Jerry de Jong

Jerry Murrien de Jong ( born August 29, 1964 in Paramaribo ) is a former Surinamese - Dutch footballer. He was active for PSV Eindhoven, FC Groningen and MVV Maastricht in the Eredivisie and for SM Caen in the French Division 1; three times he was employed in the Dutch national team. His son Nigel is also national football team.

Career

Association

Jerry de Jong began at SDW in Amsterdam, to play football. As a youth he was active in AZ'67; together with Paul Nortan, Fred Patrick and Sigi Lens he made in Alkmaar De Zwarte young brigade, the "black brigade " of players of Surinamese descent. The professional career of the defender started in 1984 when Telstar second division, 95 games for which he made in three and a half seasons, where he scored eight goals. In the season 1987/88 he moved to league rivals sc Heerenveen, for which he 50 times (two goals) in the Eerste divisie took until the end of the following season. 1989 took him to PSV Eindhoven under contract. In his first season in the top division he could not prevail and only came on three missions. The following season, he ran 29 times for PSV; in this period were also its use in Oranje. However, in the season 1991/92 he had to leave then its place in the defensive stalwarts like Eric Gerets and Adri van Tiggelen, who joined from Anderlecht to PSV. In the 1992/93 season he was loaned for six months to league rivals FC Groningen, where he was used twelve times. In his five years at PSV he came to a total of 54 league inserts and eight European games. Twice he was with PSV master, Cup Winners' Cup once and once Supercup winner.

For the season 1994/95 he went to France to Caen, but was unable to establish itself in Division 1. After just one year he moved, after the descent of Caen, back to the Eerste Divisie for FC Eindhoven. Here he became a regular player in his second season and received an offer of MVV, in which he made his " second spring " experienced at the age of 33 years. In three years he made to the descent of Maastricht 90 more games with nine goals in the Eredivisie. After the descent, he was again a few months active in the Eerste Divisie MVV, before it came to a head: the MVV fired his team captain, after it became known that wanted to stand out Emerson money with the bank card of his fellow members. Allegedly, he had lost his fortune in gambling.

Stations

  • SDW Amsterdam (Youth)
  • AZ'67 (youth up to 1984)
  • Telstar (1984 to 1987), Eerste Divisie: 95 games, eight goals
  • Sc Heerenveen (1988 to 1989) Eerste Divisie: 50 games, two goals
  • PSV Eindhoven ( 1989-1994 ) Eredivisie: 54 games, two goals FC Groningen (borrowed in 1992/93 ) Eredivisie: twelve games, no goals

National

During the 1990/91 season de Jong of Rinus Michels Bondscoach was used three times in the Dutch national team. All three games - against Greece, Malta and against Finland - were European Championship qualifiers, all three won Oranje " to zero ". Since de Jong then barely came into use at PSV, he was no longer appointed to the Oranje. When Nigel de Jong made ​​his debut in Oranje on 31 March 2004, it was the seventh time that a son followed his father into the Dutch national team.

Achievements

  • Dutch champion: 1991, 1992
  • Dutch Cup winner: 1990
  • Dutch Supercup: 1993
  • Three 'A' matches ( no hit) for the Netherlands

Private

Jerry de Jong was 20 years old and just turned pro, as his son Nigel was born. He left his wife and son when he just joined the football academy of Ajax Amsterdam; Nigel's mother raised her son alone, the two were on welfare. As of 2007, Jerry de Jong made ​​with 43 ​​years of training as a social worker in the municipality of Eindhoven in the neighborhood Erdal district.

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