Frank Sturing
![]() Sturing (left) with NEC in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Sturing | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Oranje Blauw | |||
2007–2016 | NEC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | NEC | 43 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Den Bosch | 18 | (0) |
2021–2023 | SV Horn | 44 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
2016 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Canada | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 20, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC) |
Frank Sturing (born 29 May 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back.
Club career
NEC
Sturing started playing soccer in Nijmegen in 2007 with NEC's academy. On 2 April 2017, he made his debut for NEC against Vitesse. In May 2020, NEC announced Sturing would be departing the club.[1]
Den Bosch
In October 2020, Sturing joined rival Dutch second-tier club Den Bosch.[2] At the end of the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie, Sturing departed the club.[3]
SV Horn
In September 2021 Sturing joined Austrian club SV Horn.[4] In April 2022, Horn announced Sturing has been signed to a new deal through the summer of 2023.[5]
International career
Netherlands
Sturing has represented the Netherlands at multiple youth levels.
Canada
Eligible for Canada through his father, Sturing was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on 26 February 2020.[6] He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021.[7] He joined the World Cup qualifier squad in March 2021, and started in the game against Cayman Islands on the 29th; he scored the match's opening goal, his first for Canada.[8]
On July 11, Canada Soccer announced that Sturing would join the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad after Scott Kennedy withdrew from the team.[9]
International goal
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.[10]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 March 2021 | IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States | ![]() |
1–0 | 11–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ "UURDOOR: REDACTIE ABRUPT EINDE VOOR SPELERS MET AFLOPEND CONTRACT". 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Frank Sturing versterkt Bossche defensie". 5 October 2020.
- ^ van der Put, Max (8 August 2021). "FC Den Bosch-captain Wouter van der Steen: 'Ik beweeg als een kameleon mee met de club'".
- ^ "Am letzten Tag des Transferfensters verpflichtete der SV Horn zwei weitere Spieler. Herzlich Willkommen Frank Sturing und Djibril Fandje Toure!". 1 September 2021.
- ^ "SV Horn bindet Kanadier an sich". 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Davidson, Neil (23 December 2020). "TFC's Ayo Akinola accepts invite to Canadian national team camp". CBC.
- ^ "CAYMAN ISLANDS 0-11 CANADA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "CANADA KICKS OFF GROUP PHASE AT THE 2021 CONCACAF GOLD CUP". 10 July 2021.
- ^ Molinaro, John (29 March 2021). "CanMNT thumps Cayman Islands 11-0 in World Cup qualifying win". canpl.ca. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
External links
- Frank Sturing at Soccerway
- Frank Sturing at the Canadian Soccer Association
- 1997 births
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- Dutch people of Canadian descent
- Living people
- Footballers from Nijmegen
- Men's association football defenders
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- NEC Nijmegen players
- FC Den Bosch players
- SV Horn players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Canadian soccer biography stubs
- Dutch football defender stubs