Irvingly van Eijma (born 9 February 1994) is a Curaçaoan professional footballer who plays for Real Lunet. Born in the Netherlands, he also holds Dutch citizenship, but represents Curaçao internationally.
Club career Van Eijma played in the youth of FC Den Bosch until 2014, after which he left for an unknown Cypriot club. A year later, he returned to the Netherlands and joined the amateurs of RKTVV. With the club he played 4 months in the Tweede Klasse, after which he joined FC Oss in June 2015.FC Oss vindt nieuwe aanwinst in Irvingly van Eijma , FC Oss He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for FC Oss on 7 August 2015 in a game against FC Emmen. In the summer of 2016, he left FC Oss.
At the end of August 2016, Van Eijma found a new club with Finnish third-class Atlantis FC. At the end of September 2016 he and the Dutch players Salah Aharar, Derwin Martina and Ayoub Ait Afkir were suspected of match fixing by the president of the club. The players denied and left the club. In December, research by de Volkskrant revealed that the players were innocent and the club was a playball of several groups of match fixers.'Onze carrières zijn verwoest door matchfixers' (Our careers have been destroyed by match fixers), volkskrant.nl, 8 December 2016
In January 2017, he joined RKC Waalwijk. On 29 January 2019, Van Eijma then signed with BVV Barendrecht.Barendrecht versterkt zich met ex-Kozak Irvingly van Eijma , regio-voetbal.nl, 29 January 2019 In the summer 2019, he moved to Belgian club Bocholt VV. Six months later, in January 2020, his contract with the club was terminated.Tuur Houben naar Bocholt, hbvl.be, 14 January 2020 In February it was then confirmed, that Van Eijma would play for Real Lunet from the 2020–21 season alongside former professional player Shuremy Felomina, who also would join the club, and Freek Langermans, who already played their. The three gentlemen was already working together as DJ's outside the pitch.Tis Family trio complete: former internationals Felomina and Van Eijma to Real Lunet next season, bd.nl, 1 February 2020
Personal life Van Eijma has a cousin, Roshon, who is also a footballer. Between 2018 and 2020, he dated Zwanetta Meyer, a "temptress" from Temptation Island.
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