Darren Sidoel
Darren Sidoel (born 10 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club East Bengal. Besides the Netherlands, he has also played in England, Belgium, Bulgaria and Spain. Club career. Sidoel started his career with ADO Den Haag before joining AFC Ajax in 2012. 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. on 8 July 2019, Sidoel left Reading by mutual consent. On 8 August 2019, Sidoel signed  a two-year contract with Arda Kardzhali. He completed his debut on 23 August 2019 in a league match against Cherno More Varna. 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. On 17 September 2021, Sidoel signed with Indian Super League side SC East Bengal 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. International career. Sidoel represented the Netherlands at under-17 youth level. He is of Indonesian and Surinamese descent. 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.