Siem de Jong
De Jong with PSV in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Siem de Jong | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Aigle, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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PSV (on loan from Newcastle United) |
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| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DZC '68 | |||
| 2001–2005 | De Graafschap | ||
| 2005–2007 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2014 | Ajax | 168 | (57) |
| 2014– | Newcastle United | 22 | (1) |
| 2016– | → PSV (loan) | 15 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Netherlands U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Netherlands U21 | 12 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands B | 3 | (1) |
| 2010– | Netherlands | 6 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:45, 18 March 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013 |
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Siem de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsim də ˈjɔŋ]; born 28 January 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for PSV, on loan from Newcastle United.
Prior to joining Newcastle he played in the youth academy of De Graafschap and Ajax. He made his professional debut for the Amsterdam-based side and would go on to become the club's captain as they won a clubs record four consecutive Eredivisie titles from 2010 to 2014.
De Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland, to Dutch parents who played professional volleyball in Switzerland and moved back to the Netherlands when De Jong was six.
De Jong began his football career at the Doetinchem amateur club DZC'68 and was scouted by De Graafschap, when he was 12. He grew up in Doetinchem and graduated from the same school (het Rietveld Lyceum) as Guus Hiddink, Paul Bosvelt and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, which grants him immediate university access (he has considered studying economics). He played with De Graafschap until 2005, when he was picked up by the Ajax youth academy.
De Jong made his first team debut coming on as a substitute on 26 September 2007 against Kozakken Boys. His Eredivisie debut was also as a substitute, away at Sparta Rotterdam, where he scored an injury-time equaliser. In 2007–08, he was one of the youngest players and the only player under age 20 to play more than 20 games. On 16 January, just before turning 19, he extended his contract with Ajax to June 2013. He picked up an injury against Willem II, missing two months. This made him miss all the games from 16 March onward, including matches against PSV, Twente and Heerenveen. He recovered from this injury in early April, returning fit for the match against De Graafschap. Although he did not start that game, he was substituted on in the 81st minute for Edgar Davids.
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