- Jeffrey Sarpong
Football player infobox
playername = Jeffrey Sarpong
fullname = Jeffrey Sarpong
height = height|m=1.76
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1988|8|3
cityofbirth = flagicon|NetherlandsAmsterdam
countryofbirth =Netherlands
currentclub = Ajax
clubnumber = 26
position = Midfielder / Winger
youthyears =1996 -2005
youthclubs =FC Abcoude AFC Ajax
years =2005 -
clubs = Ajax
caps(goals) = 10 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = August 19, 2007
ntupdate =Jeffrey Sarpong (born
August 3 1988 inAmsterdam ) is a Dutch footballer of Ghanaian heritage who currently plays as a midfielder for Ajax. He has four sisters and one brother. [http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=62591 Vol Beloften: Jeffrey Sarpong] , Ajax.nl] His idol isKaká and he would love to play alongside the Brazilian some day.Biography
Sarpong joined Ajax when he was seven years old and signed his first contract in
2005 .Chelsea F.C. was interested in signing the player, but he decided to stay with Ajax. [ [http://www.carling.com/football/transfers/31.html Kids aren't alright for Chelsea] ] He represented the Netherlands in the2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship inPeru , where the team finished third.He made his
Eredivisie debut onFebruary 5 ,2006 in a 3-2 away defeat against Feyenoord. Sarpong would play in eight more league matches during the season. In addition he and his team won theKNVB Cup , but in the 2006-07 season he would not play a single league match.However this season he is a first team player under new coachMarco van Basten netting his first goal in a 2-2 away draw againstfeyenoord Rotterdam tatistics
References
* [http://www.vi.nl Voetbal International website and 2007/2008 presentation magazine]
External links
* [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=51978/typeofpage=40054/sc=92159f Voetbal International profile]
* [http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=45609/dbid=10879/team=1/typeofpage=55719 Ajax profile]
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/news/feature/0,1451,110107,00.html?articleid=110107 Jeffrey Sarpong: The knack of scoring vital goals] , FIFA.com
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