Jeroen Zoet

Jeroen Zoet (born 6 January 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Spezia.

Having started his career at PSV Eindhoven, Zoet previously played two seasons on loan for RKC Waalwijk before returning to PSV Eindhoven to establish himself as the first choice goalkeeper.

He has been highly regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the Eredivisie.

Zoet played for his home town club BV Veendam's youth academy until 2006.

He started his career at PSV at the age of 15, slowly making his way through up the ranks and into the senior squad.

On 5 December 2008, he signed his first professional contract with the club, keeping him until 2012.

He earned his first call up to the senior side during the 2008–09 season, making the substitutes bench in the game against AZ.

Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Zoet was given a number 41 shirt for the first team.

He has been involved and travelled to the first team squad unused throughout the season before sidelined with a knee injury.

However, in the 2010–11 season, Zoet, again, suffered a knee injury that kept him out of the first team for a long time.

Although he returned from injury in January, he remained out of the first team for the side.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, Zoet signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2014.

Ahead of the 2011–12 season, the club's Director of Football Marcel Brands announced that Zoet was to be loaned out to get first team football.

It was announced on 27 June 2011 that Zoet joined RKC Waalwijk on loan for the rest of the 2011–12 season, beating out several teams, who were interested in signing him.

Zoet made his league debut, as well as, his debut at RKC Waalwijk, against Heracles Almelo in an eventual 2–2 draw on 6 August 2011.

In a follow–up match, he played against his parent club, PSV Eindhoven, for the whole game and conceded the only goal in the game, in a 1–0 loss.

Since joining the club, he established himself in the starting eleven, as a first choice goalkeeper.

His performance at RKC Waalwijk attracted interests from other clubs around Europe.

Then, on 20 December 2011 in the KNVB Beker Round of 16 against Go Ahead Eagles, Zoet set up the club's first goal of the game and helped the club win 3–2 to progress to the next round.

At the end of the 2011–12 season, Zoet went on to make forty–two appearances in all competitions, including starting all the matches in the league.

In November 2012, he was called up for the first time for the Netherlands national squad, but he did not make his first appearance until October 2015, when he was subbed on for an injured Tim Krul.

However, he was soon at fault when he conceded five goals in a 5–0 loss against FC Twente on 21 January 2012.

He was able to make amends when he kept the next two matches with clean sheets.

Zoet then played against his parent club, PSV Eindhoven, for the second time this season on 12 April 2012 and helped them beat them 2–1, in hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Europa League next season.

In the league's play-offs for a spot in the UEFA Europa League, he started all four matches, as RKC Waalwijk lost 5–2 to Vitesse on aggregate.

Despite being keen on returning to his parent club next season, Zoet, again, was loaned out to RKC Waalwijk for the 2012–13 season.

In the opening game of the season, Zoet started the match against his parent club, PSV Eindhoven, and helped the side beat them 3–2.

Following a 1–0 win over Roda JC, Manager Erwin Koeman praised his performances over his saves.

Between 10 November 2012 and 17 November 2012, Zoet kept two clean sheets in two matches, both of them were wins against Heerenveen and FC Utrecht.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Zoet went on to make thirty–five appearances in all competitions, having played thirty–three times in the league by being a first choice goalkeeper for RKC Waalwijk once again.

Zoet started in every match since the start of the 2012–13 season until he was sent–off in the 83rd minute for a professional foul, in a 1–0 loss against SC Heerenveen on 1 February 2013.

For his sending off, he served a one match ban.

Zoet returned to his parent club PSV at the start of the 2013–14 season following his successful loan spells at RKC Waalwijk.

Ahead of the 2013–14 season, he was expected to compete with Przemysław Tytoń over the first choice goalkeeper by Manager Phillip Cocu.

It was announced by Cocu that Zoet was named as the club's first choice goalkeeper this season.

Prior to this, he attracted the interest of Premier League clubs such as Arsenal and Newcastle, even having the transfer move almost completed, which was never materialised.

Zoet made his PSV Eindhoven debut, starting as the club's first choice goalkeeper, against Zulte Waregem in the third round qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, in a 2–0 win.

He then made his league debut for PSV Eindhoven in the opening game of the season against ADO Den Haag, where they won 3–2.

Zoet then kept three more clean sheets in the next three matches, including helping the side beat Zulte Waregem 3–0 in the return leg to progress to the play–off round.

For his performance, he signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2017.