John Heitinga
Heitinga training with the Netherlands in 2008
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| Full name | John Gijsbert Alan Heitinga | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1990 | ARC | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–2001 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Ajax | 152 | (17) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Atlético Madrid | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Everton | 115 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Fulham | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Hertha BSC | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Ajax | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 324 | (24) | |||||||||||||
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| 2004–2013 | Netherlands | 87 | (7) | ||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2015 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2015 (UTC).
John Gijsbert Alan "Johnny" Heitinga (born 15 November 1983) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a centre back. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he played for their first squad from 2001 to 2008. After a one-year spell at Atlético Madrid in Spain, he signed for Everton in 2009. Joining Fulham for six months in January 2014, he then signed with German side Hertha BSC the following Summer, signing a two-year deal with the club from Berlin. In June 2015 he returned to his first club Ajax.
Since his debut for Dutch national team in February 2004, Heitinga has over 85 caps, and he has represented his country at two World Cups (2006 and 2010) and three European Championships (2004, 2008, and 2012). In 2008, Heitinga was named Dutch Footballer of the Year. He is of mixed Dutch and Indo ancestry.
Heitinga was part of the AFC Ajax youth team before making his debut for the first team on 26 August 2001 against Feyenoord. He was part a new wave of talent that fielded the likes of homegrown stars Rafael van der Vaart and Wesley Sneijder, as well as Zlatan Ibrahimović and Cristian Chivu. He was featured in a documentary entitled Ajax: Hark the Herald Angel Sings alongside Ajax academy pupils Gregory van der Wiel, Mitchell Donald, Jeffrey Sarpong, Donovan Slijngard, Nordin Amrabat, Evander Sno, and Jeremain Lens.
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