Jasper Cillessen

Jasper Cillessen, 2011

Jasper Cillessen ( born April 22, 1989 in Groesbeek ) is a Dutch football goalkeeper. Since the summer of 2011, he is the Dutch first division club Ajax Amsterdam under contract.

Career

Jasper Cillessen began in his home town of Groesbeek, near the German border, the football club De Treffers with the football game when he was only seven years old. At twelve, he was inducted into the Football School VoetbalAcademie NEC / FC Oss, where he spent the other youth. In March 2008, he received his first professional contract with NEC and played in the youth team Jong NEC. In August 2008, he came under coach Mario Been in a friendly match against a Rhenenser selection for the first time in the first team to use. 2010, his contract was extended for two years. In the pre-season 2010, he was allowed to stand in several games between the posts. Since the beginning of the season 2010/11 he was a member of the Eredivisie squad of Nijmeger.

After goalkeeper Gábor Babos had contracted at the beginning of the season a back injury, the young goalkeeper jumped on matchday against sc Heerenveen a first time. The 1.87 meter tall Cillessen remained from then on for the rest of the season the number one goal of the NEC He played so much that the Nijmeger attracted a contract option, and bound him until 2014 to the association. End of April 2011, he was shearing monies to succeed his fellow goalkeeper Piet Velthuizen football player of the year.

In August 2011 Cillessen moved within the Dutch Eredivisie NEC Nijmegen Ajax Amsterdam.

National

Cillessen was appointed on 10 October 2010 for the first time in the Jong Oranje coach Cor Pot, after Tim Krul had hurt, but did not play. He did not get more vocations, as he had for the following competitions already crossed the age limit for U-21 players. In May 2011, Bond coach Bert van Marwijk called the 22 -year-olds for the first time in the extended squad of the national team.