Tom Hiariej

Infobox Football biography
playername= Tom Hiariej


fullname = Tom Hiariej
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|6|25
cityofbirth = Assen, Drenthe
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height = height|m=1.78
currentclub = FC Groningen
position = Right-back
clubnumber = 24
youthyears =
youthclubs = FC Groningen
years = 2007–present
clubs = FC Groningen
caps(goals) = 23 (1)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = Netherlands U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 (0)
pcupdate = 16:31, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 11:09, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Tom Hiariej (IPA-en|hiɑriːeɪ; born 25 September 1988, Assen) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen, where he started his career. The talented defender was chosen to play for the first team, by Groningen-coach, Ron Jans.

Hiariej is not only FC Groningen squad-player, but also youth international. He played a bunch of matches for several youth teams. He was also part of the Dutch U-17 team, who ended up third in the World Cup for Under 17 in Peru in 2005.

Netherlands U-17 coach, Ruud Kaiser was very impressed by the young defender. Before the youth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, Kaiser said this about Hiariej:

"When Hiariej plays for his club, he plays central defender, but here he plays right-back. He is talented and quick. He also has the quality's to come up in attack; he sees the possibility's"

In the match against NEC Nijmegen (23 January, 2008), Tom Hiariej scored his first top-flight goal for FC Groningen.

External links

* [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hiariej] nl icon