Ferne Snoyl
Personal information
Full name Ferne Dean Snoyl[1]
Date of birth (1985-03-08) 8 March 1985
Place of birth Leidschendam, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
DWO Zoetermeer
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Feyenoord 15 (0)
2004–2005 → Den Bosch (loan) 25 (0)
2006 → Aberdeen (loan) 12 (1)
2006–2007 NEC 29 (2)
2007–2009 RKC Waalwijk 39 (6)
2009–2011 NAC Breda 14 (1)
2011 Újpest 2 (0)
Total 136 (10)
International career
1999 Netherlands U15 1 (0)
2001–2002 Netherlands U17 13 (2)
2005–2006 Netherlands Olympic 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferne Dean Snoyl (born 8 March 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Snoyl started his professional career with Feyenoord, where he was considered a talented player but with disciplinary issues.[3][4] He made his professional debut on 25 September 2003, starting in a 2–1 home win against FC Kärnten in the UEFA Cup.[5][6] He was sent on loan to FC Den Bosch in the 2004–05 season to mature.[7] He returned to Feyenoord after the season, but lost out to Pascal Bosschaart to become the starter at left-back.[8] As a result, he was sent on a six-month loan to Scottish club Aberdeen in January 2006.[9]

After his loan ended, Snoyl signed a three-year contract with Eredivisie club NEC on 7 July 2006, reuniting him with former Feyenoord assistant coach, Mario Been.[10] After the first game of the 2007–08 season, Snoyl was axed from the squad by Been as he was deemed overweight.[11] As a result, NEC hired a dietician.[12] Snoyl regained fitness, and was eventually included in the first team again after a week. After several legal issues in October 2007,[13] NEC announced on 7 November that Snoyl's contract had been terminated.[14][15]

On 27 November 2007, Snoyl joined Eerste Divisie club RKC Waalwijk on a six-month contract, with an option for an additional year.[16] He made his debut for the club on 11 January 2008, coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute for Savvas Exouzidis in a 7–2 league win over Go Ahead Eagles.[17] His first start came four days later in a KNVB Cup match against HFC Haarlem, which saw RKC lose on penalties.[18][19] On 29 April, the option in his contract was triggered and thus extended until 2009.[20]

Despite a successful stint with RKC, Snoyl chose not to extend his contract with the club, and instead signed a two-year deal with NAC Breda on 13 July 2009, where he was the intended successor of Patrick Mtiliga, who had moved to Málaga.[21] Again, he struggled with overweight and was demoted from the first team on 2 April 2010.[22] He left the club as his contract expired in 2011. NAC supporters had tauntingly held up a banner in his final game for the club referring to his overweight and chanted "Big Mac Snoyl".[23][24]

A free agent, Snoyl had a successful trial with Hungarian club Újpest in September 2011,[25] and he signed a deal for the remainder of the 2011–12 season on 7 November.[26] He left the club on 12 January 2012,[27] and subsequently retired from professional football as a 27-year-old.[28]

International career

Snoyl has been capped for various national youth teams, and participated in the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship and 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[29]

On 20 February 2008, Snoyl was found guilty of assaulting his then-girlfriend 18 October 2007.[13] He was sentenced to 50 hours of community service.[30]

On 21 February 2022, Snoyl was named as a suspect in a major case involving drug distribution and trafficking, and had been charged by the Public Prosecution Service.[31][32]

Personal life

Outside of football, Snoyl is a qualified tattoo artist and owns his own tattoo studio in The Hague.[28] Customers include Wout Weghorst, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Quincy Promes.[33]

References

  1. ↑ Ferne Snoyl at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Ferne Snoyl – Profiel". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ferne Snoyl, toptalent met gebruiksaanwijzing". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 9 November 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Feyenoord zet jeugdspeler uit A-selectie". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 16 January 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Feyenoord – FC Kärnten 2:1 (Europa League 2003/2004, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "FERNE SNOYL: 'MIJN MENTALITEIT IS ERG VERANDERD'". Feyenoord (in Dutch). 10 October 2003. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Snoyl van Feyenoord naar FC Den Bosch". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 10 August 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ferne Snoyl op huurbasis naar Aberdeen". Trouw (in Dutch). 30 January 2006.
  9. ↑ "Ferne Snoyl naar Aberdeen". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 30 January 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "FERNE SNOYL NAAR NEC NIJMEGEN". Feyenoord (in Dutch). 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ferne Snoyl heeft portie wel gehad". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 22 September 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "NEC schakelt diëtiste in voor te zware Snoyl". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 22 August 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Ferne Snoyl opgepakt". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 27 October 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "NEC zet Ferne Snoyl voorlopig op non-actief". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 30 October 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Ferne Snoyl en NEC per direct uit elkaar". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 7 November 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  16. ↑ "RKC Waalwijk geeft Ferne Snoyl nieuwe kans". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 27 November 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  17. ↑ "RKC Waalwijk – Go Ahead Eagles 7:2 (Eerste Divisie 2007/2008, 23. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  18. ↑ "Haarlem loot Heracles Almelo". NH Nieuws (in Dutch). 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  19. ↑ "RKC Waalwijk – HFC Haarlem 3:5 (KNVB beker 2007/2008, Round of 16)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  20. ↑ "RKC Waalwijk behoudt linksback Ferne Snoyl". Trouw (in Dutch). 29 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  21. ↑ "Verdediger Ferne Snoyl naar NAC Breda". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 13 July 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  22. ↑ "'Te dikke' Ferne Snoyl verwijderd uit selectie". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 2 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  23. ↑ "NAC-speler Snoyl weigert afscheid om spandoek". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 30 April 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  24. ↑ Heuvel, Dirk van den (30 November 2017). "Ferne Snoyl – Baco & Big Mac". EPISCHE VOETBALLERS (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  25. ↑ "Snoyl duikt op in Hongarije bij Ujpest". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  26. ↑ "Clubloze Snoyl vindt onderdak in Hongarije". FCUpdate (in Dutch). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  27. ↑ Kerkdijk, Daniël Cabot (12 January 2012). "Update: Újpest neemt na drie maanden alweer afscheid van Snoyl". Voetbalzone (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  28. 1 2 Berghe, Roy van den (15 May 2020). "Ferne Snoyl van de zijlijn naar de inktlijn: Ik geniet van mijn huidige leven". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  29. ↑ "Nederland O17 – Engeland O17". OnsOranje. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  30. ↑ "RKC'er Snoyl krijgt taakstraf voor mishandeling". FCUpdate (in Dutch). 20 February 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  31. ↑ Veen, Klaas Jan van der (21 February 2022). "Jarenlange celstraf geëist tegen voormalig Eredivisie-speler". Soccernews (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  32. ↑ Mersbergen, Sander van; Boere, Raymond (21 February 2022). "Ex-Feyenoorder (36) verstrikt in groot drugskartel". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  33. ↑ Berends, Sander (24 February 2021). "Interview Ferne Snoyl: "Bijna hadden we een tattoo bij Zlatan Ibrahimovic gezet"". ELF Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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