Nigel de Jong
Nigel de Jong ( born November 30, 1984 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch footballer who is mainly used as a defensive midfielder. Since August 2012, he is under contract with AC Milan.
He is the son of Jerry de Jong, who was also a professional footballer.
Career
De Jong, who played his entire youth at Ajax, made his professional debut on October 19, 2002 in a game against AZ Alkmaar, which ended 6-2. His debut for the Dutch national football team followed on 31 March 2004 against France. De Jong was also in the squad for the 2008 European Football Championship, where he completed three games.
In January 2006, de Jong moved to HSV and signed a four-year contract. The HSV paid for the player whose contract was due to expire at the end of the season, a transfer fee of 1.5 million euros at Ajax Amsterdam.
With his goal in the Champions League qualifier against CA Osasuna de Jong gave the Hamburger SV in August 2006, a place in the premier class.
After three years in Hamburg Nigel de Jong moved during the winter break of the season 2008/09 English Premier League club Manchester City and received a contract for 4.5 years. With revenues of approximately 19 million euros de Jong is the most expensive player, the HSV sold. On 1 May 2011 de Jong scored his first league goal then for Manchester City.
On August 31, 2012 de Jong moved for 5 million euros for AC Milan in the Serie A.
About Hard game and broken legs
In 2010, de Jong came through very hard fouls in the criticism. Only the Dutchman his opponent Stuart Holden broke in a friendly match against the United States in March unpunished the leg a few time later, he fell in the World Cup final of 2010 with a brutal kick in karate - style against the chest of the Spaniard Xabi Alonso, for which he only the yellow card saw. On October 3, 2010, he added in an official match of the Premier League Hatem Ben Arfa his opponent a double broken leg, which remained unpunished. He was then discharged for the upcoming games for the European Championship qualifier of the Dutch national team coach Bert van Marwijk for repeated rude way of playing.
Achievements
- 2004 Dutch Champion
- 2005 Dutch Supercup winner
- 2007 Intertoto Cup winner with the Hamburger SV
- 2010 World Cup runner-up with the Dutch national
- 2011 English Cup winner with Manchester City
- 2012 English Champion with Manchester City