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Nick Olij

ニック・オライ　/　にっく・おらい

Association football player from Netherlands

August 1, 1995 (age 30)　・　Haarlem, Netherlands

association football player

My Take

What draws me to Nick Olij is the quiet weight of his position. A goalkeeper at a club the size of PSV carries a different kind of pressure than the strikers who hog the headlines: one mistake and the whole stadium remembers, while a great save fades by Monday. Born in Haarlem in 1995, he has reached the age where a top Eredivisie side trusts him with its net, and that trust says more about him than any highlight reel. I admire keepers precisely because their work is thankless craftsmanship. Olij strikes me as the dependable kind, and I find myself rooting for him.

Overview

Nick Quinten Olij (born 1 August 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club PSV.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Nick Olij
Name (Japanese): ニック・オライ
Reading: にっく・おらい
Born: August 1, 1995 (age 30)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Boar
Origin: Haarlem, Netherlands
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nickolij/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4

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