Frank Sturing (born 29 May 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre back for SV Horn in the 2. Liga and the Canada national team.
![]() Sturing (left) and Ole Romeny | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Sturing | ||
Date of birth | (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | SV Horn | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Oranje Blauw | |||
2007–2016 | NEC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | NEC | 43 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Den Bosch | 18 | (0) |
2021– | SV Horn | 27 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
2016 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Canada | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2021 |
Sturing started playing soccer in Nijmegen in 2007 with NEC's academy. On 2 April 2017, he made his debut for NEC against Vitesse. In May 2020, NEC announced Sturing would be departing the club.[1]
In October 2020, Sturing joined rival Dutch second-tier club Den Bosch.[2] At the end of the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie, Sturing departed the club.[3]
In September 2021 Sturing joined Austrian club SV Horn.[4] In April 2022, Horn announced Sturing has been signed to a new deal through the summer of 2023.[5]
Sturing has represented the Netherlands at multiple youth levels.
Eligible for Canada through his father, Sturing was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on 26 February 2020.[6] He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021.[7] He joined the World Cup qualifier squad in March 2021, and started in the game against Cayman Islands on the 29th; he scored the match's opening goal, his first for Canada.[8]
On July 11, Canada Soccer announced that Sturing would join the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad after Scott Kennedy withdrew from the team.[9]
SV Horn – current squad | |
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Canada squad – 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists | ||
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