{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Clint Leemans | image = PSV Eindhoven, Teamcamp Bad Erlach, July 2014 (072).jpg | caption = Leemans in 2014 | full_name = <!-- If different--> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|9|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Veldhoven, Netherlands | height = 1.89 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = NAC Breda | clubnumber = 8 | youthyears1 = 1998–2003 | youthclubs1 = RKVVO | youthyears2 = 2003–2013 | youthclubs2 = PSV | years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = Jong PSV | caps1 = 87 | goals1 = 14 | years2 = 2016–2018 | clubs2 = VVV-Venlo | caps2 = 70 | goals2 = 22 | years3 = 2018–2021 | clubs3 = PEC Zwolle | caps3 = 38 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | caps4 = 21 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2021 | clubs5 = → De Graafschap (loan) | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2021–2023 | clubs6 = Viborg | caps6 = 63 | goals6 = 9 | years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = NAC Breda | caps7 = 74 | goals7 = 5 | nationalyears1 = 2012–2013 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands U18 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2013–2014 | nationalteam2 = Netherlands U19 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2014 | nationalteam3 = Netherlands U20 | nationalcaps3 = 4 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2015 | nationalteam4 = Netherlands U21 | nationalcaps4 = 5 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | club-update = 21 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Clint Leemans''' (born 15 September 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{Dutch football updater|NACBreda}} club NAC Breda.<ref name="sw">{{Soccerway|clint-leemans/264397}}</ref>
==Career== Leemans began playing football in the youth of RKVVO in 1998, before moving to the PSV youth academy in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Leemans - RKVVO |url=https://www.rkvvo.nl/1481/clint-leemans/ |website=rkvvo.nl |publisher=RKVVO |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> Leemans made his professional debut as Jong PSV player in the second division on 20 September 2013 against FC Den Bosch in a 2–1 away defeat. He came in the field after 81 minutes for Rubén Bentancourt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/09/20/netherlands/eerste-divisie/fc-den-bosch/jong-psv/1478730/?ICID=PL_MS_06|title=Den Bosch vs. PSV II - 20 September 2013 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref> He's also active as a Dutch youth international.
In the 2020–21 season, he won the "Eredivisie Player of the Month" award for September due to his performances with PEC Zwolle.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Leemans uitgeroepen tot Eredivisie-speler van de maand |url=https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/uitgelicht/clint-leemans-uitgeroepen-tot-eredivisiespeler-van-de-maand |website=Eredivisie |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110135915/https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/uitgelicht/clint-leemans-uitgeroepen-tot-eredivisiespeler-van-de-maand |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Left without contract in July 2021, Leemans moved to Denmark and signed with newly promoted Danish Superliga club Viborg FF on 4 August 2021, signing a deal until the summer 2023.<ref>[https://www.vff.dk/nyhed/sport/12581-hollandsk-midtbanespiller-til-vff Hollandsk midtbanespiller til VFF], vff.dk, 4 August 2021</ref> After two seasons, Leemans left the club at the end of his contract in June 2023.<ref>[https://bold.dk/fodbold/klubber/viborg/nyheder/viborg-tager-afsked-med-clint-leemans Viborg tager afsked med Clint Leemans], bold.dk, 1 May 2023</ref>
On 11 July 2023, Leemans returned to the Netherlands and signed a three-year contract with NAC Breda.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=NAC Breda|url=https://www.nac.nl/nieuws/nac-versterkt-zich-met-ervaren-leemans-|title=NAC VERSTERKT ZICH MET ERVAREN CLINT LEEMANS|trans-title=NAC STRENGTHENS ITSELF WITH EXPERIENCED CLINT LEEMANS|date=11 July 2023|access-date=10 August 2023|language=nl}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Updated|31 January 2018}}<ref name="sw" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Jong PSV |2013–14 |Eerste Divisie |27||3||0||0||0||0||27||3 |- |2014–15 |Eerste Divisie |28||6||0||0||0||0||28||6 |- |2015–16 |Eerste Divisie |32||5||0||0||0||0||32||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !87!!14!!0!!0!!0!!0!!87!!14 |- |PSV |2014–15 |Eredivisie |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |rowspan="3"|VVV |2016–17 |Eerste Divisie |37||12||2||0||0||0||39||12 |- |2017–18 |Eredivisie |20||7||3||0||0||0||23||7 |- !colspan="2"|Total !57!!19!!5!!0!!0!!0!!62!!19 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !144!!33!!5!!0!!0!!0!!149!!33 |}
==Honours== '''VVV-Venlo''' * Eerste Divisie: 2016–17<ref>{{cite news |title=VVV-Venlo stelt na promotie ook titel veilig in Jupiler League |url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/vvvvenlo-stelt-na-promotie-ook-titel-veilig-in-jupiler-league |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=Voetbal International |date=21 April 2017 |language=nl}}</ref>
'''Individual''' *Eredivisie Player of the Month: September 2020<ref name="EPOMSep20">{{Cite web|url=https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/uitgelicht/clint-leemans-uitgeroepen-tot-eredivisiespeler-van-de-maand|title=Clint Leemans uitgeroepen tot Eredivisie-speler van de maand|date=1 October 2020|website=eredivisie.nl|access-date=10 November 2020|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110135915/https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/uitgelicht/clint-leemans-uitgeroepen-tot-eredivisiespeler-van-de-maand|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Eredivisie Team of the Month: October 2024,<ref>{{cite news|title=FC Twente is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month for October|url=https://eredivisie.eu/news/fc-twente-is-the-main-supplier-for-the-eredivisie-team-of-the-month-for-october/|website=Eredivisie|date=1 November 2024|access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} * {{WorldFootball.net|clint-leemans}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626135820/http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/25/5579777e-c30af176-095419 |title=Netherlands profile }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leemans, Clint}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Veldhoven Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Dutch men's footballers Category:Eredivisie players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Danish Superliga players Category:PSV Eindhoven players Category:VVV-Venlo players Category:PEC Zwolle players Category:RKC Waalwijk players Category:De Graafschap players Category:Viborg FF players Category:NAC Breda players Category:Netherlands men's youth international footballers Category:Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen