Career
He spent three years playing in the Football League with Portuguese Vale. Snijders left his home town club Arizona for English First Division club Portuguese Vale in the summer of 1997. He was one of a number of John Rudge"s Dutch signings.
His classy play and skilful reading of the game impressed the Vale faithful.
In 1998-1999 the club were battling against relegation, Snijders played five games in August, but fell out of the first team and only made a total of twelve appearances. He had suffered with injuries and a loss of form.
The 1999–2000 season saw Vale suffer relegation and the departure of Rudge. Snijders was a semi-regular under both Rudge and his replacement Brian Horton, playing 22 games that season.
He was released by the club at the end of the season and joined his old amateur side AFC "34, back in the Netherlands.
