Terence Groothusen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Clyde Leon Groothusen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympia Haarlem | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | DWS | ||
| 2014–2015 | EDO | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | EDO | ||
| 2017–2019 | Dordrecht | 21 | (0) |
| 2019 | Hibernians | 12 | (3) |
| 2020 | Kozakken Boys | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | SV Straelen | 9 | (0) |
| 2021 | Alemannia Aachen | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 8 | (0) |
| 2022 | Hibernians | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Sliema Wanderers | 5 | (1) |
| 2023 | Poros | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Sportlust '46 | 27 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | ADO '20 | 23 | (1) |
| 2025– | Olympia Haarlem | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Aruba | 22 | (4) |
| 2022 | Aruba XI | 2 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2026 | |||
Terence Clyde Leon Groothusen (born 16 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Olympia Haarlem. Born in Netherlands, he plays for the Aruba national team. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Malta and Germany.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Club career
[edit]Groothusen made his Eerste Divisie debut for FC Dordrecht on 18 August 2017 in a game against Fortuna Sittard.[9]
On 12 February 2020, Groothusen joined Kozakken Boys.[10]
On 24 June 2020, it was announced that Groothusen had signed for SV Straelen.[11]
In January 2021, Groothusen joined Alemannia Aachen.[12] In summer 2022 he returned to former club Hibernians in the Maltese Premier League,[13] only to move on to second-tier Sliema Wanderers that same year. In 2023 he returned to the Netherlands to play for amateur side Sportlust '46 after a short spell at Greek third-tier outfit Poros.[14] A year later he tried his luck at ADO '20 alongside fellow Aruban international player Jonathan Richard.[15]
International career
[edit]Groothusen made his Aruba national football team debut on 6 September 2019 in a CONCACAF Nations League game against Guyana, as a starter.[16]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Aruba's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Groothusen goal.[17]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 September 2019 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 2 | 2 June 2021 | IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States |  Cayman Islands | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 6 June 2022 | Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca, Willemstad, Curaçao |  Saint Martin | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 4 | 2–0 | |||||
| 5 | 20 November 2023 | Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba | Cayman Islands | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 6 | 5–1 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Aruba - T. Groothusen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ↑ ‘We zijn daar op vlucht voor de maffia in een ruk naartoe gebracht’ voetbalzone.nl
- ↑ "Amsterdammer op Avontuur: Terence Groothusen". hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl.
- ↑ "TERENCE GROOTHUSEN: 'OP JAMAICA KWAM DE WIETGEUR ONS TEGEMOET'". elf-voetbal.nl.
- ↑ "Groothusen ist eigentlich immer reif für die Insel". die-glocke.de.
- ↑ "Terence Groothusen en de droom die niet stopt". haarlemsdagblad.nl.
- ↑ "Terence Groothusen is voer voor psychologen". voetbalinhaarlem.nl.
- ↑ "In gesprek met: Terence Groothusen". indehekken.net.
- ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 18 August 2017.
- ↑ Kozakken Boys hoopt op Terence Groothusen, tweededivisie.nl, 12 February 2020
- ↑ "SV Straelen verpflichtet Nationalspieler Terence Groothusen". rp-online.de. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ↑ "Alemannia Aachen: Internationaler Stürmer und Ex-Essener kommen - Reviersport". www.reviersport.de. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ↑ Camilleri, Valhmor (29 June 2022). "Hibs sign Danish defender Laursen, bring back forward Groothusen". Times of Malta. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ "Terence Groothusen van Kreta naar Sportlust'46". Voetbal in Haarlem (in Dutch). 18 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ "ADO'20 haalt tweede Arubaans international!". ADO '20 (in Dutch). 15 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ "Aruba v Guyana game report". CONCACAF. 6 September 2019.
- ↑ "Terence Groothusen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Terence Groothusen at Soccerway
- Terence Groothusen at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Amsterdam
- Dutch people of Aruban descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Dutch men's footballers
- Aruban men's footballers
- Aruba men's international footballers
- HFC EDO players
- FC Dordrecht players
- Hibernians F.C. players
- Kozakken Boys players
- SV 19 Straelen players
- Alemannia Aachen players
- Rot Weiss Ahlen players
- Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
- Sportlust '46 players
- ADO '20 players
- Derde Divisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Maltese Premier League players
- Tweede Divisie players
- Regionalliga players
- Maltese Challenge League players
- Gamma Ethniki players
- Eerste Klasse players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece
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- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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