Kemy Agustien

Kemy Agustien

Personal information
Full name	Germain Agustien
Date of birth	20 August 1986 (1986-08-20) (age 25)
Place of birth	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Swansea City
Number	26
Youth career
2002–2004	Willem II
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2006	Willem II	55	(3)
2006–2010	AZ	25	(2)
2006–2007	→ Roda JC (loan)	31	(2)
2008–2009	→ Birmingham City (loan)	18	(0)
2009–2010	→ RKC Waalwijk (loan)	19	(1)
2010–	Swansea City	15	(0)
2011	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	8	(0)
National team
2005	Netherlands U20	?	(?)
2006–2008	Netherlands U21	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:23, 10 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Germain "Kemy" Agustien (born 20 August 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swansea City in the Premier League. He previously played for Willem II, AZ, Roda JC and RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands and for Birmingham City in England.^[1] An adaptable player, capable of playing anywhere in midfield, his preferred position is as one of two central midfielders.^[2]

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

Club career

Born in Willemstad,^[3]Agustien began his career in the youth system of Willem II.^[4] He played two seasons in that club's first team in the Eredivisie, and appeared twice in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.^[1] He signed for AZ in 2006, and was loaned to Roda JC for the 2006–07 season to gain more experience.^[4]

Agustien joined English Championship club Birmingham City in July 2008 on a season loan, with an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the 2008–09 season for a fee of €2 million.^[5] He made his first-team debut in the League Cup defeat at Southampton on 26 August 2008,^[6] and played his first match in the Football League four days later in a 1–1 draw at Norwich City.^[7] Having missed pre-season training because of a hernia operation, he did not adapt immediately to the pace and physicality of English football.^[2][8] He played 20 games in all competitions, but the second half of his season was dogged by injury. Birmingham manager Alex McLeish "couldn't commit [himself] to bringing him in for the money asked", so Agustien returned to AZ when his contract expired on 26 May 2009.^[9]

After his return to AZ, he was loaned to RKC Waalwijk, newly promoted to the Eredivisie, for the 2009–10 season.^[10] At the end of that season, he was released by AZ.^[11]

Agustien went on trial to Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków in July 2010.^[12] Later he joined Swansea City of the English Championship on trial,^[11] but sustained an injury in a pre-season match which delayed his signing.^[13][14] After passing what was described as a "tough" medical, Agustien signed a two-year contract with the Welsh club in October.^[15] Agustien made his debut for Swansea debut on the 69 minutes, coming on for Andrea Orlandi against Leicester City.^[16] After making 10 appearance for Swansea this season, Agustien desperate for first-team football as his first team is limited and desperate to go on loan. Agustien has announced that clubs have shown interest in his services, but Swansea turned down the approaches.^[17]

Agustien signed on loan for Crystal Palace in March 2011 until rest of the season.^[18] After being on bench un-used for Crystal Palace, Agustien finally made his debut against Barnsley in a 2-1 victory for Crystal Palace.^[19] Agustien went on to make 8 appearance for Crystal Palace.

Following his loan spell at Crystal Palace, Swansea City was the first welsh club to get promoted to the Premier League. Agustien made his Premier League debut in a 4-0 loss against Manchester City.^[20] Agustien suffered a hamstring injury which keep him sidelines for 6 weeks^[21] and was back for the Manchester United match which Swansea loss 1-0. In a match between QPR and Swansea which resulted 1-1 draw, Agustien finds himself playing a right back after their main right back Àngel Rangel was limped off with an ankle injury. Agustien was named man of the match in a 1-1 draw against QPR. Agustien was content to help the team by switching to an unfamiliar right-back position and was happy to give his all in the role despite having never played there before.^[22]

International career

At international level, he was a member of the Netherlands under-20 squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, where he played in two of the group-stage matches.^[24][25] He played for the Dutch Olympic squad that reached the final of the 2006 Toulon Tournament; Agustien converted his penalty as his team lost in a penalty shootout.^[26] He played again, and scored, at the 2007 edition,^[27] and also played for the under-21 team, including two appearances in qualifying matches for the 2009 European under-21 championships.^[28] Named in the Netherlands' preliminary 37-man squad for the 2008 Olympics,^[29] he was not selected for Beijing.^[30]

References

External links

• Kemy Agustien career stats at Soccerbase
• Playing stats at worldfootball.net

Swansea City A.F.C. – current squad 1 Vorm 2 Williams 3 Taylor 4 Caulker 5 Tate 6 Bodde 7 Britton 8 Orlandi 10 Graham 11 Sinclair 12 Dyer 14 Dobbie 15 Routledge 16 Monk 17 Cotterill 18 Lita 19 Moore 20 Bessone 21 Moreira 22 Rangel 24 Allen 25 Tremmel 26 Agustien 27 Gower 28 Butler 29 Richards 31 Lucas 32 Situ 33 Davies 34 Walsh 35 Alfei 37 Smith 38 Edwards 39 March 44 Moras — R. Donnelly — Sigurðsson Manager: Rodgers

Persondata
Name	Agustien, Kemy
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch professional footballer
Date of birth	20 August 1986
Place of birth	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Date of death
Place of death