Marcel de Jong
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcel de Jong | ||
Date of birth | 15 October 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | ||
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Position(s) | Full Back, Left Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Ottawa Fury | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
De Valk | |||
1996–2004 | PSV | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Helmond Sport | 50 | (6) |
2006–2010 | Roda JC | 115 | (3) |
2010–2015 | FC Augsburg | 67 | (5) |
2015 | Sporting Kansas City | 13 | (1) |
2016– | Ottawa Fury | 6 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2003 | Canada U17 | 5 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Canada U20 | 14 | (1) |
2007– | Canada | 44 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 27, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 29, 2016 |
Marcel de Jong (English pronunciation: /mɑːrˈsɛl dəˈjɒŋ/, Dutch: [mɑrˈsɛl də ˈjɔŋ]; born 15 October 1986) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Ottawa Fury FC.
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Club career
Netherlands
De Jong played for amateur side De Valk and joined the PSV Eindhoven youth academy in 1996.[1] He started his professional career with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport and joined Roda JC in the summer of 2006.[2]
Germany
After four years with Roda JC, De Jong signed with German club FC Augsburg on 21 May 2010. Marcel scored his first goal for the second division German side on 12 September 2010 versus VfL Bochum at the Ruhrstadion. They won this away fixture 2–0 in which De Jong also assisted the other goal from teammate Michael Thurk. De Jong scored his second goal of the season several months later on 4 February 2011 in a 2–0 away win versus VfL Osnabrück. De Jong in his first season with Augsburg started 24 league games and helped take the team to finish second in 2. Bundesliga securing automatic promotion to top flight football, finishing several points behind Hertha BSC.[3]
De Jong made his Bundesliga debut in the first game of the 2011–12 season on 6 August 2011 against SC Freiburg; the game ended in a 2–2 home draw.[4] On 4 October 2011, Marcel De Jong suffered a knee injury that would keep him out of action for two months.[5] He returned to action as an unused substitute on 4 December 2011 during a 3–1 defeat to Schalke 04.[6] De Jong made his full return to the team the following week against Borussia Mönchengladbach; starting the game, he helped earn the team only their third victory of the campaign, winning 1–0. De Jong scored his first Bundesliga goal on 28 January 2012 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the game ended in a 2–2 home draw.[7] De Jong sustained an ankle injury in an early February draw against 1. FC Nürnberg, forcing him to have season-ending surgery on the ligaments.[8]
De Jong made his return from his injury 1 September 2012 in a 3–1 defeat to Schalke 04.[9] He scored his first goal of the season on 27 April 2013 against VfB Stuttgart in a 3–0 victory, De Jong came on as a sub and scored a minute after coming on.[10] Unsatisfied with his role as a reserve in the 2014–2015 season, De Jong and Augsburg agreed to terminate his contract in January 2015.[11]
United States
After an extended trial, De Jong signed with Sporting Kansas City ahead of the 2015 MLS season.[12] He made his debut against FC Dallas on 14 March.[13] On March 1, 2016 Sporting KC announced the club had terminated its contract with De Jong by mutual consent.
Canada
The day after being released by Sporting KC, De Jong signed with NASL club Ottawa Fury, joining fellow Canadian international teammate Julian de Guzman.[14]
International career
In the summer of 2005, De Jong played for the U-20 Canadian national team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. On 26 September 2007, just before his 21st birthday, De Jong decided to play for the Canadian national team instead of the Netherlands, reasoning that he would be more likely to earn a regular place in the Canada team than with the Netherlands.[citation needed]
He made his senior debut for Canada in a November 2007 friendly match against South Africa. De Jong scored his first goal for Canada in a 2–2 draw against Costa Rica on 10 July 2009. De Jong was selected for his second consecutive Gold Cup in May 2011, Canada failed to exit the group stage with a 1–1–1 record.[15]
International goals
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 July 2009 | FIU Stadium, Miami, United States | Costa Rica | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
2 | 9 September 2014 | BMO Field, Toronto, Canada | Jamaica | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
3 | 13 October 2015 | RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States | Ghana | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
- FC Augsburg
- 2. Bundesliga Runner-up (Promotion to the Bundesliga): 2010–11
- Sporting Kansas City
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup winner : 2015
Personal life
Born in Canada to Dutch parents, De Jong moved to the Netherlands at the age of five and did not return to Canada until he was selected by the Canada U17 national soccer team in 2003.[16]
Gallery
References
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- ↑ http://fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?id=/index/news/allenews/data17523.htm&scroll=scrollpage_time11726
- ↑ http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2015/03/sporting-kansas-city-signs-canadian-mens-national-team-defender-marcel-de-jong
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- ↑ http://www.impactsoccer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=221&p=933
External links
- MLS player profile
- Marcel de Jong at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Dutch league stats – Voetbal International (Dutch)
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario
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- Association football midfielders
- Canadian soccer players
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- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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- Helmond Sport players
- Roda JC players
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- Eerste Divisie players
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- Bundesliga players
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