Jos Hooiveld

Jos Hooiveld (born 22 April 1983) is a retired Dutch footballer.

Hooiveld is known for his strong physical performances.

Born in Zeijen, Drenthe, he started his career with Eredivisie club Heerenveen in 2003, before moving to Eerste Divisie side Zwolle, on loan, between 2004 and 2006.

Hooiveld started his professional career for Heerenveen in 2003, when he came on as a substitute for Petter Hansson.

In the next season he made twelve appearances in the League mostly as a left back, starting in five of those matches which included wins over Ajax and PSV.

He could not force his way to the first team the following season and was loaned to Zwolle in January 2005 for 18 months.

Hooiveld made his debut for Zwolle in February 2005 in a 0–0 draw, playing as a left back.

He played most of his matches for the club at left back, with brief moves to midfield and central defence.

In total he made 44 League appearances during his loan spell scoring three goals.

Hooiveld's football career almost ended due to problems with the club and management.

In 2006, he moved to Austrian Erste Liga side Kapfenberger SV and one year later moved to Finnish side Inter Turku.

He left the club in the summer of 2006 joining Austrian club Kapfenberg.

In April 2007, after just eight months at the club and having made just fourteen appearances, Hooiveld signed a two-year contract with Inter Turku.

In his first season with Inter Turku, Hooiveld was voted as the Most Valuable Player in the Finnish League Cup and after the season he was chosen as the best player of the season by a Finnish magazine Iltalehti and was also named Veikkausliiga defender of the season.

During his time there he won both the 2008 Veikkausliiga and 2008 League Cup as well as being named the defender of the year twice.

In the beginning of the 2008 season he won the League Cup, when FC Inter beat their local rival Turun Palloseura in the final.

He went on to help the club to its first ever league title.

He was again named Veikkausliiga defender of the season for the second time in only two years in Finland – impressively FC Inter kept 16 clean sheets in the League in 26 matches in which Hooiveld played.

In 2009 Swedish side AIK signed him and he won the 2009 Allsvenskan and the 2009 Svenska Cupen.

After making 52 league appearances and scoring four goals in two successful years in Finland, he signed for AIK in January 2009.

Hooiveld made his debut for AIK on 5 April 2009 in a 1–0 win over Halmstad in Allsvenskan.

He won the Allsvenskan in 2009 with AIK, the first time the club had won it in eleven years.

The club also won Svenska Cupen in 2009, making it the first time ever AIK had done the Double.

Hooiveld made a total of 31 appearances for the club during his one season.

Mikael Stahre wished Hooiveld well on his move commenting "Jos has, during this year, helped and contributed to the winning mentality that characterizes AIK. Idols come and go, AIK remains. We wish him well in his future career."

He moved to Scottish Premier League side Celtic in January 2010 but after one year was loaned out to Danish Superliga club Copenhagen.

On 11 January 2010, Celtic announced that Hooiveld had signed a three and a half-year deal with the club, moving for a fee of around £2,000,000.

Hooiveld was given the number 16 shirt, vacated by Willo Flood after his transfer to Middlesbrough.

He made his debut for Celtic against Hamilton Academical on 30 January 2010.

In his following game, against Kilmarnock, Hooiveld went off with a thigh injury, and did not make another appearance for Celtic that season.

The following season, Hooiveld was given the number 6 shirt after Landry N'Guemo returned to AS Nancy.

He made his European debut for the Glasgow side in a 3–0 Champions League defeat to Portuguese side Braga on 28 July 2010.

He lost his place in the team after giving away a penalty in a 4–0 Europa League defeat to FC Utrecht a month later, before returning as a substitute in the 9–0 win over Aberdeen in November 2010.

He then moved on loan to Championship club Southampton shortly after the start of the 2011–12 season before joining them permanently in December 2011.

He was a regular throughout the season helping them win promotion to the Premier League.

He spent the final year of his Southampton contract on loan to Norwich City and Millwall.

On 19 January 2011, Hooiveld joined Copenhagen on loan until the end of the season.

Hooiveld made 11 appearances for Copenhagen (four as a substitute) but on 28 May 2011 the club announced that they would not be taking up the option to make the move permanent.

On 31 August 2011, the final day of the summer transfer window, Hooiveld joined Southampton on a loan deal until January 2012.

In the summer of 2015 he once again signed for Swedish side AIK.