A1 M – The Dutch Jeroen Rouwenhorst new center forward for De Akker Bologna

The new center forward of De Akker Bologna is a giant of 201 centimeters and 112 kilos. He comes from Holland, he turned 24 on January 10th and his name is Jeroen Rouwenhorst. In addition to Dutch, his native language, he also speaks English and German well. From 2016 to 2018 he played for the various Dutch youth teams, up to the European under-19 championship in Minks, while since 2020 he has been part of the Dutch national team. For ten years, from 2010, when he started playing water polo, until 2020 he played in the Shuurman BZC, participating in recent years, at the same time as the Waterpolo Academy Eindhoven, a full-time training program with national youth players of different ages under the guidance of the national team coaches. In 2020 he then moved to UZSC Utrecht, then an experience in Serbia with VK Valis Valjevo, the return in 2022-23 to the Netherlands with AZC Alphen and last year, again in Utrecht.

"I'm really looking forward to being in Bologna and playing for De Akker – said Jeroen – After the European Championships I had a strong desire to play in a high-level foreign championship to improve myself. Through the national coach Harry Van Der Meer I came into contact with Arnaldo and after some nice conversations with him and coach Mistrangelo I came to Bologna. Together with them we had several positive encounters and they showed me around the city. The team had a splendid championship and the company is working on a great project for the future too. I believe that moving to Bologna is the right step for me to take at this moment>>. <

Mattia Fogacci
De Akker Bologna press office