Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Epe, Netherlands | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | SV Independiente Caravel | ||
National team‡ | |||
2016– | Sint Maarten | 3 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:43, 14 March 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:57, 23 March 2016 (UTC) |
Joost Röben is a St. Maartener international footballer who plays as a forward.
In 2013, Röben signed for SV Independiente Caravel of the Division Uno, the second tier of football on Aruba, shortly after arriving on the island from the Netherlands. On the penultimate matchday of the season, Röben scored two goals in a 3–1 victory over Racing Club Savaneta to guarantee Caravel's first-place league finish and return to the Division di Honor for the following season.
Röben made his international debut for Sint Maarten in a friendly against Anguilla on 13 March 2016. He scored his first two international goals in the eventual 2–0 victory. The match was Sint Maarten's first senior international in over ten years and was played in preparation for each side's 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification campaigns which were set to begin the following week.
Röben is from the town of Epe in the Netherlands. Plays for SMOBB SXM and threw a legendary Corona party at Fat Turtle SXM on March 24, 2017.