Boy de Jong

Boy de Jong
Personal information
Full name Boy de Jong
Date of birth (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994
Place of birth Voorburg, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Telstar
Number 20
Youth career
ADO Den Haag
20072013 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20132014 Feyenoord 0 (0)
20132014Excelsior (loan) 0 (0)
20142016 PEC Zwolle 1 (0)
2016 Telstar 2 (0)
National team
20092010 Netherlands U16 5 (0)
20102011 Netherlands U17 14 (0)
2011 Netherlands U18 1 (0)
20122013 Netherlands U19 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2016.


Boy de Jong (born 10 April 1994) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Telstar in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.

Club career

De Jong was born in Voorburg and played in the youth teams of ADO Den Haag, before moving to Feyenoord, where he was a first-choice goalkeeper throughout Feyenoord's youth academy.[2] However, he was unable to find playing time for the first team, with Erwin Mulder and Kostas Lamprou ahead of him in the pecking order.[2] In June 2013, it was announced that De Jong would be loaned to Excelsior for one season in order to gain first-team experience.[3] However, he would only play one friendly match for Excelsior, as manager Jon Dahl Tomasson and his replacement Marinus Dijkhuizen both preferred Jordy Deckers as the starting goalkeeper.[2][4] De Jong criticised Feyenoord for not supporting him at Excelsior.[2][5]

In the summer of 2014, De Jong moved to PEC Zwolle on a free transfer, signing a contract for two seasons.[4][6] In his first season, he made no appearances as third-choice goalkeeper behind Warner Hahn and Kevin Begois. In the 2015–16 season, Hahn left Zwolle, but De Jong remained third-choice, behind Begois and new signing Mickey van der Hart.[7] Nevertheless, on 19 December 2015, De Jong made his debut in the Eredivisie in an away match against PSV, being substituted on after half an hour due to an injury to Begois.[8] PEC Zwolle manager Ron Jans considered his performance "a fine job."[8] De Jong made one more appearance during the season, starting in the Europa League play-offs away match against FC Utrecht, which they lost 5–2.[1] At the end of the season, his contract was not extended.[9]

On 23 June 2016, De Jong started training with SC Telstar.[10] On 29 July 2016, it was announced that both parties had agreed to a one-season contract.[11][12] De Jong made his debut for Telstar on 20 September 2016, playing in the KNVB Cup away match against JVC Cuijk (3–1 win).[1] Three days later, he made his Eerste Divisie league debut, replacing the injured Wesley Zonneveld in the fourth minute of the home match against FC Eindhoven (1–4 loss).[1][13] On 30 September, he started in the away match against FC Den Bosch, keeping the first clean sheet of his career as the game ended 0–0.[1]

International career

As a Feyenoord youth player, De Jong played in various Netherlands national youth teams.[14][15][16][17] He was the starting goalkeeper of the Netherlands team which was victorious at the 2011 European Under-17 Championship.[15]

Career statistics

As of 26 October 2016[1]
League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2013–14FeyenoordEredivisie00000000
2013–14Excelsior (loan)Eerste Divisie00000000
2014–15PEC ZwolleEredivisie0000000000
2015–1610001020
2016–17TelstarEerste Divisie20200040
Career total 3020001060

1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

2 Includes Johan Cruyff Shield and Play-off matches.

Honours

Club

PEC Zwolle

International

Netherlands U17

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Boy de Jong". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "'Geen toekomst voor Boy de Jong bij Feyenoord'" (in Dutch). FR-Fans.nl. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. "De Jong van Feyenoord naar Excelsior" (in Dutch). Goal.com. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Doelman Boy de Jong naar PEC Zwolle" (in Dutch). RTV Rijnmond. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. "Teleurgestelde Boy de Jong vertrekt bij Feyenoord" (in Dutch). FR12.nl. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  6. "PEC Zwolle haalt bij Feyenoord nieuwe doelman op" (in Dutch). Voetbalzone.nl. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. "Doelman Boy de Jong van PEC Zwolle komt terug op 'onprofessionele tweets'" (in Dutch). RTV Oost. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Boy de Jong blijft kalm bij debuut tegen PSV" (in Dutch). AD.nl. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  9. "PEC licht opties in contracten Begois, Marinus en Marcellis" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  10. "Doelman Boy de Jong start seizoen bij Telstar" (in Dutch). FOX Sports. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  11. "Telstar versterkt zich met doelman Boy de Jong" (in Dutch). FOX Sports. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  12. "Boy de Jong sluit aan bij de selectie" (in Dutch). SC Telstar. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  13. "Keeper Zonneveld heeft lichte hersenschudding" (in Dutch). RTV NH. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  14. "Speler: Boy de Jong | OnsOranje" (in Dutch). OnsOranje. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Speler: Boy de Jong | OnsOranje" (in Dutch). OnsOranje. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  16. "Speler: Boy de Jong | OnsOranje" (in Dutch). OnsOranje. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  17. "Speler: Boy de Jong | OnsOranje" (in Dutch). OnsOranje. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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