Benjamin van den Broek (born 21 September 1987) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Koninklijke HFC in the Dutch Tweede Divisie.
Born in Geleen, van den Broek has played for clubs in the Netherlands, England and Romania.
He represented New Zealand at international level.
Club career He started his career with NAC Breda, but made no Eredivisie appearances for the club. He was released by NAC at the end of the 2007–08 season, alongside Andro Franca, Ariën Pietersma and Bas van Wegen.
In 2008, he moved to HFC Haarlem, where he made 57 appearances in the Eerste Divisie, scoring 10 goals.
After Haarlem went bust in January 2010, Van den Broek was left without a club. Despite attracting interest from Lierse SK of Belgium and FC Den Bosch, he signed for English League Two club Shrewsbury Town on 12 February until the end of the season. He made his debut on 6 March, replacing Jamie Cureton for the last 25 minutes of a 0–3 defeat at Grimsby Town. His first start came a week later in his first game at the New Meadow, lasting 73 minutes before being replaced by Steve Leslie in a 0–1 defeat to Rochdale. He scored his only goal for the club in a 2–3 home defeat against Morecambe on 1 May. Later that month, he signed a new one-year contract.
He signed a contract with Dutch club Den Bosch in spring 2011. On 2 February 2015, Van den Broek signed with Romanian Liga I side Universitatea Cluj.Groenendijk haalt weer twee oude bekenden naar Cluj (Dutch). Voetbal International. 2 February 2015.
In August 2015, Van den Broek signed for Conference side Barrow on a deal until the end of the season. However, in January 2016, Van den Broek left by mutual consent and went on to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract at Dutch side Telstar.
International career On 8 March 2015, Van den Broek was called into the New Zealand national football team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson. He qualified through his mother, who is from New Zealand. He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, replacing Bill Tuiloma for the final ten minutes of a 0–1 defeat.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNAC Breda2006–07Eredivisie00002020Haarlem2008–09Eerste Divisie35900003592009–102211000231Haarlem total571010005810Shrewsbury Town2009–10League Two11100001112010–111103000140Shrewsbury total2213000251Den Bosch2011–12Eerste Divisie30520103302012–1332340003632013–1435610203862014–152021000212Den Bosch total11716803012816Universitatea Cluj2014–15Liga I50000050Barrow2015–16National League1003100131Telstar2015–16Eerste Divisie16200001622016–173322000352Telstar total4942000514Koninklijke2017–18Tweede Divisie1500000150Career total275311715029532
References
Van den Broek maakt overstap naar SC Telstar, tjerkstramedia.nl, 7 January 2016
External links Benjamin van den Broek at Voetbal International