Aron Winter

Aron Winter

Winter pictured in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Aron Mohamed Winter
Date of birth	(1967-03-01) 1 March 1967 (age 50)
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ajax (U-19 manager)
Youth career
0000–1985	SV Lelystad
1985–1986	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1992	Ajax	187	(46)
1992–1996	Lazio	123	(21)
1996–1999	Internazionale	77	(1)
1999–2003	Ajax	51	(4)
2001–2002	→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)	32	(1)
Total		469	(73)
National team
1987–2000	Netherlands	84	(6)
Teams managed
2005–2009	Ajax A1 (assistant)
2007–2009	Ajax A2
2011–2012	Toronto FC
2014–2016	Netherlands U-19
2016–	Ajax (U-19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Aron Mohamed Winter (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːrɔn ˈʋɪntər], English approximation [VIN-ter]; born 1 March 1967) is a retired Dutch football midfielder and current head coach of the Ajax Under-19 squad. He has played for Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands, for Italian sides Lazio and Internazionale, and for the Netherlands national team.

He began his career with amateur club VV Unicum in Lelystad, moved on to SV Lelystad, and the same year joined AFC Ajax at the age of 19. His first game for Ajax was a match against FC Utrecht on 6 April 1986, which Ajax won 3–0. Winter won two KNVB Cups (1987 and 1988), the Eredivisie title (1990), the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1987) and the UEFA Cup (1992)

In 1992, he moved to the Roman team Lazio, playing his first match against Sampdoria on 6 September, which Lazio tied 3–3.

In 1996, Winter joined Inter Milan which won the UEFA Cup in 1998. He had also played in the previous year's final, with the game going to penalties. However, Winter missed his penalty as Inter lost to Schalke.

In 2001, he was loaned out to Sparta Rotterdam. He played 32 games for Sparta Rotterdam and scored one goal before finishing his career at Ajax, where he chose to retire.