| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jasper Cillessen | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Groesbeek, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 188 cm | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ajax | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2001 | De Treffers | ||
| 2001–2010 | N.E.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2011 | N.E.C. | 34 | (0) |
| 2011– | Ajax | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Netherlands U21 | 0 | (0) |
| 2011– | Netherlands | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jasper Cillessen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑs.pər ˈsɪ.lə.ˌsə(n)]) (born 22 April 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for AFC Ajax in Eredivisie.
In May 2011, he received his first call-up for the Dutch national team.
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Cillessen began playing for the local youth team of De Treffers, before being scouted to the NEC/FC Oss youth academy in 2001.[1] In 2008 he signed his first professional contract with NEC, and started playing for the reserves. In 2010, Cillessen agreed a new two-year contract at NEC until June 2012.
Cillessen made his senior debut on 28 August 2010 in a 2–2 home draw against SC Heerenveen, because of an injury for Gábor Babos. In this match he was directly proclaimed "Man of the match". Even when first keeper Babos returned from the injury, Cillessen managed to keep his spot in the first team, and he signed a two-year contract extension that tied him to NEC until 2014. After a magnificent 2010–11 season, Cillessen was awarded the Gelderland footballer of the year.[2]
On August 27, 2011 it was announced that NEC and Ajax had reached an agreement for a transfer of Jasper Cillessen to the Amsterdam club for an estimated €3,000,000, having signed a 5 year contract, binding him to Ajax until 2016.[3]
Jasper Cillessen made his first appearance for Ajax on the 21 September 2011, in a 2nd round KNVB Cup away match against VV Noordwijk. He played the full 90' minutes, conceding only to Sijbren Bartlema in the '66 minute of the 1-3 away victory. He made his first appearance for Ajax in a 2011-12 Eredivisie Season match on 23 October 2011 against arch-rivals Feyenoord, coming in as 66' minute substitute for right back Gregory van der Wiel, after starting Goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer had been shown a red card. With Ajax down to 10 men, Jasper CIllessen helped Ajax retain a 1-1 draw, by not conceding any more goals after Jan Vertonghen tied the game just minutes after the ejection of Vermeer.[4]
In October 2010, Cillessen was called up for the Dutch national U-21 team by national team coach, Cor Pot, for the 2011 UEFA European U-21 Football Championship play-off qualification match against Ukraine.[5] After the 2010–11 season, Cillessen was placed in the pre-selection for the senior squad's friendly matches against Uruguay and Brazil. Eventually, coach Bert van Marwijk selected Cillessen for the Netherlands national team's friendly trip to South America.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2010–11 | N.E.C. | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | AFC Ajax | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 0 | ||
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