Stijn Schaars
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| Full name | Stefanus Johannes Schaars | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gendt, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Heerenveen | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| De Bataven | |||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Vitesse Arnhem | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Vitesse | 44 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2011 | AZ | 129 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Sporting CP | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | PSV | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Jong PSV | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2016– | SC Heerenveen | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Netherlands U21 | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2006– | Netherlands | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Stefanus Johannes "Stijn" Schaars (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstɛin ˈsxaːrs]; born 11 January 1984 in Gendt, Gelderland) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Heerenveen.
He was first discovered by Dutch coach Theo Bos, who went on to manage Schaars' U13 Vitesse youth team. Following successful development in Vitesse's youth team, he was promoted to the main squad for the final few games of the 2002–03 Eredivisie. He made his debut for the club on 9 March 2003 in a 4–1 away defeat to FC Utrecht. The following season he became a regular in Vitesse's side at the age of 19. In his first full season he played twenty one league games. In the 2004–05 Eredivisie, he helped his club reach a credible seventh place in the league contributing four goals in twenty-one appearances.
In the summer of 2005, he was signed by AZ Alkmaar. In his first full season at AZ, he suffered a serious hip injury at the beginning of the 2005–06 Eredivisie season which kept him out for several months. He returned in February 2006 against FC Utrecht in a 2–3 defeat. In the next season he missed most of it due to sustaining a number of serious injuries which also kept him out for the 2007–08 Eredivisie season.
His return came in the 2008–09 Eredivisie season, where he played a pivotal role in midfield along with David Mendes da Silva, Demy de Zeeuw and Maarten Martens to claim AZ's second league title in their history. Following the capture of the league title, he helped AZ claim their very first Johan Cruijff Shield in the 2009 edition of the tournament where AZ defeated SC Heerenveen. In the 2009–10 season he was named team captain of the side in which he held that position until the end of 2010–11 Eredivisie where he left the club in the summer after six seasons to join Sporting Lisbon of Portugal. During his time with AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch media frequently compared him to English midfielder Steven Gerrard due to his strong presence in midfield, his vision and his technical ability.
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