Dwight Tiendalli
Dwight Tiendalli in 2010
Dwight Tiendalli Marciano (born 21 October 1985 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch footballer who is employed as a defender while mostly occurs as a left or right outer appearance. He is currently at Swansea City under contract.
Club career
About Ajax Amsterdam for FC Utrecht
Tiendalli was born in 1985 in the former Dutch colony of Suriname to the north of South America. There he made the first steps in youth football before he emigrated with his family to the Netherlands, where he began his actual club career until 2001, having previously been local experience, including at Amsterdamsche FC collected. He was recorded in 2001 in the youth department of Ajax Amsterdam, where he remained until 2004. Already at that time he celebrated with the prestigious youth department of the Dutch some major successes, but came though the age of almost 19 years, never in the first team of the club, but stayed towards the end, almost exclusively in the reserve team of the club. In 2004, finally did a transfer to FC Utrecht, where he was beginning, however, also used in the offspring, but made the jump to the professional squad in the same year. He finally graduated on December 19, 2004 his first professional league use when he came off the bench in a 1-0 home victory over FC Den Bosch in the 75th minute for Joost Broerse. In the rest of the season was followed by other missions, where he stood in only his third appearance already have the entire game on the pitch and scored on his fourth match, a 1-0 away win over RBC Roosendaal, his first professional hit. By the end of the 2004 /05 Tiendalli could look back on eleven championship stakes, in which he scored a hit, and ended up also with the team in the final ranking also ranked 11th
In the following season 2005/06 Tiendalli could excel as a true regular players already and has been used in a total of 29 league games in which he scored two goals, including one in a 1-0 victory over Ajax Amsterdam, and with the team end of the season on the decent sixth place. In order for the team to participate in the play-off was entitled to the first round of the UEFA Cup in 2006/ 07, however, this difference clearly with a score of 1:5 against FC Twente Enschede out. Then Tiendalli came to the 2006/07 season in another league match of FC Utrecht over the full duration of the use, before he was transferred to Feyenoord Rotterdam in August 2006 before the transfer deadline. He was transferred for a rumored transfer fee of 1.5 million euros for the most club to Rotterdam, where he signed a four year contract. Earlier this year, already other clubs like Celta Vigo and Espanyol had expressed an interest in Tiendalli, who signed a new contract with Utrecht until the spring of 2005. Furthermore, also showed interest in Real Betis young right-winger and wanted to provide an estimated transfer fee of one million euros.
Bad luck with injuries and only reserve at Feyenoord
After his contract signing at the Rotterdam giants he was by the end inserted in twelve league games, before an inflammation of the groin drew upon that made him out of action for several months. Only shortly before the end of the season he was still employed in a championship game. Furthermore, he made it to this season on his debut in a European Cup competition, as it was used among others in three games of the UEFA Cup in 2006/ 07. The team made it into this competition to the Round of where it was not allowed to compete, however, since it has previously been disqualified by UEFA because of the riots on 30 November 2006 in the Away match against AS Nancy from any further participation. After he was still unable to properly recover from his injury, Tiendalli was finally released in the current season on loan at Premier League rivals and city rivals Sparta Rotterdam. The team, which was coached at this time by his former Utrecht coach Foeke Booy, he only joined in January 2008, was used until the end of the season in 13 league games and was up to the end of the season with the team in a relegation battle involved, which can, however, with a 13th place still managed to ward. While Tiendalli was active in Sparta, Feyenoord won this season the KNVB Cup in 2007 /08.
After his return to the reigning Dutch Cup winner, born in Suriname footballer was indeed used often, but could not celebrate the hoped-for breakthrough. In its 22 championship games he graduated in 2008/ 09, he took part in eight games as a substitute. The success with Feyenoord remained from this season. After a Achtelfinalaus against SC Heerenveen in the Cup, the team also came in the League zoom only on the seventh place and also different in the play-off for the first round of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 clearly against NAC Breda. Nevertheless, he was able to participate with Feyenoord in the UEFA Cup 2008/ 09, where it was used in three matches and was eliminated with the team already in the group stage as the last of the group H from the current competition. After the expiry of his contract Tiendalli was brought a free transfer from Premier League rivals Twente Enschede in the team.
Change to Twente Enschede
After the successful switch to Enschede, the previously plagued by injuries -back quickly established and brought it up to the end of the season 2009/10, even 26 Championship appearances. It is also the first goal of the season he managed for more than two years. This he scored 25 October 2009 in a 4-0 victory over FC Groningen. For Tiendalli the season was to measure. In addition to the numerous operations he managed the team to the end of the season to the first table space with a projection of a point on nearest rival Ajax Amsterdam and already eight points clear of the third party, PSV Eindhoven. Although Ajax verzeichnent with 86 gates more than twice as large as Twente goal difference ( 40) could Twente scored the first Dutch league title in the club's history. In addition, the team was able to win the subsequent Supercup against Cup winners Ajax after a de - Jong- gate 1-0 after Ajax star striker Suárez had to leave early due to a red card the game before half-time. Furthermore Tiendalli this season his debut in the discharged under a new name UEFA Europa League. For Twente came it was used in two sixteenth -finals and in each case over the full duration of the game against Werder Bremen, where, however, after a 1-0 victory in the first leg with 1:4 went down in the second leg, and thus had to leave the competition. In the above took place group stage of the full-back was not yet used.
The 2010/11 season was very successful for Tiendalli and his team. So he took the team to the UEFA Champions League 2010/11 part where you were, however, inferior in the group stage against Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan, but took third place just ahead of Werder Bremen and thus a further participation in the UEFA Europa League 2010/11 secured. Tiendalli itself was used in three Champions League matches against each group opponent in Group A. In the league defender missed much of the season and brought it up to date (as of April 2, 2011 ) to only 15 goalless Championship appearances. He acted towards the end, often only as a substitute, Wober he often came into play only for a few minutes. In addition Tiendalli was in Europa League first leg against Villarreal in use, which could clearly decide with a 5-1 thrashing of the Spaniards. Here, the left and right exterior was used over the full period of 90 minutes. He extended at the end of the season his commitment at FC Twente to another season.
Change in the Premier League
After Tiendallis contract had expired in Twente end of the season, he signed on 10 September 2012 in Swansea City a contract until the end of season.
National team career
His active career as a junior national team of the Netherlands began Tiendalli about the year 2001, when he first made its appearance for the Dutch U- 17 team. He participated with the team in qualifying for the U-17 European Championship in Denmark in 2002, for which the team ultimately could also qualify. In the European Championship finals but the Netherlands were knocked out in the group stage; Tiendalli stood in the line-up of his home country. In addition, he completed games for the U-19 national team of the Netherlands, with which he was able to qualify among other things for the Junior World Championships in 2005 in their own country. In the course of the competition Tiendalli was used in all five games of his team and was eliminated with the U-20 finally in the quarter -finals on penalties with 9:10 to Nigeria from. In addition to the U -20 team he was about from 2005 to 2006 used in the squad of the Dutch U-21 national team, for whom he has also been used in numerous games and also at the U-21 European Championship in Portugal. There, the Netherlands were able to dominate in many parts of the tournament and clearly prevail in the final game against the age colleagues from Ukraine 3-0. For the Netherlands this meant the first victory in a U -21 Championship; Tiendalli acted over the entire tournament across as a regular in the defensive line of the Dutch. After winning the European Championship almost no international appearances followed for more Tiendalli, who was also elected at the end of the Championship to the team of the tournament.