Darren Sidoel

Darren Sidoel
Personal information
Full name Darren Devlin Sidoel
Date of birth (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 New York Cosmos
Youth career
–2012 Den Haag
2012–2017 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Jong Ajax 16 (1)
2018–2019 Reading 0 (0)
2019 → Roeselare (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2020 Arda Kardzhali 16 (0)
2020–2021 Córdoba 1 (0)
2021 → Hércules (loan) 4 (1)
2021–2022 East Bengal 11 (3)
2023–2025 AB 30 (3)
2025 Grindavík 8 (0)
2026– New York Cosmos 0 (0)
International career
2013 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2013 Netherlands U16 7 (0)
2014 Netherlands U17 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 October 2025

Darren Devlin Sidoel (born 10 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for New York Cosmos in the USL League One. Besides the Netherlands, he has also played in England, Belgium, Bulgaria, India and Spain.[3]

Club career

Ajax

Sidoel started his career with ADO Den Haag before joining AFC Ajax in 2012.[1] He made his debut with Jong Ajax, the reserve side of Ajax in 2017, and would score his first professional goal on 18 August 2017, the opening goal in a 2-1 victory over SC Cambuur. [4] He appeared in 16 matches, scoring one goal as Jong Ajax were crowned 2017/18 Eerste Divisie champions.

Reading

After making his debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax in the 2017–18 season,[2] Sidoel signed for English club Reading on a three-year contract in July 2018.[5] On 4 January 2019, Sidoel was sent on loan to Belgian side KSV Roeselare. [6] Sidoel made his debut for Roeselare on 4 February 2019, starting at center back in a 1-0 victory over OH Leuven. Sidoel received praise by the media for his performance during the match. [7] During his stay with the club he appeared in 11 matches as a starter. He returned to Reading at the end of the loan, and on 8 July 2019, Sidoel left Reading by mutual consent.[8]

Arda Kardzhali

On 8 August 2019, Sidoel signed a two-year contract with Arda Kardzhali.[9] He completed his debut on 23 August 2019 in a league match against Cherno More Varna.[10]

Córdoba CF and Hércules CF

On 17 July 2020, Sidoel signed a 1-year contract with Córdoba CF. On 1 February 2021 was loaned to Segunda División B club Hércules CF for the rest of the season.[11] On 23 May 2021, Sidoel scored for Hércules in a 3-3 draw over UE Llagostera, an insufficient result as the club needed a win to avoid relegation.[12]

East Bengal

On 17 September 2021, Sidoel signed with Indian Super League side SC East Bengal[13] and made his debut on 27 November in a 3–0 defeat to ATK Mohun Bagan. In the next match on 30 November, he scored his first goal against Odisha FC, but lost the match by 6–4.[14]

AB

In September 2023, Sidoel joined Danish 2nd Division side AB.[15] Sidoel scored his first goal with AB on 30 September 2023, in a 2-1 victory over Thisted FC.[16] On 14 April 2024, in the promotion playoffs, Sidoel scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Esbjerg fB.[17] On 27 April 2024, Sidoel scored the loan goal in a 1-0 victory over Nykøbing FC. [18] On 1 February 2025 Sidoel and AB agreed to a contract termination, after having appeared in 36 matches and scoring 3 goals with the club.[19]

Grindavík

On 19 July 2025, Sidoel joined Icelandic side Grindavík. He started eight of nine matches before departing the club.

New York Cosmos

On December 17, 2025, Sidoel joined USL League One side New York Cosmos ahead of their return to professional competition. [20]

International career

Sidoel represented the Netherlands at under-17 youth level.[5] He is of Indonesian and Surinamese descent.[21][22] In an interview for a local media, right after he had joined Arda Kardzhali in 2019, Siddoel expressed his desire to represent the Indonesia national team, but would first concentrate on his club career.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 November 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Ajax 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 3 0
2017–18 16 1 0 0 3[a] 1 19 2
Total 16 1 0 0 6 1 22 2
Reading U23 2018–19 Premier League 2 6 0 0 0 – 0 0
Roeselare (loan) 2018–19 Belgian First Division B 11 0 0 0 – 11 0
Arda Kardzhali 2019–20 First League 16 0 2[b] 0 – 18 0
Córdoba 2020–21 Segunda División B 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
Hércules (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División B 4 1 0 0 – 4 1
East Bengal 2021–22 Indian Super League 11 3 0 0 – 11 3
AB 2023–24 Danish 2nd Division 21 3 4 0 – 25 3
2024–25 9 0 2 0 – 11 0
Grindavík 2024–25 1. deild karla 8 0 0 0 – 8 0
Career total 103 8 8 0 6 1 117 9
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Youth League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Bulgarian Cup

Honours

Club

Jong Ajax

References

  1. ^ a b "Ajax signs Darren Sidoel". AFC Ajax. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Darren Sidoel at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  3. ^ Het Ajax-product dat een rijzende ster is in een land waar hij nog niet speelde voetbalzone.nl
  4. ^ "SC Cambuur Jong Ajax". espn.com. ESPN. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Reading: Ajax defender Darren Sidoel on three-year contract". BBC Sport. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Dutch defender agrees move to Belgium until the end of the season". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Darren Sidoel's Brilliant Debut in Belgium". goal.com. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Liam Kelly signs permanently for Dutch giants Feyenoord". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  9. ^ "ОФИЦИАЛНО: АРДА подписа с холандски футболист (ВИДЕО)". fcarda.bg (in Bulgarian). FC Arda Kardzhali. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  10. ^ "АРДА и Черно море не се победиха (ВИДЕО+СНИМКИ)" (in Bulgarian). АРДА / fcarda.bg. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. ^ Córdoba, El Día de (1 February 2021). "Darren Sidoel sale del Córdoba CF con destino al Hércules". El Día de Córdoba (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  12. ^ Esteve, David (23 May 2021). "Un fracaso histórico". as.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  13. ^ "SC EAST BENGAL ANNOUNCED THIRTY THREE MEMBER SQUAD FOR ISL". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  14. ^ "ISL: Odisha FC come from behind to beat SC East Bengal in 10-goal thriller". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  15. ^ AB GLADSAXE HENTER DARREN SIDOEL, ab-fodbold.dk, 14 September 2023
  16. ^ Daniel skoraði men Hørður vann føroyingauppgerðina, in.fo, 30 September 2023
  17. ^ Against Esbjerg away from home, ab.dk/en, 14 April 2024
  18. ^ [https://ab.dk/en/1-0-win-against-nykoebing-fc/#:~:text=From%20the%20first%20whistle%2C%20AB,shot%20was%20sent%20over%20goal. 1-0 win against Nykøbing FC], ab.dk/en, 27 April 2024
  19. ^ AB og Sidoel går hver til sit, ab-fodbold.dk, 1 February 2025
  20. ^ "New York Cosmos increase roster to 11 players with three new signings".
  21. ^ "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  22. ^ Noveanto, Eric (10 December 2018). "PROFIL: Darren Sidoel, Bek Keturunan Indonesia Yang Merajut Mimpi Di Inggris". Goal.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  23. ^ Hengkang dari Reading, Darren Sidoel Resmi Gabung Kasta Teratas Eropa indosport.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021
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