Career
He started playing in Personal Digital Cellular events in 2007. His first event was the Thialf Darts Trophy 2007, where he lost 3–0 in sets (0–2, 1–2 and 0–2) to Ronnie Baxter. In that year he played eight Players Championships, reaching the second round once.
He also played in the German Darts Championship, losing 6–1 to Mark Dudbridge in the second round.
He qualified for one event on the European Tour, the German Darts Championship where he was beaten 6–3 by Michael Hurtz in the first round. In 2014, Van Zijtveld was beaten in the third round of the opening United Kingdom Open Qualifier of the year by Peter Wright and could not advance beyond this stage in any of the tournaments he entered in the rest of the year.
