{{short description|Belgian footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jordy Croux | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|01|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hasselt]], Belgium | height = 1.72 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avispa.co.jp/club-info/mf14_croux_2022 |title=Jordy Croux |language=Japanese |publisher=Avispa Fukuoka |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922064803/https://www.avispa.co.jp/club-info/mf14_croux_2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/clubs/players/250021017--jordy-croux/ Jordy Croux – Profile] – [[UEFA]]</ref> | currentclub = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] | clubnumber = 37 | youthyears1 = 2000–2001 | youthclubs1 = Runkst VV | youthyears2 = 2001–2011 | youthclubs2 = [[K.R.C. Genk|Genk]] | years1 = 2011–2015 | clubs1 = [[K.R.C. Genk|Genk]] | caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = → [[Oud-Heverlee Leuven|OH Leuven]] (loan) | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = → [[MVV Maastricht]] (loan) | caps3 = 38 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = [[MVV Maastricht]] | caps4 = 40 | goals4 = 10 | years5 = 2016–2019 | clubs5 = [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] | caps5 = 59 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2019 | clubs6 = → [[MVV Maastricht]] (loan) | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2019–2020 | clubs7 = [[Roda JC Kerkrade]] | caps7 = 45 | goals7 = 6 | years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = [[Avispa Fukuoka]] | caps8 = 56 | goals8 = 8 | years9 = 2023–2024 | clubs9 = [[Cerezo Osaka]] | caps9 = 36 | goals9 = 2 | years10= 2024–2025 | clubs10= [[Júbilo Iwata]] | caps10= 40 | goals10= 4 | years11= 2025– | clubs11= [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] | caps11= 1 | goals11= 0 | pcupdate = 16 September 2025 | nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Belgium U15 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam2 = Belgium U16 | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam3 = [[Belgium national under-17 football team|Belgium U17]] | nationalcaps3 = 15 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam4 = Belgium U18 | nationalcaps4 = 4 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2012–2013 | nationalteam5 = [[Belgium national under-19 football team|Belgium U19]] | nationalcaps5 = 13 | nationalgoals5 = 1 | ntupdate = }}
'''Jordy Croux''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈjɔrdi ˈkruks}}; born 15 January 1994) is a Belgian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[winger (association football)|winger]] for Japanese club [[Yokohama F. Marinos]].
==Club career==
===Early career=== Croux was born in [[Hasselt]] where he began to play football with Runkst VV. He moved to the [[K.R.C. Genk|Racing Genk]] academy at the age of seven where he progressed through their youth squads.
===Genk=== Croux made his debut for Racing Genk's senior team on 21 March 2012 during their 3–1 win against [[K.A.A. Gent|Gent]] when he came in as a substitute for [[Anthony Limbombe]] in the 60th minute.<ref>[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/belgian-pro-league/2011-2012/racing-genk-aa-gent-463018.html Racing Genk 3 – 1 AA Gent] – [[Yahoo!]] Sport – UK and Ireland.</ref>
In April 2012, Croux signed a contract extension with the club, which is to end in 2015. He scored his first goal for Genk in their 6–0 win against [[R.U. Saint-Gilloise|Saint-Gilloise]] in the sixth round of the [[2012–13 Belgian Cup]]. It was the first goal of the match, scored in the 14th minute.
===Avispa Fukuoka=== On 8 January 2021, Croux moved to Japan and signing with J1 club, [[Avispa Fukuoka]] for 2021 season.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.avispa.co.jp/news/post-36769|title=ジョルディ クルークス選手 ローダJC（オランダ） より完全移籍加入のお知らせ|publisher=アビスパ福岡|date=8 January 2021|accessdate=9 May 2021}}</ref> After two seasons with the club he moved on to Cerezo Osaka in 2022.
===Cerezo Osaka=== On 7 December 2022, Croux officially transferred to [[Cerezo Osaka]] for the 2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cerezo.jp/news/2022-1207-1300/ |title=ジョルディ クルークス選手 完全移籍加入について |date=7 December 2022 |accessdate=7 December 2022}}</ref>
==International career==
===Belgium U16=== Croux made his international debut for the [[Belgium national football team|Belgium U-16]]s during their 4–0 loss against the [[Germany national under-16 football team|Germany U-16]] team on 14 October 2009.
