Christian Kum

Christian " Chris " Kum (* September 13, 1985 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany ) is a Dutch- German football player. He stands at the Dutch Ehrendivisionär SC Heerenveen under contract. He holds both Dutch and German citizenship.

Career

The son of a German and a Dutch woman went with one and a half years from Hessen in the Netherlands. He played in the youth of DSO in the satellite town of Zoetermeer on the outskirts of The Hague. From here he moved to the youth of Feyenoord Rotterdam. While he had achieved in DSO even as a center forward many goals, he was the defender retrained at Feyenoord, but remained second choice and hardly used. He therefore went back to an amateur club, the RVC from Rijswijk.

When RVC him discovered those responsible for ADO Den Haag. In the second half of the season 2005/ 06 the 20 -year-old made ​​his debut in the Eredivisie. In the home game against PSV he replaced in central defense after an injury not yet back in shape -down Spira Grujic. Only two more missions followed this season. However, over the next two seasons Kum became a fixture in the ADO defense - be it as a central defender, be it on one of the wings. Especially after relegation in 2007 he knew to convince the team of coach Wiljan Vloet in the Eerste Divisie - so much so that Foppe de Haan appointed him as the only second division player in the extended squad of his team for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Due to an ankle injury, missed Kum preparing with the national team, so he is one of the four players was ultimately who remained on call in the Netherlands. With his club he joined in that year direct again in the Eredivisie.

After two seasons in the lower realms of the Eredivisie followed for ADO in the 2010/11 season under coach John van den Brom, an unexpected upturn. Kum took place from January to the " field of view " the ranking of Germans abroad of Kicker sports magazine.

For the first time since 1987, ADO Den Haag qualified 2011 for a UEFA competition, albeit only. Due to a penalty shootout after two spectacular games in the playoffs against FC Groningen, each the home team won 5-1 This Kum collected at club level first international experience; However, different from ADO in the third qualifying round.

For the season 2012/13 moved to Kum trained by Marco van Basten SC Heerenveen.