Quilindschy Hartman

Biography

Quilindschy Hartman is a 24-year-old Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club RCD Espanyol, on loan from English club Burnley F.C. In June 2020, Hartman signed a contract at Feyenoord, where he was an academy player since moving from Excelsior in 2010. He made his debut for the club on 21 August 2022, starting away against RKC Waalwijk in a 1–0 win. On 8 September 2022, Hartman made his European debut, as a starter in a 4–2 away defeat to Lazio in the UEFA Europa League. Hartman scored his first goal for the club on 10 November 2022, scoring Feyenoord's first and only goal in a 1–0 win against SC Cambuur. Four days later, Feyenoord announced that the club and Hartman had reached an agreement for the player to extend his contract until 2025. On 17 November 2022, Hartman signed his new contract. Hartman received praise for his performance in De Klassieker in January 2023, with Wesley Sneijder calling Hartman the man of the match. On 25 January 2023, Hartman's squad number was changed from 19 to 5. On 29 August 2023, Hartman once again extended his contract, with him signing a new contract until 2026. In September 2022, Hartman was picked by Remko Bicentini for the squad of the Curaçao national team ahead of friendly games against Indonesia. However, Feyenoord didn't want to let Hartman go to his national team and Hartman was replaced by Bradley Martis in the squad. In March 2023, Hartman was included in the preliminary squad of the Netherlands national football team for the first two matches of the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers, but was not included in the final squad and was instead called up for the Netherlands U21 team. On 25 March, he made his debut for the U21 team as a starter in a friendly against Norway. He was later included in the U21 squad for the UEFA Under-21 Euro 2023. On 1 September 2023, Hartman was called up for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Greece and Republic of Ireland.