Why Eredivisie Icon Toornstra (37) Refused a Move to Italy: on to Match 500
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Jens Toornstra becomes the eleventh player today to reach 500 Eredivisie appearances. The 37-year-old midfielder from Ter Aar is in the starting lineup for his club Sparta Rotterdam in the home match against Ajax at Het Kasteel. Toornstra walked onto the pitch with his three children.
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Den Haag FMJens Toornstra could play his 500th Eredivisie match for Sparta Rotterdam against Ajax this coming weekend. The midfielder from Ter Aar played over a hundred of those for ADO Den Haag, the club where his professional career began. How did the upcoming milestone player's years in The Hague unfold? The story of a fiscal economics student, shelf stacker, and amateur footballer who took ADO into Europe and eventually left The Hague behind with a lig…
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As a 20-year-old shelf-stocker from Ter Aar, he parked his 1994 Suzuki Swift right in the middle of the flashy sports cars at ADO Den Haag. Seventeen years later, Jens Toornstra (37) is facing a magical milestone: his 500th match in the Eredivisie. How a shy late bloomer with an unwavering character survived in a Hague 'madhouse', experienced the popular ecstasy in De Kuip and ultimately said 'no' to Lazio. Read all about it in our special.
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