Piet Velthuizen will be on trial at Go Ahead Eagles for an indefinite period from Sunday, it reports General Newspaper. In the coming weeks, the goalkeeper will be given the opportunity by trainer Kees van Wonderen to demonstrate that he can be an addition to the goalkeepers’ guild of the Deventer Eredivisionist.
Velthuizen signed a contract with Fortuna Sittard in February until the end of the season. The closing post had been without a club for some time and was willing to lend the Limburgers a helping hand. At the time, the club was struggling with a goalkeeper problem, as Yanick van Osch was injured and second choice Alexei Koselev was about to make a transfer. Velthuizen looked anything but fit, but then made his comeback under the bar in the Eredivisie.
However, Velthuizen’s return ended in a catastrophe. In the away game against FC Groningen (1-0), Velthuizen injured his hamstring early in the game, after which Koselev took his place under the bar after 23 minutes of play. As a result of Velthuizen’s injury, an internal riot arose at Fortuna, in which goalkeeper coach Sieb Dijkstra was eventually banned from the first team and was returned to the youth academy by the club.
Velthuizen, 34, defended Vitesse’s goal between 2006 and 2010, after which he made a transfer to the Spanish Hércules. After a season with only five appearances, he returned to Arnhem, where he stayed until 2016. In recent years he was under contract with Hapoel Haifa, Omonia Nicosia, AZ and Telstar.
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