Calvin Jong-a-Pin

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Jong.

Personal information
Calvin Jong-a-Pin

Full name	Calvin Jong-a-Pin
Date of birth	July 18, 1986 (1986-07-18) (age 21)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	SC Heerenveen
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2006 2006-	FC Volendam SC Heerenveen	6 (1) 9 (0)
National team
	Netherlands U-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28/6/07. * Appearances (Goals)

Calvin Jong-a-Pin (born 18 July 1986) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for SC Heerenveen. Jong-a-Pin was born in Amsterdam and made his debut in professional football in the 2005-06 season when playing for FC Volendam.

In 2007 Jong-a-Pin was called up by Jong Oranje coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands. Jong-a-Pin participated in both of their first round group matches against Israel (1-0 win) and Portugal (2-1 win) to secure a semi final spot and to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later the final was reached with a 1-1, 13-12 win after a penalty shootout with 32 penalty kicks taken against England. The Dutch went on to retain their 2006 title by beating Serbia 4-1 in the final.

His family is from Suriname, with Chinese descent.^[1]

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals	Competition
2005/06	FC Volendam		6	1	Eerste Divisie
2006/07	SC Heerenveen		9	0	Eredivisie
Total			15	1

[edit] References

^ Berend Scholten (2007-06-15). Jong-A-Pin's Chinese connection. UEFA.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.

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2 Zuiverloon • 3 Bak Nielsen • 4 Breuer • 5 Dingsdag • 6 Bradley • 7 Poulsen • 8 Beerens • 11 Hanssen • 14 Prager • 15 Švec • 16 Jong-a-Pin • 17 Grindheim • 18 Loohuis • 19 Lopes • 21 Sulejmani • 22 H. Drost • 23 Pranjić • 24 Van Dijk • 25 Vandenbussche • 26 Paulo Henrique • 27 Etemadi • 28 Drooduin • 29 Deekman • 30 Mattes • 31 Smárason • 32 Huisman de Jong • 33 Roorda • 34 Wilusz • 35 Sibon • 36 Johansen • 37 Bloemendaal • 38 Balkestein • 39 Siwe • 40 Rozendaal • 42 Armenteros • - Ghoochannejhad • Manager: Sollied