| Darren Sidoel | |
| Fullname: | Darren Devlin Sidoel |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 1998 |
| Birth Place: | The Hague, Netherlands[1] |
| Height: | 1.80 m[2] |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | AB |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | –2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | Den Haag |
| Youthyears2: | 2012–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Ajax |
| Years1: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Jong Ajax |
| Caps1: | 16 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Reading |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Roeselare (loan) |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | Arda Kardzhali |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | Córdoba |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Hércules (loan) |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs7: | East Bengal |
| Caps7: | 11 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | AB |
| Caps8: | 10 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam2: | Netherlands U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam3: | Netherlands U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 10 March 2024 |
Darren Devlin Sidoel (born 10 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for AB. Besides the Netherlands, he has also played in England, Belgium, Bulgaria, India and Spain.[3]
Sidoel started his career with ADO Den Haag before joining AFC Ajax in 2012.[1] After making his debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax in the 2017–18 season, Sidoel signed for English club Reading on a three-year contract in July 2018.[4] on 8 July 2019, Sidoel left Reading by mutual consent.[5]
On 8 August 2019, Sidoel signed a two-year contract with Arda Kardzhali.[6] He completed his debut on 23 August 2019 in a league match against Cherno More Varna.[7]
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.[8]
On 17 September 2021, Sidoel signed with Indian Super League side SC East Bengal[9] 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.[10] In September 2023, Sidoel joined Danish 2nd Division side AB.[11]
Sidoel represented the Netherlands at under-17 youth level.[4] He is of Indonesian and Surinamese descent.[12] [13] 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.[14]
| 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 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Córdoba | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hércules (loan) | 2020–21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | |||
| East Bengal | 2021–22 | Indian Super League | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 5 | |||