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"A 1-year-old toddler has been signed by a Dutch football club after impressing in a YouTube video. Baerke van der Meij was filmed kicking three balls in succession into a box, after which his father uploaded the clip onto the video-streaming website. After coming across the video, local club VVV-Venlo then offered Baerke, whose grandfather Jan van der Meij also played for the side, a ten-year &amp;quot;token&amp;quot; contract. The team, currently competing in Holland&amp;#039;s top division, the Eredivisie, said in a statement: &amp;quot;The toddler&amp;#039;s favourite position has not yet been determined. &amp;quot;But we can speak of a right-footed player with a very good kicking technique, perseverance and, importantly, football genes via his grandfather.&amp;quot; Watch the YouTube video below of Baerke van der Meij shooting three balls into a cardboard box:  A recent football match in Argentina saw the referee send off 36 people. &amp;gt; Read more stories from the Odd section "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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