A bittersweet moment came during the 2010 off-season as standout young player Cory Chettleburgh signed a contract with professional Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam.
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Hosé also represented De Graafschap, HFC Haarlem, Sparta Rotterdam (all loans from the Amsterdam team), FC Dordrecht, Poseidon Nuon Perron (Greece), Al-Wakrah Sports Club (Qatar), Sarawak FA (Malaysian Super League) and VV Haaglandia, retiring from professional football in 2010 at the age of only 30.
Cendrino Misidjan (born 29 Augustus 1988 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent who currently plays as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.
Dieter Van Tornhout (born 18 March 1985) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a forward for K.S.V. Roeselare, on loan from Antwerp, having previously played for Club Brugge, Sparta Rotterdam, Roda JC, Enosis Neon Paralimni, Nea Salamis Famagusta and Kilmarnock.
Usta has spent the majority of his career in the Netherlands - also playing for Cambuur, Sparta and MVV - apart from brief spells in Turkey with Beşiktaş, in Finland with Jokerit, and in Japan with Omiya Ardija.
Kano Pillars produced players like Abiodun Baruwa who has since played for Swiss, Austrian, Welsh and British Clubs and Sani Kaita who later plays for Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
On 17 September 1978, aged 18, Torres made his league debut for Twente, in a home game against Sparta Rotterdam, scoring his first goal a few weeks later at HFC Haarlem, and ending his first season with three goals in 23 matches as the Enschede club finished in 11th position and reached the final of the Dutch Cup, lost to league champions AFC Ajax.
Dekker played his last match on 10 March 1985, and became a football manager, who coached Fortuna Sittard, FC Eindhoven, Al-Jazira (United Arab Emirates), FC Den Bosch, Qatar (– 17), RBC Roosendaal, Sparta Rotterdam and Fortuna Sittard once again.