===Belgium U17=== On 26 August 2010, Croux was part of the [[Belgium national under-17 football team|Belgium U-17]] squad that played and won 1–0 against [[Switzerland national under-17 football team|Switzerland U-17]]. He played again for the team that lost 3–1 against [[Spain national under-17 football team|Spain U-17]] on 26 March 2011. He played again two days later in a 2–1 loss against the [[England national under-17 football team|England U-17]] squad.
===Belgium U18=== Croux appeared for the [[Belgium national football team|Belgium U-18]] team in a 1–0 loss against the [[Germany national under-18 football team|Germany U-18]] team on 13 November 2011.
===Belgium U19=== Croux was called up to the [[Belgium national under-19 football team|Belgium U-19]] squad that played against [[Serbia national under-19 football team|Serbia U-19]] in a 0–0 draw on 26 February 2012.
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|10 July 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway|jordy-croux/138269|access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref>
{| 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"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="4"|[[K.R.C. Genk|Genk]] |[[2011–12 Belgian Pro League|2011–12]] |rowspan="3"|[[Belgian Pro League]] |10||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||0 |- |[[2012–13 Belgian Pro League|2012–13]] |6||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||9||1 |- |[[2013–14 Belgian Pro League|2013–14]] |2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||1||0||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !18!!0!!2!!1!!0!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!22!!1 |- |[[Oud-Heverlee Leuven|OH Leuven]] (loan) |[[2013–14 Belgian Pro League|2013–14]] |Belgian Pro League |2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0||4||0 |- |[[MVV Maastricht]] (loan) |[[2014–15 Eerste Divisie|2014–15]] |[[Eerste Divisie]] |38||5||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||6 |- |rowspan="3"|MVV Maastricht |[[2015–16 Eerste Divisie|2015–16]] |rowspan="2"|Eerste Divisie |35||8||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||2||40||10 |- |[[2016–17 Eerste Divisie|2016–17]] |5||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !40!!10!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!2!!45!!12 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] |[[2016–17 Eredivisie|2016–17]] |rowspan="3"|[[Eredivisie]] |29||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||1 |- |[[2017–18 Eredivisie|2017–18]] |22||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||1 |- |[[2018–19 Eredivisie|2018–19]] |8||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !59!!2!!6!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!65!!2 |- |MVV Maastricht (loan) |[[2018–19 Eerste Divisie|2018–19]] |Eerste Divisie |14||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||3 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Roda JC Kerkrade]] |[[2019–20 Eerste Divisie|2019–20]] |rowspan="2"|Eerste Divisie |29||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||3 |- |[[2020–21 Eerste Divisie|2020–21]] |16||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !45!!6!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!48!!6 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Avispa Fukuoka]] |[[2021 J1 League|2021]] |rowspan="2"|[[J1 League]] |25||4||2||2||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||7 |- |[[2022 J1 League|2022]] |31||4||4||0||10||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||45||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !56!!8!!6!!2!!11!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!73!!12 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Cerezo Osaka]] |[[2023 J1 League|2023]] |rowspan="2"|J1 League |27||2||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||2 |- |[[2024 J1 League|2024]] |9||0||2||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !36!!2!!4!!0!!6!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!46!!3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !307!!36!!24!!4!!17!!3!!1!!0!!7!!2!!357!!45 |}
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! National team !! Season !! Apps !! Goals |- | valign="center"|[[Belgium national football team|Belgium U15]] | [[2008–09 in Belgian football|2008–09]] || 7 || 2 |- | valign="center"|[[Belgium national football team|Belgium U16]] | [[2009–10 in Belgian football|2009–10]] || 11 || 2 |- | valign="center"|[[Belgium national under-17 football team|Belgium U17]] | [[2010–11 in Belgian football|2010–11]] || 15 || 0 |- | valign="center"|[[Belgium national football team|Belgium U18]] | [[2011–12 in Belgian football|2011–12]] || 4 || 0 |- | rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Belgium national under-19 football team|Belgium U19]] | [[2011–12 in Belgian football|2011–12]] || 1 || 0 |- | [[2012–13 in Belgian football|2012–13]] || 10 || 1 |- ! Total !! 11 !! 1 |- ! colspan="2"|Career total !! 48 !! 5 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/jordy-croux.htm Jordy Croux at ''Voetbal International'']{{dead link|date=May 2026}} {{in lang|nl}} * {{RBFA player|PH_5852}} * {{Soccerway|jordy-croux/138269}} * {{WorldFootball.net|jordy-croux}} * {{J.League player}}
{{Yokohama F. Marinos squad}}
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