Serginho Greene

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Serginho Greene
Personal information
Full name Serginho Greene
Date of birth 24 June 1982
Place of birth    Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position defence
Club information
Current club Feyenoord Rotterdam
Number 18
Youth clubs
FC Abcoude (1988-1994), Ajax Amsterdam (1994-2000)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-02
2002-05
2005-		 HFC Haarlem
RKC Waalwijk
Feyenoord Rotterdam		 34 (1)
82 (3)
37 (1)   
National team2
Netherlands 0 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 27 September 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 27 September 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Serginho Greene, (pronunciation (help·info)) (born 24 June 1982 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch soccer player who currently plays as a defender for Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Eredivisie.

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[edit] Early years

Greene's life was all about football since he was a little kid, growing up in the south-eastern part of Amsterdam where playing street football was a daily routine.[1] He was never interested in other sports like tennis or basketball, but totally in love with football. He loved to play with the ball and work on his technique by doing tricks or playing matches on the streets of Amsterdam.[1]

At six, his father took him to FC Abcoude where he played in their youth squads until he was twelve, before joining Ajax Amsterdam's famous football school. [1]He cruised through all youth squads until the A1 squad where they told him he was too good for Ajax' reserve team, but was not yet able to make the step towards their first team. They offered him to join HFC Haarlem on loan, but he wasn't keen on such a move. Eventually he decided to go there and to start his professional career.[1]

[edit] Professional career

At Haarlem he spent one season in de Eerste Divisie, playing 34 matches and scoring one goal.[2] He still had a three year remaining contract at Ajax which he gave up, because he did not want to play in the Eerste Divisie any longer.[3] Ajax decided to release him and fellow Eredivisie contenders RKC Waalwijk showed interest in him. Working with Martin Jol, Željko Petrović (who still was a player at RKC in those days) and Erwin Koeman he learned a lot about professional football and he developed quickly.[3]

Greene played on many positions during is RKC spell. In his first season at the club he played as a left fullback, while in his second season he played both in the centre of defence and as a right fullback.[3]Hamburger SV[4], Rangers FC[5], AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord Rotterdam showed interest in signing him. Eventually Feyenoord announced signing Greene on a free transfer on 14 April 2005.[6][7] The main reasons for Greene to join Feyenoord were the club's reputation and their well known fanatic supporters.[8]

[edit] Feyenoord

Greene finished the 2004/05 season in Waalwijk and joined the Feyenoord squad in the summer of 2005. At Feyenoord's presentation day on 27 July Greene flew into De Kuip by helicopter among other new signed players Maikel Aerts, Timothy Derijck, Gianni Zuiverloon, Tim Vincken and Ali Boussaboun.[9]. Feyenoord also appointed a new coach to replace Ruud Gullit and to Greene's surprise it was his latest RKC coach Erwin Koeman who was given the job.[3]

At Feyenoord Greene impressed right from the start and gained his first team spot right away playing in the center of Rotterdam defence. Late December 2005 Feyenoord signed fellow central defender Ron Vlaar from AZ Alkmaar and questions rised about who was going to play where.[10] As rightback Alexander Östlund left the club it was decided that Vlaar and André Bahia would play in the center and Greene would play further as a right defender. Since joining Feyenoord Greene hardly missed a match; The team however is struggling in both finances and results.[11]

[edit] Statistics

Season Club Competition Apps Goals
2001/02 HFC Haarlem Flag of Netherlands Eerste Divisie 34 1
2002/03 RKC Waalwijk Flag of Netherlands Eredivisie 17 0
2003/04 RKC Waalwijk Flag of Netherlands Eredivisie 34 3
2004/05 RKC Waalwijk Flag of Netherlands Eredivisie 31 0
2005/06 Feyenoord Rotterdam Flag of Netherlands Eredivisie 32 1
2006/07 Feyenoord Rotterdam Flag of Netherlands Eredivisie 5 0
Total 153 5

[edit] Trivia

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Jeugd biografie Serginho Greene, feyenoord.nl
  2. ^ Paspoort Serginho Greene, vi.nl
  3. ^ a b c d Serginho Greene's pre-Feyenoord career, feyenoord.nl
  4. ^ "Wir müssen jetzt die Kurve kriegen", hsv.de, 11 April 2005
  5. ^ Serginho Greene in belangstelling van de Glasgow Rangers, voetbalonline.nl, 10 April 2005
  6. ^ Serginho Greene naar Feyenoord, voetbalplus.nl, 14 April 2005
  7. ^ Greene day for Feyenoord, uefa.com
  8. ^ Serginho Greene's Feyenoord career, feyenoord.nl
  9. ^ Fotoreportage Open Dag 2005, ego2.nl, 27 July 2005
  10. ^ Feyenoord sign AZ defender Vlaar, soccerway.com, 28 December 2005
  11. ^ Feyenoord onder curatele, nrc.nl, 28 August 2006
  12. ^ a b c Serginho Greene Off the field, feyenoord.nl


Feyenoord Rotterdam - Current Squad

2 Saidi | 3 Derijck | 4 Bahia | 6 Lucius | 7 Buijs | 8 Lensky | 9 van Hooijdonk | 10 Hofs | 11 Huysegems | 14 Pardo | 15 Charisteas | 16 Schreuder | 17 Léonard | 18 Greene | 19 Boussaboun | 20 Vlaar | 21 Tiendalli | 22 Kolkka | 23 Abubakari | 24 Drenthe | 26 Davids | 28 Castelen | 29 Vincken | 30 Lodewijks | 31 Timmer | 32 Ekramy | 33 de Guzmán | 39 Collen | Manager: E. Koeman
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