Siem de Jong

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Siem de Jong
Personal information
Full name	Siem de Jong
Date of birth	January 28, 1989 (1989-01-28) (age 19)
Place of birth	Aigle, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ajax
Number	38
Youth clubs
2001-2005 2005-2007	DZC '68 De Graafschap Jong Ajax
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-	Ajax	28 (2)
National team2
2006- 2007 2007-	Netherlands U19 Netherlands U21 Netherlands	6 (2) 5 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 18 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Siem de Jong, (born 28 January 1989 in Aigle, Switzerland) is a Dutch football player who currently plays for Ajax.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Ajax 2.1 Summary 2.1.1 Season 2007-2008 2.2 Games 3 Holland Under 19 3.1 Summary 3.2 Games 4 Holland Under 21 4.1 Summary 4.1.1 Season 2007-2008 4.2 Games 5 Total Record 6 Milestones 6.1 Club Teams 6.2 International Teams 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Biography

Siem de Jong started his football career at the Doetinchem amateur club DZC'68 and was scouted by De Graafschap, when he was 12. Siem grew up in Doetinchem and graduated from the same school (het Rietveld Lyceum) as Guus Hiddink, Paul Bosvelt and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, which grants him immediate university access (he has considered studying economics). He played with De Graafschap until 2005, when he was picked up by the Ajax youth academy.

[edit] Ajax

[edit] Summary

Siem de Jong is one of the many talented players brought up by the Ajax Youth System, known as the Toekomst. Aged 19 and already playing for the Ajax 1 team, Henk ten Cate did and Adrie Koster does put a lot of trust into his youth. Also having signed Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Robbert Schilder, Mitchell Donald, Gregory van der Wiel, Jeffrey Sarpong, Vurnon Anita and John Goossens, it is clear that Siem de Jong is a player with potential for the future. At age 19, he extended his contract with Ajax to June 2013. ^[1]

[edit] Season 2007-2008

Siem de Jong went to his first Ajax game when they played Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Cup. On the 26th of September 2007, he made his debut under coach Henk ten Cate in the first team of Ajax in the game Kozakken Boys - Ajax (1-2 a.e.t.) after subbing for Jan Vertonghen (80'). He was only 18 years old when he made his debut and his first goal for Ajax. In his first Eredivisie game, he came on as substitute in the away game against Sparta Rotterdam. With his goal in injury time, he helped his side to a 2-2 draw, helping Ajax to 1 point. His other goal was of even more importance, scoring against Feyenoord in "De Klassieker", a famous Dutch football match. In 2007-08, he was one of the youngest players and the only player under 20 years old to play more than 20 games. ^[2] In the game against Willem II (4-1 win) he got an injury in his leg, the first injury of the season. This made him miss all the games from March 16 onward (the very important games PSV-Ajax, FC Twente-Ajax and SC Heerenveen-Ajax). He recovered from this injury in early April, returning fit for the match against De Graafschap. He did not start that game, but he was substituted in in the 81st minute for Edgar Davids. The season did not finish nicely for Ajax. They finished second in the Eredivisie and in the play-offs were stopped by FC Twente to go the UEFA Champion's League.

[edit] Games

Siem de Jong has played 22 games in the shirt of Ajax as number 38. He has scored a total of 2 goals, against Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam.

• A Green Box indicates a win by Ajax, the team Siem de Jong is currently active for.
• A Gray Box indicates a tie by Ajax, the team Siem de Jong is currently active for. A game is considered a tie if the score is even after 90 minutes. A loss in penalty shoot outs does not count as a loss.
• A Red Box indicates a loss by Ajax, the team Siem de Jong is currently active for.

