Joey Godee

Godee played in the youth of USV Elinkwijk, then Ajax, before making the transfer to the youth of Sparta Rotterdam in 2007. He had an impressive 2007–08 season, and thanks in part to his goals, the Sparta under-19 side won the national championship in their age group. This earned Godee his first professional contract. Godee was promoted to the Sparta senior team by head coach Foeke Booy in preparation for the 2008–09 season. Together with Kevin Strootman, he was one of the best performing youth players of the pre-season. Godee made his professional debut on 31 August 2008 in a match against ADO Den Haag. In November 2008, Godee scored his first official goal for Sparta, in the KNVB Cup match against SC Cambuur. He scored again a few days later in the league match against FC Volendam. Godee scored four senior goals for Sparta in the 2008–09 season. In the 2009–10 season, where Sparta suffered relegation to the second-tier Eerste Divisie, Godee only made seven appearances for Sparta due to injuries, in which he did not score. In the Eerste Divisie in the 2010–11 season, there were high expectations of Sparta and Godee. He ended the season with a respectable 10 goals, but Sparta performed disappointingly and although the club started the season in first place, they ended out of reach of the playoffs. In the 2011–12 season, Sparta made a new start. Contract of players from the Eredivisie campaign were terminated, and the first team consisted mainly of new players. Godee stayed…

Godee played once for the Netherlands national under-19 football team.