Nigel de Jong

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Personal information
Nigel de Jong

Full name	Nigel de Jong
Date of birth	November 30, 1984 (1984-11-30) (age 23)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder, Right Wing Back
Club information
Current club	Hamburger SV
Number	8
Youth clubs
1993 – 2001	Ajax
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2006 2006-Present	Ajax Hamburger SV	96 (8) 59 (2)
National team²
2004 – present	Netherlands	24 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Nigel de Jong (born November 30, 1984 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch football player, currently playing for Hamburg.

Nigel de Jong is the son of Dutch footballer Jerry de Jong. He began as a youth player for Ajax Amsterdam.

[edit] Club Career

In October 2002 he made his debut for Ajax's first team. He quickly made an impact and became a favourite with the fans. A versatile right-footed player, he was preferred choice in both midfield and defence but later on in his career he was sitting on the reserves bench more often than being in the starting line-up.

In January 2006, he signed on with the German club Hamburger SV. He has since made a significant impact in the German Bundesliga by scoring a winning goal condemning Bayern Munich to their first defeat of any kind at Bayern's new home ground.

[edit] International Career

On March 31, 2004 Nigel de Jong made his debut with the Netherlands national football team in a friendly game against France. He was overlooked for the squad that went to play in Euro 2004, and missed the 2006 World Cup with a knee injury.

He was picked by Marco van Basten to play for the Dutch national team at Euro 2008. He played the full ninety minutes in the Netherlands' 3-0 victory over Italy, in which he was given a yellow card for a foul on Massimo Ambrosini. He also played for the all of the 4-1 defeat of France on 13 June.

[edit] External links

Statistics
Nigel de Jong profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

Statistics

Awards
Preceded by ???	AFC Ajax Player of the Year 2004-2005	Succeeded by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

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Hamburger SV – current squad

1 Rost • 2 Sorín • 3 Atouba • 4 Reinhardt • 5 Mathijsen • 6 Odjidja-Ofoe • 7 Zidan • 8 De Jong • 9 Guerrero • 10 Kompany • 11 Olić • 12 Hesl • 13 Fillinger • 14 Jarolím • 15 Trochowski • 16 Putsila • 17 Chrisantus • 18 Castelen • 19 Boateng • 20 Demel • 21 Gouhari • 22 Choupo-Moting • 23 Van der Vaart • 24 Brečko • 25 Keita • 26 Zimmerman • 28 Addo • 29 Wolf • 30 Benjamin • 31 Kunert • 32 Ben-Hatira • 34 Sam • Manager: Stevens

v • d • e Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 van der Sar • 2 Ooijer • 3 Heitinga • 4 Mathijsen • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 De Zeeuw • 7 van Persie • 8 Engelaar • 9 van Nistelrooy • 10 Sneijder • 11 Robben • 12 Melchiot • 13 Timmer • 14 Bouma • 15 De Cler • 16 Stekelenburg • 17 De Jong • 18 Kuyt • 19 Huntelaar • 20 Afellay • 21 Boulahrouz • 22 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 23 van der Vaart • Coach: van Basten