{{short description|Dutch footballer (born 1988)}} {{family name hatnote|De Groot|Groot|lang=Dutch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tony de Groot | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|3|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Oss, Netherlands | height = 1.89 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1993–2000 | youthclubs1 = OSS '20 | youthyears2 = 2000–2007 | youthclubs2 = TOP Oss | years1 = 2007–2009 | clubs1 = TOP Oss | caps1 = 40 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = De Treffers | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2010–2013 | clubs3 = OJC Rosmalen | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2013–2023 | clubs4 = OSS '20 | caps4 = | goals4 = }} '''Tony de Groot''' (born 24 March 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.
==Career== Born in Oss, De Groot began playing football at the age of five at OSS '20. At under-12 level, he was scouted by neighbor club TOP Oss after scoring many goals in the youth academy. De Groot made his debut in professional football on 30 September 2007 for TOP Oss against SC Cambuur in the second-tier Eerste Divisie, scoring on his first touch as a substitute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tony de Groot; Op zijn plek bij s.v. O.S.S.'20 |url=https://www.oss20.nl/194/91/tony-de-groot-op-zijn-plek-bij-sv-oss20/ |accessdate=25 October 2020 |work=Oss '20 |date=10 October 2014 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
After leaving TOP Oss in 2009, De Groot played for lower league sides De Treffers and OJC Rosmalen before signing with hometown side OSS '20 in 2013.<ref name="spelervanhetjaar">{{cite news |title=Speler van het jaar - Derde Divisie Zondag: Tony de Groot (O.S.S. '20) |url=https://www.voetbal247.nl/speler-van-het-jaar-derde-divisie-zondag-tony-de-groot-o-s-s-20/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709165909/https://www.voetbal247.nl/speler-van-het-jaar-derde-divisie-zondag-tony-de-groot-o-s-s-20/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 July 2019 |accessdate=25 October 2020 |work=voetbal247.nl |date=19 June 2019 |language=Dutch}}</ref> He was voted Player of the Year of the Derde Divisie in 2019.<ref name="spelervanhetjaar" /> He had a title push with OSS' 20 in the 2019–20 season, but when the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club missed promotion to the third-tier Tweede Divisie despite leading the league by 25 points down to second placed Jong ADO Den Haag.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grol |first1=Sjors |title=OSS'20 loopt promotie mis ondanks voorsprong van 17 punten: 'Deze keuze is niet te bevatten' |url=https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/oss-20-loopt-promotie-mis-ondanks-voorsprong-van-17-punten-deze-keuze-is-niet-te-bevatten~aef3837d/ |accessdate=25 October 2020 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=1 April 2020 |language=nl}}</ref>
De Groot retired from football at the end of the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nog 12 duels en dan zit de carrière van Tony de Groot erop: 'Mooi om op deze manier te stoppen' |url=https://www.kliknieuwsveghel.nl/sport/voetbal/204769/nog-12-duels-en-dan-zit-de-carriere-van-tony-de-groot-erop-mooi |access-date=19 January 2024 |work=Kliknieuws Veghel |date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119175858/https://www.kliknieuwsveghel.nl/sport/voetbal/204769/nog-12-duels-en-dan-zit-de-carriere-van-tony-de-groot-erop-mooi |archive-date=19 January 2024 |language=nl}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|tony-de-groot}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Groot, Tony de}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Oss Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Dutch men's footballers Category:TOP Oss players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Vierde Divisie players Category:Derde Divisie players Category:OJC Rosmalen players Category:OSS '20 players Category:De Treffers players Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen