Jean-Paul de Jong
Jean -Paul de Jong ( born October 17, 1970 in Utrecht ) is a former Dutch football player and current coach.
Playing career
In youth de Jong was active for some junior teams. Among other things, for the Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam Top and Ajax Amsterdam. About Arminia Bielefeld midfielder took to Germany. There he played in his first professional year at the then second division side VfL Osnabrück. He came to fourteen missions, but was mostly just change players. His debut in the then young players on Matchday 3, 19 July 1992 against FC Remscheid. After the team was clear after the 1992/93 season relegated, de Jong moved back to his hometown club FC Utrecht, the Netherlands. In the following fourteen years, de Jong has become one of the greatest performers of the team and was instrumental in their annual performance. Between 2002 and 2004, the FCU the final of the KNVB Cup reached three times in a row. After the first final was lost, was assured by the Cup in 2003 and 2004. During summer 2004, the win came in the game, to access the Johan Cruyff Schaal. In order for the FC Utrecht was the first club, in addition to the big three (Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven ), who secured the trophy. Due to its association connectedness, de Jong was crowd favorite and role model for the FCU- trailer. 2006 honored him with the fans of David di Tommaso trophy, the trophy for the best player of the season. In 2004 he was elected to second place in 2007 and again in third place.
After 370 games de Jong finished at the end of the 2007 /08 his active professional career. He is the player with the second most league appearances for FC Utrecht. Through its got on 22 April 2007 83 yellow card he pulled from Barry van Galen as the record holder for yellow cards. A week later, on 29 April 2007, the midfielder had his last competitive game appearance in the jersey of the FCU.
Successes as a player
Association
- KNVB Cup with FC Utrecht: 2003, 2004
- Johan Cruyff Schaal (Super Cup ) with FC Utrecht: 2004
Individually
- David di Tommaso Trophy: 2006
Coaching career
After the end of his playing career de Jong has been added to the coaching staff of FC Utrecht. Since 2007 /08, he is youth coach at the club.