Jean-Paul de Jong

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Jean-Paul de Jong
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Personnel
birthday 17th October 1970
place of birth UtrechtNetherlands
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
DWSV
0000-1984 UPS Elinkwijk
1984-1986 Feyenoord Rotterdam
1986-1989 Ajax Amsterdam
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1991 Arminia Bielefeld 71 0(5)
1991-1993 VfL Osnabrück 14 0(0)
1993-2007 FC Utrecht 370 (11)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2007-2013 FC Utrecht (youth coach)
2013-2015 FC Eindhoven
2015-2018 FC Utrecht (assistant coach)
2018-2019 FC Utrecht
2019-2020 Roda JC
1 Only league games are given.

Jean-Paul de Jong (born October 17, 1970 in Utrecht ) is a former Dutch football player and current coach .

Player career

In his youth de Jong was active for some youth teams. Among other things for the Dutch top club Feyenoord Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam . The midfielder found his way to Germany via Arminia Bielefeld . There he played in his first year as a professional for the then second division club VfL Osnabrück . He came on fourteen missions, but was mostly only a change player. The then young player made his debut on matchday 3, July 19, 1992, against FC Remscheid . After the team was determined to be relegated at the end of the 1992/93 season, de Jong moved back to his home club FC Utrecht in the Netherlands. In the following fourteen years, de Jong developed into one of the team's greatest performers and was instrumental in their annual performance. Between 2002 and 2004 the FCU reached the final of the KNVB Cup three times in a row . After the first final was lost, they secured the Cup in 2003 and 2004. In the summer of 2004, the win in the game for the Johan Cruyff Schaal was added. This made FC Utrecht the first club, alongside the three big ones (Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord Rotterdam, PSV Eindhoven ), to secure this trophy. Due to his association with the club, de Jong was a crowd favorite and identification figure for the FCU supporters. In 2006 the fans honored him with the David di Tommaso trophy , the trophy for the best player of the season. He was voted second in 2004 and third again in 2007.

After 370 games, de Jong ended his active professional career at the end of the 2007/08 season. This makes him the player with the second most league appearances for FC Utrecht. With his 83rd yellow card received on April 22, 2007 , he replaced Barry van Galen as the record holder for yellow cards. A week later, on April 29, 2007, the midfielder had his last competitive appearance in the FCU jersey .

Success as a player

society

Individually

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career, de Jong was accepted into the coaching staff of FC Utrecht. He has been a junior coach at the club since 2007/08.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Match statistics VfL Osnabrück - FC Remscheid 1: 1 (1: 1) from July 19, 1992 on fussballdaten.de