Jack Tuyp

Volendam

Tuijp started playing football at RKAV Volendam and made the switch to the youth academy of FC Volendam as a teenager. In the 2002–03 season of the second-tier Eerste Divisie he was promoted to the first-team squad. On 8 November 2002, Tuijp made his debut in a 1–2 loss to Fortuna Sittard. He came on as a substitute after 72 minutes to replace Houssain Ouhsaine Ouichou. On 14 February 2003, Tuijp was in the starting line-up for the first time in an away match against HFC Haarlem and scored the only goal of the match, securing three points for Volendam. A week later, he scored again in a 6–1 victory over Go Ahead Eagles. On 19 June 2003, Tuijp scored the opening goal in the last group match of the promotion play-offs against Heracles. Volendam eventually won the game 3–1 and thus secured promotion to the Eredivisie as group winners. Tuijp scored ten goals in 24 appearances in his first season. Tuijp made his debut at the highest level in the Eredivisie season opener against SC Heerenveen on 17 August 2003. Tuijp became the starting striker of the Volendam team under head coach Henk Wisman and later under his successor Johan Steur and scored his first Eredivisie goal one month after his debut in the league, in a match against ADO Den Haag. However, he was unable to surpass his number of goals from the previous season, as Volendam finished seventeenth and relegated to the Eerste Divisie. In the Eredivisie, Volendam was the only club with semi-professional…

Tuijp made his debut for the Netherlands U21 team on 20 May 2003 in a friendly international against Belgium U21. On 2 September 2003, he was called up together with Anouar Diba by interim national coach Cor Pot as additions for two qualifying matches for the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship against Austria U21 and Czech Republic U21, respectively. Tuijp played in both games. In February 2004, he scored his first and only international goal in a 3–2 defeat against England U21. After Tuijp had moved from Volendam to Groningen in the summer of 2004, he was called up once more for the U21 team. Because Tuijp was behind Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on the depth chart, he mainly played in friendlies. In total, Tuijp made six international appearances, in which he managed to score one goal.

Volendam

Eerste Divisie: 2011–12 Individual

Eerste Divisie Top Scorer Award: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13 Eerste Divisie Player of the Season: 2012–13 Volendam Player of the Season: 2012–13