- Georginio Wijnaldum
Football player infobox
playername= Georginio Wijnaldum
fullname = Georginio Wijnaldum
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1990|11|11
cityofbirth =Rotterdam
countryofbirth =Netherlands
height = height|meters=1.73
currentclub = Feyenoord
position = Midfielder
clubnumber = 25
youthyears = 1997-2004 2004-Dec 2006
youthclubs =Sparta Rotterdam
Feyenoord
years = 2007–
clubs = Feyenoord
caps(goals) = 16 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = -
nationalcaps(goals) = 0- (-)
pcupdate = 7 June 2007
ntupdate = 7 June 2007Georginio Wijnaldum (born
November 11 ,1990 ) is a professional Dutch footballer, who plays forFeyenoord where he has a contract until 2010. [ [http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S1/10010000030812-999-10010000000003.aspx Wijnaldum tekent nieuw contract] , feyenoord.nl]Wijnaldum is one of the most promising talents to come out of the
Feyenoord youth system in modern times. He made his debut in aEredivisie game againstFC Groningen onApril 8 ,2007 . Despite Feyenoord losing 0-4 he played well, and he was crowned Feyenoord's man of the match in that game.Georginio's meteoric rise to first-team football started in January 2007 when he was invited to a soccer camp with Feyenoord's first-team squad. The camp was held in
Turkey and Feyenoord were participating in theEfes Pilsen Cup .Erwin Koeman , the former manager of Feyenoord, knew of Wijnaldum's talents and presumably acted to include him in the camp.Wijnaldum played his first competitive match against
FC Groningen becauseRoyston Drenthe andDanny Buijs were suspended for the game andSebastián Pardo ,Theo Lucius andNicky Hofs were injured. Georginio was 16 years and 148 days old when he made his debut, making him the youngest player ever for Feyenoord. [cite news|url=http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2007/4/8/08041716wijnaldumjongstefeyenoorddebutant.html|title=Wijnaldum jongste Feyenoord-debutant|publisher=NOS |date=2007-04-08|accessdate=2008-10-05] After this game he stayed in the first-team squad for the rest of the season.In the 2007-08 season, Wijnaldum scored his first goal for Feyenoord onDecember 2 ,2007 , againstHeracles Almelo in a 6-0 home win.He scored his first European goal for Feyenoord in a UEFA Cup match againstKalmar FF onSeptember 2 ,2008 , which resulted in a 2-1 win, a result that would see Feyenoord move on to the group stage.References
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