Adreano van den Driest

Adreano van den Driest
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Zeelandia Middelburg
JVOZ
2008–2011 NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 NAC Breda 0 (0)
2013–2014 Eindhoven 5 (0)
2015 Académica de Coimbra 0 (0)
2015–2016 Académica do Lobito
2017 ENAD Polis Chrysochous
2017–2018 Achilles Veen
2018–2019 Dacia Unirea Brăila 27 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adreano van den Driest (born 9 January 1992) is a Dutch former professional footballer who last played for Dacia Unirea Brăila in Romania.

Career

Van den Driest came through the youth systems of Zeelandia Middelburg, JVOZ and NAC Breda.[1] He signed for Eindhoven in June 2013 and made his debut on 2 August 2013 in a 0–0 home draw with VVV-Venlo, coming on for Jasper Waalkens before half-time.[2][3] He made five league appearances that season.[4]

After a spell with the under-23s of Académica de Coimbra in 2015,[5] Van den Driest had brief stints with Académica do Lobito in Angola and with ENAD Polis Chrysochous in Cyprus, before returning to the Netherlands with Achilles Veen in August 2017.[6][7][8][9]

In September 2018 he joined Romanian second-tier side Dacia Unirea Brăila.[10] He scored his only Liga II goal for the club on 14 October 2018, in a 6–1 defeat away to Universitatea Cluj.[11]

References

  1. ^ Dagevos, Jan (10 June 2013). "Adreano van den Driest naar FC Eindhoven". PZC (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  2. ^ "FC Eindhoven – VVV-Venlo (2 August 2013)". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Gamecast: FC Eindhoven 0–0 VVV-Venlo". ESPN. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  4. ^ Adreano van den Driest at Soccerway
  5. ^ "Académica retomou os treinos na Academia Dolce Vita". Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. (in Portuguese). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Van den Driest vindt club op Cyprus". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 22 January 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  7. ^ Tol, Iwan (3 March 2017). "34.528 kilometer voor een profcontract". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Van den Driest naar Achilles Veen". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  9. ^ Hooft, Barry van der (7 November 2017). "Avonturier Van den Driest is klaar met zwerven". PZC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  10. ^ van der Hooft, Barry (17 September 2018). "Voetballer Van den Driest strijkt neer in Roemenië". PZC (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  11. ^ ""Setul" cu Brăila ne apropie de lider! "U" Cluj – Dacia Unirea Brăila 6–1". FC Universitatea Cluj (in Romanian). 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2025.