Season 2007-2008
No.	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Action of Siem de Jong	Game Type
1	September 26 2007	Kozakken Boys	1-2 (a.e.t.)	Ajax	Substitute in 80th minute	KNVB Cup
2	October 7 2007	Sparta Rotterdam	2-2	Ajax	Substitute in 84th minute, scored 90th minute	Eredivisie
3	October 28 2007	FC Utrecht	0-1	Ajax	Starter	Eredivisie
4	October 31 2007	Ajax	3-1	SC Heereveen	Starter	KNVB Cup
5	November 4 2007	Ajax	4-2	Roda JC	Starter	Eredivisie
6	November 11 2007	Ajax	2-2	Feyenoord	Substitute in 62nd minute, scored in 67th minute	Eredivisie
7	November 25 2007	Ajax	4-1	Vitesse	Starter	Eredivisie
8	December 2 2007	Ajax	1-3	NAC Breda	Starter, sustituted out in 58th minute	Eredivisie
9	December 8 2007	Willem II	2-3	Ajax	Starter, substituted out in 75th minute	Eredivisie
10	December 23 2007	Excelsior	2-1	Ajax	Substitute in the 84th minute	Eredivisie
11	December 27 2007	Ajax	2-2	FC Twente	Starter	Eredivisie
12	December 30 2007	VVV Venlo	2-2	Ajax	Starter	Eredivisie
13	January 5 2007	Inter Milan	2-2 (3-2 P.S.O)	Ajax	Substitute in 45th minute, scored in P.S.O.	Dubai Cup Semifinals
14	January 7 2007	Vfb Stuttgart	1-0	Ajax	Starter	Dubai Cup Third Place Playoff
15	January 13 2007	Ajax	6-1	AZ Alkmaar	Starter, substituted out in 45th minute	Eredivisie
16	January 16 2007	NAC Breda	4-2	Ajax	Substitute in 46th minute	KNVB Cup
17	January 20 2007	NEC Neimegen	1-1	Ajax	Substituted in 46th minute	Eredivisie
18	January 23 2007	Ajax	2-0	FC Utrecht	Starter	Eredivisie
19	January 27 2007	Vitesse	2-2	Ajax	Substituted in 68th minute	Eredivisie
20	February 10 2007	Roda JC	2-1	Ajax	Starter	Eredivisie
21	February 14 2007	NAC Breda	2-3	Ajax	Substituted in 67th minute	Eredivisie
22	March 2 2007	Ajax	4-0	Excelsior	Starter	Eredivisie
23	March 16 2007	Ajax	4-1	Willem II	Starter, substituted out 71st minute	Eredivisie
Injury (March 16 to April 4 2008)
24	April 6 2008	Ajax	4-1	De Graafschap	Substituted in 81st minute	Eredivisie
25	April 16 2008	FC Groningen	1-2	Ajax	Substituted in 61st minute	Eredivisie
26	April 20 2008	Ajax	5-1	Heracles Almelo	Substituted in the 64th minute	Eredivisie
27	May 1 2008	SC Heerenveen	1-2	Ajax	Substituted in 51st minute	Eredivisie (Play offs)
28	May 18 2008	Ajax	0-0	FC Twente	Substituted in 75th minute	Eredivisie (Play offs)

[edit] Holland Under 19

[edit] Summary

De Jong is also active in the Holland Under 19. He started his career in spring 2007, his first game against Czech Republic (0-2 win). He played three games there but Holland did not qualify for the Under 19 Championship. In the next qualifying campaign he was more successful. He has played three games and scored in two of them. He scored in the qualifying campaign for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship once in his debut game in 83rd minute against Georgia (2-0 win). He started the second game but did not score. In the final game, against Norway, he scored in the 15th minute (3-1 loss). In total Siem de Jong has played six games for Holland Under 19. ^[3]

[edit] Games

No.	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Action of Siem de Jong	Game Type
1	May 15 2007	Czech Republic Under 19	0-2	Holland Under 19	Starter, substituted out in 75th minute	Continental Qualifier
2	May 17 2007	England Under 19	1-2	Holland Under 19	Starter	Continental Qualifier
3	May 20 2007	Russia Under 19	0-0	Holland Under 19	Substituted in 67th minute	Continental Qualifier
4	October 18 2007	Holland Under 19	2-1	Georgia Under 19	Starter, scored in 83rd minute	Continental Qualifier
5	October 20 2007	Holland Under 19	2-0	Latvia Under 19	Starter	Continental Qualifier
6	October 23 2007	Holland Under 19	1-3	Norway Under 19	Starter, scored in 11th minute	Continental Qualifier

[edit] Holland Under 21

[edit] Summary

[edit] Season 2007-2008

On November 12, 2007 Siem de Jong was called up to the Netherlands U21 bij Foppe de Haan for the game against FYR Macedonia. The game was played on November 16, 2007. On November 17, 2007 Foppe de Haan stated that Siem de Jong was no longer in the selection for Netherlands U21. ^{[4] [5]} However, on February 5, 2007, Foppe de Haan said that he would call up Siem de Jong for the Olympic Games in China. De Jong was selected for the lost friendly against Italy in Italy, in which he started. Because of his injury in March, he missed the qualifying game against Estonia (3-0 win). His replacement was Jonathan de Guzman. He recovered from this injury in early April, so coach Foppe de Haan put him back in the team.

