August 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Czech First League club Slavia Prague.

Mick van Buren
Personal information
Full name Mick van Buren
Date of birth (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992
Place of birth Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Slavia Prague
Number 14
Youth career
Slikkerveer
Excelsior
Feyenoord
Excelsior
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Excelsior 40 (13)
2013–2016 Esbjerg 68 (18)
2016– Slavia Prague 95 (18)
2020 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 4 (0)
2020 → České Budějovice (loan) 32 (4)
2022 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 15 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2023

Club career

Born in Ridderkerk, Netherlands, van Buren joined Excelsior from SV Slikkerveer as a teenager. Aside from a brief spell at Feyenoord, he played for the Dutch club until the summer of 2013. During his time with SBV Excelsior, he scored 13 goals in 27 appearances in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[1]

van Buren's performances caught the attention of Esbjerg fB. On 4 July 2013, he became new manager Niels Frederiksen's first signing, joining on a free transfer and agreeing a three-year long contract with the defending Danish Cup champions.[1][2]

Slavia Prague

In July 2016, van Buren moved to Czech First League club Slavia Prague.[3] During a pre-season friendly, Van Buren scored a hat trick against OGC Nice. It took him 14 league games to score a goal for Slavia, eventually scoring twice in their 4–0 home win against Mladá Boleslav on 27 August 2017.[4] On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017-18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.[5]

On 22 November 2018, van Buren signed a new contract with Slavia until the summer of 2021.

Personal life

Born in Ridderkerk, he was raised at local side Slikkerveer. His father Leo van Buren was also a professional footballer and he is a grandson of former Dutch international player Theo Laseroms.[6]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 October 2023[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Excelsior 2011–12 Eredivisie 11010——120
2012–13 Eerste Divisie 281310——2913
Total 391320——4113
Esbjerg 2013–14 Superliga 267109[lower-alpha 1]4—3611
2014–15 175313[lower-alpha 1]0—236
2015–16 25622——278
Total 681863124—8625
Slavia Prague 2016–17 Czech First League 100322[lower-alpha 1]0—152
2017–18 165209[lower-alpha 2]0—275
2018–19 133224[lower-alpha 1]1—196
2019–20 141213[lower-alpha 1]010202
2020–21 12140——161
2021–22 20———20
2022–23 19530——225
2023–24 93106[lower-alpha 3]0—163
Total 95181752311013724
ADO Den Haag (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 40———40
České Budějovice (loan) 2020–21 Czech First League 8100——81
České Budějovice (loan) 2021–22 24321——264
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2022–23 15923——1712
Career total 2536229123651031979
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. Three appearances in the Champions League and six in the Europa League
  3. One appearance in the Europa League

Honours

Slavia Prague

References
  1. "Esbjerg skriver med hollandsk angriber". bold.dk (in Danish). 4 June 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. "Lokalavisen Esbjerg – Mick van Buren får tre år i EfB". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  3. HOLANDSKÁ POSILA DO ÚTOKU: MICK VAN BUREN, slavia.cz (in Czech)
  4. "První góly za Slavii. Cítil jsem se nádherně, líčil Van Buren". iDNES.cz. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".
  6. Profile - SV Slikkerveer (in Dutch)
  7. "Mick van Buren » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  8. "M. van Buren". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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