 De Jong with Ajax in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Siem Stefan de Jong[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Aigle, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DZC '68 | |||
| 2001–2005 | De Graafschap | ||
| 2005–2007 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2014 | Ajax | 168 | (57) |
| 2014–2017 | Newcastle United | 22 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → PSV (loan) | 19 | (6) |
| 2017–2020 | Ajax | 25 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | → Sydney FC (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| 2020 | FC Cincinnati | 15 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Heerenveen | 46 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | De Graafschap | 26 | (5) |
| Total | 342 | (83) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006 | Netherlands U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Netherlands U21 | 12 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands B | 3 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Netherlands | 6 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:28, 27 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2017 | |||
Siem Stefan de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsim də ˈjɔŋ]; born 28 January 1989) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker.
Playing in the youth academies 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 club-record four consecutive Eredivisie titles from 2011 to 2014.
Following a three-year spell with Premier League side Newcastle United and a loan spell with PSV Eindhoven, De Jong returned to Ajax in 2017.[3]
His younger brother Luuk de Jong is also a professional football player, currently playing for PSV.
- ^ "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017" (PDF). The FA. p. 46. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Newcastle United Siem de Jong". Newcastle United. 2013. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Siem de Jong keert terug bij Ajax en tekent voor drie jaar". NOS.nl. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.