Bruma with PSV in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma | ||
Date of birth | 13 November 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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VfL Wolfsburg | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Feyenoord | ||
2007–2009 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Chelsea | 4 | (0) |
2011 | → Leicester City (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2011–2013 | → Hamburger SV (loan) | 40 | (3) |
2013–2016 | PSV | 94 | (7) |
2016– | VfL Wolfsburg | 14 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Netherlands U17 | 11 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (0) |
2009–2013 | Netherlands U21 | 19 | (0) |
2010– | Netherlands | 25 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016 (UTC) |
Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma (born 13 November 1991), commonly known as Jeffrey Bruma (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛfri ˈbrymaː]), is a Dutch association football player who plays for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a centre back.
Bruma joined Chelsea's youth setup from Feyenoord at the age of 15 for a fee of £100,000, and was making appearances for the reserve team by the age of 16. In the 2007–08 season, Bruma played centre back in every round of the FA Youth Cup run to the final and made the most amount of appearances in the youth league. Bruma also played for the Netherlands U-21 national team.
In September 2009, Bruma was added to Chelsea's UEFA Champions League squad and was on the bench against Porto. On 13 October 2009, Bruma made his debut for the Netherlands U-21 national football team in an Under-21 Championship qualifying game victory over Poland. Eleven days later, Bruma made his Premier League debut for Chelsea, coming on as a substitute in a 5–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers.
On 2 December 2009, Bruma made his League Cup debut, coming on as a substitute for Juliano Belletti in the quarter final in a match against Blackburn Rovers, a match which Chelsea later lost on penalties.