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Marcel de Jong 
De Jong playing for CanadaPersonal information Full name Marcel de Jong Date of birth 15 October 1986 Place of birth Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Defender, left midfielder Club information Current club FC Augsburg Number 17 Youth career De Valk 2003–2004 PSV Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2006 Helmond Sport 50 (6) 2006–2010 Roda JC 115 (3) 2010– FC Augsburg 33 (3) National team‡ 2003 Canada U-17 5 (0) 2004–2005 Canada U-20 14 (1) 2007– Canada 18 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2011Marcel de Jong (born 15 October 1986) is a Canadian football player of Dutch descent who currently plays for Bundesliga side FC Augsburg.
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Club career
De Jong played for amateur side VV De Valk and joined the PSV Eindhoven youth team. He started his professional career with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport and joined Roda JC in the summer of 2006.[1] After four years with Roda JC, de Jong signed with German club FC Augsburg on 21 May 2010.[2] Marcel scored his first goal for the German side on 12 September 2010 versus VfL Bochum at the Ruhrstadion, they won this away fixture 2–0 in which de Jong also assisted the other goal from teammate Michael Thurk. De Jong scored his second goal of the season several months later on 4 February 2011 in a 2–0 away win versus VfL Osnabrück. De Jong in his first season with Augsburg started 24 league games and helped take the team to finish second in 2. Bundesliga securing automatic promotion to top flight football, finishing several points behind Hertha BSC.[3]
De Jong made his Bundesliga debut in the first game of the 2011–12 season on 6 August 2011 against SC Freiburg, the game ended in a 2–2 home draw.[4]
International career
In the summer of 2005, De Jong played for the U-20 Canadian national team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. On 26 September 2007, just before his 21st birthday, de Jong decided to play for the Canadian national team instead of the Dutch national team, reasoning that he would be more likely to earn a regular place in the Canada team than with the Netherlands.
He made his senior debut for Canada in a November 2007 friendly match against South Africa. By December 2009, he had earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has so far represented Canada in four FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[5]
International goals
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 10 July 2009 FIU Stadium, Miami, United States 
Costa Rica2–1 2–2 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Honours
Club
- FC Augsburg
- 2. Bundesliga Runner-up (Promotion to the Bundesliga) (1): 2010–11
Personal life
His brother Ben has been a European champion Taekwondo.
References
- ^ "FC Augsburg haalt De Jong" (in Dutch). limburger.nl. http://www.limburger.nl/article/20100514/VTRODAJC01/100519801/1017#FC_Augsburg_haalt_De_Jong. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "FC Ausgburg verpflichtet Marcel de Jong" (in German). transfermarkt.de. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/fc-ausgburg-verpflichtet-marcel-de-jong/news/anzeigen_39744.html. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "De Jong continues rise for club & country". rednationonline.ca. http://rednationonline.ca/DeJongcontinuesriseforclubandcountry.aspx. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ "Match: FC Ausburg vs. SC Freiburg". ESPN.com. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=321038&cc=5901. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ Marcel de Jong – FIFA competition record
External links
- Marcel de Jong at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dutch league stats – Voetbal International (Dutch)
Canada squads Canada squad – 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship 
Canada squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Sutton • 2 Cann • 3 Klukowski • 4 Hainault • 5 McKenna • 6 de Guzman • 7 Stalteri • 8 de Jong • 9 Gerba • 10 Johnson • 11 Hastings • 12 Nakajima • 13 Hutchinson • 14 Jakovic • 15 Simpson • 16 Jackson • 17 Peters • 18 Wagenaar • 19 Harmse • 20 Bernier • 21 Pozniak • 22 Stamatopoulos • 23 Gbeke • Coach: HartCanada squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Hirschfeld • 2 Ledgerwood • 3 Klukowski • 4 McKenna • 5 Hainault • 6 de Guzman • 7 Dunfield • 8 Johnson • 9 Friend • 10 Gerba • 11 Simpson • 12 Pacheco • 13 Hutchinson • 14 De Rosario • 15 Edgar • 16 Ricketts • 17 Jackson • 18 Borjan • 19 de Jong • 20 Peters • 21 Beaulieu-Bourgault • 22 Al-Shaïbani • 23 Nakajima • Coach: HartFC Augsburg – current squad 1 Jentzsch · 2 Verhaegh · 3 Sankoh · 4 Reinhardt · 5 Möhrle · 6 De Roeck · 7 Hosogai · 8 Bellinghausen · 9 Oehrl · 10 Baier · 11 Rafael · 13 Werner · 15 Langkamp · 17 De Jong · 18 Callsen-Bracker · 19 Mayer · 20 Ndjeng · 22 Kapllani · 23 Sinkala · 24 Brinkmann · 25 Bah · 26 Davids · 27 Thurk · 28 Gogia · 29 Nebel · 30 Amsif · 31 Thiede · 33 Mölders · 36 Hain · 37 Gelios · Coach: Luhukay
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Newmarket, Ontario
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- Association football midfielders
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian men's international soccer players
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Helmond Sport players
- Roda JC players
- FC Augsburg players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
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