Robbin Ruiter

Robbin Ruiter
Ruiter in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-25) 25 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
RKAV Volendam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Volendam 70 (0)
2012–2017 Utrecht 142 (0)
2017–2019 Sunderland 21 (0)
2019–2020 PSV 1 (0)
2019Jong PSV 1 (0)
2020–2022 Willem II 11 (0)
2022–2023 Cambuur 16 (0)
2023 Nordsjælland 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Robbin Ruiter (born 25 March 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

[edit]

Born in Amsterdam, North Holland, Ruiter started his senior career with FC Volendam in 2009.

FC Utrecht

[edit]

In April 2012, he signed a pre-contract to join FC Utrecht in July. In his first official appearance for Utrecht, he singled himself out with a stand-out performance, by stopping three one-on-one chances against Feyenoord.

Sunderland

[edit]

He signed for Sunderland in August 2017 following a successful trial.[2]

PSV

[edit]

In June 2019, he returned to the Eredivisie, joining PSV on a free transfer.[3]

Willem II

[edit]

On 30 July 2020, Ruiter joined Willem II for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal with the option of a third.[4] On 31 January 2022, Ruiter and Willem II agreed to dissolve the contract.[5]

Cambuur

[edit]

On 23 July 2022, Ruiter joined Cambuur for the 2022–23 season.[6]

FC Nordsjælland

[edit]

On December 3, 2023, Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland confirmed that they had signed a contract until the end of the year, as the club was struggling with injury problems at the goalkeeper position.[7]

Career statistics

[edit]
As of match played 15 June 2019[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Volendam 2009–10 Eerste Divisie 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2010–11 24 0 2 0 4[a] 0 30 0
2011–12 25 0 2 0 0 0 27 0
Total 70 0 4 0 4 0 78 0
Utrecht 2012–13 Eredivisie 37 0 1 0 0 0 38 0
2013–14 30 0 4 0 2[b] 0 36 0
2014–15 31 0 1 0 0 0 32 0
2015–16 29 0 5 0 0 0 34 0
2016–17 15 0 2 0 0 0 17 0
Total 142 0 13 0 2 0 157 0
Sunderland 2017–18 Championship 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 0
2018–19 League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 6[c] 0 7 0
Total 21 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 28 0
Career total 233 0 17 0 1 0 12 0 263 0
  1. ^ Appearances in the Eerste Divisie/Eredivisie promotion/relegation play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in the Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

Honours

[edit]

Sunderland

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Robbin Ruiter at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Ruiter Puts Pen To Paper". Sunderland AFC. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "PSV sign Robbin Ruiter on free transfer". PSV Eindhoven. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ "ROBBIN RUITER NIEUWE NUMMER 1" (in Dutch). Willem II. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Contract Robbin Ruiter ontbonden" (Press release) (in Dutch). Willem II. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "ROBBIN RUITER KOMEND SEIZOEN DEFINITIEF IN HET GEEL-BLAUW" (in Dutch). Cambuur. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ^ Ekstra gardering på målmandsposten, fcn.dk, 3 December 2023
  8. ^ Williams, Adam (31 March 2019). "Portsmouth 2–2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
[edit]