Sergio van Dijk

Serginho van Dijk Sergio van Dijk or shortly ( born August 6, 1982 in Assen ) is an Indonesian- Dutch footballer who plays for Persib Bandung in Indonesia Super League in Indonesia since 2013.

Career

He began his career at LTC Assen. Later he moved to the youth of the FC Groningen until he was pulled into the first team in 1999. There, however, he could not prevail, which is why he went to Helmond Sport in 2002. After only three years it took him to FC Emmen. With both clubs him no promotion to the Eredivisie, the highest Dutch league.

On 16 June 2008 he went abroad and joined the Australian club Brisbane Roar (then Queensland Roar ), where he signed a two-year contract after seeing him Scouts in late May during a test match against Redlands United in which he scored two goals. Van Dijk came at the beginning of the season is not right inside the team, but one goal and six assists in ten games were a satisfactory yield. But at the end of the season he silenced the Krtitiker with nine goals this season. On 17 January 2009, he scored in a 3-1 win over Sydney FC a hat-trick and was the first player from his club, which such an ever succeeded.

On 11 February 2010 he moved to league rivals Adelaide United, where he initially only a six - month contract was to help Adelaide in the AFC Champions League. His debut, he played two weeks later in a 1-0 victory over the Pohang Steelers from South Korea. His first goal he scored on the second matchday of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Shandong Luneng of China. On March 14, he signed a three -year contract with Adelaide. On 21 January 2011, he scored another hat- trick in a 8-1 win over North Queensland Fury. With sixteen gates during the A-League 2010/11 he won the top scorer.

Early 2013, he moved to Indonesia to Persib Bandung.

National

On 19 July 2010 it was announced that he was eligible to play for the Indonesian national football team because his grandfather is from Indonesia. But at a meeting with Indonesian association representatives, he learned that he would give up his Dutch citizenship since dual citizenship in Indonesia is not allowed. At first he refused to leave his other nationality, as most of his family is from the Netherlands. Eventually he gave up his Dutch citizenship to play for Indonesia. He has already received his Indonesian passport.

Others

His first name Serginho is a tribute to the Brazilian football player Serginho Chulapa, who played in the Football World Cup 1982 in Brazil. His mother was at that time a big fan of Brazil. Van Dijk is a so-called Dutch Indonesian, that is, a parent has Indonesian roots.

Van Dijk has a fashion label called Sixlovesnine.

Achievements

• Scorer in the A-League 2010/11 ( 16 goals)
• Nomination in the PFA Team of the Year: 2010/11