Joost van Aken


Joost Maurits van Aken is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Sheffield Wednesday. He started his senior career at SC Heerenveen, and has also played for VfL Osnabrück. Internationally, he has played for the Netherlands U21s team.

Career

SC Heerenveen

Van Aken made his first appearance for SC Heerenveen on 16 February 2014 against the then champions AFC Ajax. Around two months later, van Aken scored his first goal for the club against Go Ahead Eagles.
In June 2015, van Aken signed a new three year contract running until 2018. He went on to make 92 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring three goals.

Sheffield Wednesday

On 30 August 2017, Sheffield Wednesday announced that they had signed van Aken from Eredevisie side SC Heerenveen for an undisclosed fee on a four year contract. He was assigned the number 4 shirt. van Aken made his Football League debut on 9 September, playing the entire ninety minutes in a 3–1 victory over Nottingham Forest.
On 14 August 2019, van Aken joined VfL Osnabrück on a loan deal until the end of 2019–20 season.

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