Kevin Strootman

Kevin Strootman is the kind of defensive midfielder I always appreciated more than the highlight reels suggested. A Dutch holding player born in Ridderkerk, he did the unglamorous work in front of the back line, the tackling and screening that lets flashier teammates shine. His Roma years stick with me because his momentum kept getting interrupted by serious knee injuries right when he looked set to become a fixture for the Netherlands. I always wonder what his peak might have looked like with a cleaner medical record. At 186cm he had the frame for the role, and his grit through those setbacks earned my genuine respect over the years.

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Name (English)

Kevin Strootman

Name (Japanese)

ケヴィン・ストロートマン

Reading

けゔぃん・すとろーとまん

Born

February 13, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

• Official sitehttps://kevinstrootmanofficial.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kevinstrootman/
• Xhttps://x.com/Kevin_strootman
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Strootman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310548

Tags

• South Holland
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.