Nigel de Jong

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Nigel de Jong
Nigel de Jong 2011 (2) .jpg
Recording from 2011
Personnel
birthday November 30, 1984
place of birth Amsterdam ,  Netherlands
size 174 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1993-2002 Ajax Amsterdam
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2002-2006 Ajax Amsterdam 96 (8)
2006-2009 Hamburger SV 66 (2)
2009–2012 Manchester City 104 (1)
2012-2016 AC Milan 79 (6)
2016 LA Galaxy 18 (0)
2016-2017 Galatasaray Istanbul 18 (1)
2018 1. FSV Mainz 05 11 (0)
2018-2019 Al-Ahli SC 21 (4)
2019– Al Shahania SC 17 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2004-2015 Netherlands 81 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 5, 2020

2 As of March 28, 2015

Nigel de Jong (born November 30, 1984 in Amsterdam , Netherlands ) is a Dutch football player who is mainly used in defensive midfield. In the German Bundesliga he was under contract with Hamburger SV and 1. FSV Mainz 05 . De Jong has been active for the Qatari club Al-Ahli SC since 2018 .

Career

De Jong, who played all his youth at Ajax Amsterdam , is the son of Jerry de Jong , who was also a professional footballer.

He made his professional debut on October 19, 2002 in a game against AZ Alkmaar , which ended 6-2. He first played for the Dutch national football team on March 31, 2004 in the game against France . De Jong was also appointed to the squad for the 2008 European Football Championship , in which he played three games.

In January 2006, de Jong moved to Hamburger SV and signed a four-year contract. With his goal in the Champions League qualifier against CA Osasuna, he brought HSV into the Champions League in August 2006 . After three years in Hamburg, de Jong moved to the English Premier League club Manchester City during the winter break of the 2008/09 season and received a contract for 4.5 years. On May 1, 2011, he scored his first league goal for Manchester City. On August 31, 2012, he moved to AC Milan in Serie A for 5 million euros . From February to August 2016 he was the MLS - franchise LA Galaxy under contract.

On the last day of the 2016 summer transfer period, de Jong moved to Galatasaray Istanbul on a free transfer . He signed a two-year contract. In the 2016/17 season , de Jong made 18 appearances in the Süper Lig , in which he scored one goal. After de Jong had not been taken into account in the 2017/18 season , his contract was terminated on January 5, 2018. He joined until the end of the Bundesliga season 2017/18 the 1. FSV Mainz 05 and then did not get a new contract.

De Jong has been playing for Qatari first division club  Al-Ahli SC since July 2018 .

Very tough game

In 2010, de Jong came under international criticism for harsh fouls . First the Dutchman broke the leg of his opponent Stuart Holden in a friendly against the USA in March , and a short time later he was struck by a karate-style kick in the chest of the Spaniard Xabi Alonso in the 2010 World Cup , for which he only struck saw yellow card. On October 3, 2010, he inflicted a double leg break to his opponent Hatem Ben Arfa in a Premier League match, which went unpunished in the game. Thereupon he was discharged from coach Bert van Marwijk for the upcoming games for the European Championship qualification of the Dutch national team because of "repeatedly rude style of play".

successes

De Jong in action at UEFA Euro 2012

Web links

Commons : Nigel de Jong  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Perfect: De Jong changes
  2. ↑ WELCOME NIGEL !!!
  3. ↑ LA Galaxy acquire midfielder Nigel de Jong , LA Galaxy website, accessed on February 3, 2016
  4. ↑ galatasaray.org: "Nigel de Jong Galatsaray'da" (accessed on August 31, 2016)
  5. ↑ Galatasaray Sportif A.Ş. (Ed.): Nigel de Jong'un sözleşmesi feshedildi. In: Galatasaray Istanbul. January 5, 2018, accessed January 5, 2018 (Turkish).
  6. ^ 1. FSV Mainz 05 eV (Ed.): MAINZ 05 OBLIGATES NIGEL DE JONG. In: 1. FSV Mainz 5th January 2018, accessed on 5th January 2018 .
  7. ↑ Training start with two returnees , mainz05.de, accessed on June 25, 2018
  8. ^ After brutal foul: Van Marwijk removes de Jong from the national team
personal data
SURNAME Jong, Nigel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam