Gerald Sibon

Football player infobox
playername= Gerald Sibon


fullname = Gerald Sibon
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|4|19
cityofbirth = Emmen
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height = height|m=1.98
currentclub = SC Heerenveen
clubnumber = 35
position = Striker
years = 1993–1994
1994–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999–2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–
clubs = FC Twente
VVV Venlo
Roda JC Kerkrade
Ajax Amsterdam
Sheffield Wednesday
SC Heerenveen
PSV Eindhoven
1. FC Nuremberg
SC Heerenveen
caps(goals) = 003 00(0)
053 0(34)
034 0(13)
024 00(4)
150 0(43)
038 0(19)
021 00(7)
010 00(0)
038 0(16)
nationalyears = 2008
nationalteam = Dutch Olympic squad
nationalcaps(goals) = 004 00(2)
pcupdate = 16:32, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 13:22, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Gerald Sibon (born April 19, 1974 in Emmen, the Netherlands), is a Dutch football player who plays for SC Heerenveen. He is a centre-forward.

He featured for FC Twente in the 1993/1994 season as a substitute but could only string together three games before deciding to sign for VVV Venlo of the Eerste Divisie in the following season. After two successful seasons playing for VVV where he scored 34 goals, he joined Roda JC in 1996 and impressed with 13 goals back in the top-flight.

Sibon moved to Ajax Amsterdam in 1997 but was frustrated and hampered by a lack of first team action, having been relegated to the bench by the likes of Wamberto, Shota Arveladze, Georgi Kinkladze and crowd favourite Brian Laudrup. An offer by English Premiership club Sheffield Wednesday prompted Sibon to transfer to the Yorkshire club in 1999 for the price of £2million. Joining him at Sheffield Wednesday were Dutch international Wim Jonk and the Belgian Gilles De Bilde.

After spending four seasons with Sheffield Wednesday, where he scored 43 goals overall for the club and was the club's highest goal scorer for 3 consecutive seasons, also winning two consecutive player of the year awards, he decided to return to the Eredivisie and joined SC Heerenveen in 2002. He featured for Heerenveen in 38 matches and scored 19 goals in two seasons before signing for PSV in 2004. He won the Dutch Eredivise title in 2004–05, contending with Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Robert for a first team spot. In July 2006 he joined Bundesliga side Nuremberg on a free transfer. He left the club one year later, signing a two-year contract with his old team Heerenveen.

In the summer of 2008, Sibon was named in the Netherlands squad for the Beijing Olympics.

External links

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