Jan-Arie van der Heijden

Jan- Arie van der Heijden

Jan- Arie van der Heijden ( born March 3, 1988 in Schoonhoven ) is a Dutch football player. Since summer 2011, the defensive midfielder is the Dutch first division club Vitesse Arnhem under contract.

Career

Association

Van der Heijden, mostly used on the left side of midfield, made ​​his league debut for the first team of AFC Ajax in Amsterdam on November 4, 2007 against Roda JC. During the season, he came only to another use. In March 2008, the club extended with him until 2013. When coach Marco van Basten, however, he had little chance of further operations. Therefore, in the summer of 2009 he moved on loan to Premier League rivals Willem II In the relegation candidates, he became in subsequent seasons for regular players. After the descent of Tilburg he initially returned to Ajax before he signed a two year contract with the SBV Vitesse Arnhem in August 2011. Arnhem coach John van den Brom had previously worked together in the youth of AFC Ajax with van der Heijden.

National

Van der Heijden was national player of the Dutch U -20 team. Previously, he was already playing for other youth teams from the Netherlands and participated with the U17 at the 2005 U -17 World Cup. 2009, the midfielder was named in the squad for the U-21 tournament in Toulon.