Heerenveen Hooiveld started his professional career for
Heerenveen in 2003, when he came on as a substitute for
Petter Hansson. In the next season he made twelve appearances in the League mostly as a left back, starting in five of those matches which included wins over
Ajax and
PSV. He could not force his way to the first team the following season and was loaned to
Zwolle in January 2005 for 18 months. During the 2004−05 season, Hooiveld had an unsuccessful trial with Scottish side
Livingston, later claiming that a noisy hotel staff party left him sleep deprived and damaged his chances of winning a contract. He left the club in the summer of 2006 joining Austrian club
Kapfenberg.
Zwolle Hooiveld made his debut for Zwolle in February 2005 in a 0–0 draw, playing as a left back. He played most of his matches for the club at left back, with brief moves to midfield and central defence. In total he made 44 league appearances during his loan spell scoring three goals.
Kapfenberger SV Hooiveld's football career almost ended due to problems with the club and management. In April 2007, after just eight months at the club and having made just fourteen appearances, Hooiveld signed a two-year contract with
Inter Turku.
Inter Turku In his first season with Inter Turku, Hooiveld was voted as the
Most Valuable Player in the Finnish League Cup and after the season he was chosen as the best player of the season by a Finnish magazine
Iltalehti and was also named
Veikkausliiga defender of the season. In the beginning of the 2008 season he won the
League Cup, when FC Inter beat their local rival
Turun Palloseura in the final. He went on to help the club to its first ever league title. He was again named
Veikkausliiga defender of the season for the second time in only two years in Finland – impressively FC Inter kept 16 clean sheets in the League in 26 matches in which Hooiveld played. After making 52 league appearances and scoring four goals in two successful years in Finland, he signed for
AIK in January 2009.
AIK Hooiveld made his debut for AIK on 5 April 2009 in a 1–0 win over
Halmstad in
Allsvenskan. He won the Allsvenskan in 2009 with AIK, the first time the club had won it in eleven years. The club also won
Svenska Cupen in 2009, making it the first time ever AIK had done the
Double. Hooiveld made a total of 31 appearances for the club during his one season.
Mikael Stahre wished Hooiveld well on his move commenting "Jos has, during this year, helped and contributed to the winning mentality that characterizes AIK. Idols come and go, AIK remains. We wish him well in his future career."
Celtic On 11 January 2010,
Celtic announced that Hooiveld had signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club, moving for a fee of around £2,000,000. Hooiveld was given the number 16 shirt, vacated by
Willo Flood after his transfer to
Middlesbrough. He made his debut for Celtic against
Hamilton Academical on 30 January 2010. In his following game, against
Kilmarnock, Hooiveld went off with a thigh injury, and did not make another appearance for Celtic that season. The following season, Hooiveld was given the number 6 shirt after
Landry N'Guemo returned to
AS Nancy. He made his European debut for the Glasgow side in a 3–0
Champions League defeat to Portuguese side
Braga on 28 July 2010. He lost his place in the team after giving away a penalty in a 4–0
Europa League defeat to
FC Utrecht a month later, before returning as a substitute in the
9–0 win over Aberdeen in November 2010.
Copenhagen On 19 January 2011, Hooiveld joined
Copenhagen on loan until the end of the season. Hooiveld made 11 appearances for Copenhagen (four as a substitute) but on 28 May 2011 the club announced that they would not be taking up the option to make the move permanent.
Southampton On 31 August 2011, the final day of the summer transfer window, Hooiveld joined
Southampton on a loan deal until January 2012. On 21 September 2011, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 victory over
Preston North End in the
League Cup. On 18 October, he scored his first league goal in a 1–0 victory over
West Ham United, a win which put the
Saints five points clear at the top of the table. After impressing during his loan spell, the transfer was made permanent on 1 December 2011, the fee undisclosed. Southampton were able to sign him outside of the
transfer window because he was already registered as their player. He scored for the second time against
West Ham United in a 1–1 draw. He then made it two goals in as many games just days later in a 4–0 victory over
Derby County. He scored on the final day of the season to help send the club back to the
Premier League in a 4–0 victory over
Coventry. This was his eighth goal of the campaign, seven of which had been in the league. On 26 January 2015, Hooiveld joined
Millwall on loan for the remainder of the season, having previously been on loan at
Norwich City. At Millwall he scored once in a 2–1 win over
Charlton Athletic.
AIK On 10 July 2015 it was announced that Hooiveld signed a 2.5 year deal with
AIK. He scored his first goal with the club in a match against
GIF Sundsvall Twente On 25 January 2017, Hooiveld joined
Twente on a contract until the summer of 2018.
Orange County On 5 June 2018, Hooiveld signed for California-based
Orange County of the
United Soccer League. On 30 December, Hooiveld announced that he was retiring from football on
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