Gerald Sibon

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Gerald Sibon
Full name	Gerald Sibon
Date of birth	April 19, 1974 (1974-04-19) (age 34)
Place of birth	Emmen, Netherlands
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	SC Heerenveen
Number	35
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1994 1994–1996 1996–1997 1997–1999 1999–2002 2002–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–	FC Twente VVV Venlo Roda JC Kerkrade Ajax Amsterdam Sheffield Wednesday SC Heerenveen PSV Eindhoven 1. FC Nuremberg SC Heerenveen	003 0(0) 053 (34) 034 (13) 024 0(4) 150 (43) 038 (19) 021 0(7) 010 0(0) 036 (17)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 14, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

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 strugglers 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 of 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.

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