[edit] Games

Siem de Jong has played some games for Netherlands U21 in which he did not score. The following games include games from the Under-21 team as well as the Olympic team (see Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics), which is the Netherlands U21 team that won the 2007 U-21 European Championship plus three dispensation players.

No.	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Action of Siem de Jong	Game Type
1	November 16 2007	Netherlands U21	1-0	FYR Macedonia	Starter	Continental Qualifier
2	February 5 2007	Italy U21	2-1	Netherlands U21	Starter	International Friendly
Injury (March 16 to April 4 2008)
3	May 24 2008	Netherlands U21	0-1	Switzerland U21	Substituted in 62nd minute	Continental Qualifier
4	May 27 2008	France U21	2-1	Netherlands U21	Substituted in 62nd minute	International Friendly
5	June 2 2008	Portugal U21	0-2	Netherlands U21	Substituted in 42nd minute	International Friendly

[edit] Total Record

These statistics only apply with competition games in professional leagues. In the case of Siem de Jong, this means that the only games that apply are the games he has played with Ajax in the Eredivisie, and with Holland U19 and with Holland U21. Any other youth teams do not apply. It does not include any of his youth teams, such as Ajax Juniors (Jong Ajax) or De Graafschap Juniors or DZC '68

Club
Team	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cup		International Cups		Total
		Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals
Ajax	2007-2008	23	2	3	0	2	0	28	2
Grand Total	All	23	2	3	0	2	0	28	2
International
Team	Season	Int'l Qualifiers		Int'l Tournaments		Friendlies		Total
		Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals
Holland Under 19	2006-2007	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Holland Under 19	2007-2008	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
Netherlands U21	2007-2008	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
Grand Total	All	8	2	0	0	3	0	11	2

Statistics correct as of June 2 2008.

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Club Teams

These statistics only apply with competition games in professional leagues. In the case of Siem de Jong, this means that the only games that apply are the games he has played with Ajax in the Eredivisie. It does not include any of his youth teams, such as Ajax Juniors (Jong Ajax) or De Graafschap Juniors or DZC '68

Club Teams
Game Totals			Scoring Totals
Milestone	Date	Game	Milestone	Date	Game
Professional Debut	September 26 2007	Kozakken Boys 1-2 (a.e.t) Ajax	First Goal	October 7 2007	Sparta 2-2 Ajax
10th game	December 23 2007	Excelsior 2-1 Ajax
25th game	April 16 2008	FC Groningen 1-2 Ajax

[edit] International Teams

Game Totals			Scoring Totals
Milestone	Date	Game	Milestone	Date	Game
U-19 Debut	May 15 2007	Czech Republic 1-2 Netherlands	U19 First Goal	October 18 2007	Netherlands 2-1 Georgia
U21 Debut	November 16 2007	Netherlands 1-0 FYR Macedonia

[edit] References

1. ^ Siem de Jong langer bij Ajax. Ajax (2008-1-15). Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
2. ^ Alle Wedstrijden. Ajax (2007-11-11). Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
3. ^ UEFA Under 19 Euro Championships Qualifiers Group 8. UEFA (2007-10-23). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
4. ^ Oranje Nieuws. KNVB (2007-11-17). Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
5. ^ De Haan roept Bakkal op en laat De Jong gaan. Voetbal International (2007-11-17). Retrieved on 2007-11-17.

[edit] External links

• Ajax interview with Siem (Dutch)
• News item describing Ajax's tradition of scoring debutants like Kluivert, Wooter, van Basten and Cruijff (Dutch)
• De Jong presented with Ajax Talent of the year award (Dutch)

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Preceded by Donovan Slijngard	AFC Ajax Talent of the year 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent