Joël Piroe

Joël Mohammed Ramzan Piroe (born 2 August 1999) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Swansea City.[1]

Joël Piroe
Personal information
Full name Joël Alfred Brown Piroe[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999
Place of birth Wijchen, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Swansea City
Number 17
Youth career
SCE Nijmegen
Quick 1888
Woezik
0000–2013 NEC
2013–2014 Feyenoord
2014–2019 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Jong PSV 57 (16)
2019–2021 PSV 11 (1)
2019–2020 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 18 (2)
2021– Swansea City 21 (11)
National team‡
2013–2014 Netherlands U15 3 (0)
2015 Netherlands U16 2 (1)
2016 Netherlands U18 4 (0)
2017–2018 Netherlands U19 13 (8)
2018– Netherlands U20 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:04, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

He started playing football at the age of five for SCE Nijmegen and played youth football for Quick 1888 and SC Woezik, after which he was signed to the youth academy of NEC. He first played as a left-back and left midfielder. The coach of the under-12 tean of NEC chose to play Piroe as a striker, due to the many goals he scored.[2] He then moved to the youth academy of Feyenoord, and a year later – in 2014 – joined the PSV academy. He signed his first professional contract with the Eindhoven-based club in November 2016.[3]

Piroe made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong PSV on 2 December 2016 in a game against Achilles '29.[4]

PSV sent Piroe on a one-year loan to Sparta Rotterdam in August 2019.[5] He made his debut in the Eredivisie on 25 August 2019, coming on for Ragnar Ache in the 60th minute away against PEC Zwolle – a game which ended in a 2–2 draw.[6]

Swansea City

On 2 July 2021, Piroe moved to Wales to join Swansea City on a three-year deal, joining for an undisclosed fee,[7] reported to be in the region of £1m with the potential to rise up to £2m.[8] He scored on his Swansea debut in an EFL Cup tie against Reading on 10 August 2021.[9]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Piroe is of Surinamese descent.[10]

Career statistics
As of 2 November 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong PSV 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 122————122
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 60————60
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 2911————2911
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 21————21
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 50————50
Total 5414————5414
PSV Eindhoven 2018–19 Eredivisie 0000—000000
2019–20 Eredivisie 0000—000000
2020–21 Eredivisie 11120—1[lower-alpha 1]2—143
Total 11120—1200143
Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 18220———202
Swansea City 2021–22 Championship 1590011——1610
Career total 98264011120010429
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Joël Piroe". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. "Alleen Joël Piroe kan Joël Piroe remmen". psv.nl (in Dutch). 2018-12-30.
  3. "PSV contracteert Joël Piroe". psv.nl (in Dutch). 2016-11-16.
  4. "Game Report by Weltfussball". Weltfussball. 2 December 2016.
  5. "PSV send Piroe on loan to Sparta Rotterdam". Football Oranje. 2019-08-22.
  6. "PEC Zwolle - Sparta Rotterdam 2:2 (Eredivisie 2019/2020, 4. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. "SWANSEA CITY COMPLETE DEAL FOR PSV STRIKER JOEL PIROE". www.swanseacity.com. 2 July 2021.
  8. "Joel Piroe: Swansea City sign PSV Eindhoven striker". BBC Sport. 2 July 2021.
  9. "Reading 0-3 Swansea". BBC. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal.
  11. "Joël Piroe". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  12. "Four share Under-19 top scorers' prize". UEFA. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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