De Jong playing for Canada |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcel de Jong | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender, left midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Augsburg | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| De Valk | |||
| 2003–2004 | PSV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Helmond Sport | 50 | (6) |
| 2006–2010 | Roda JC | 115 | (3) |
| 2010– | FC Augsburg | 35 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Canada U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Canada U20 | 14 | (1) |
| 2007– | Canada | 18 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marcel de Jong (born 15 October 1986) is a Canadian soccer player of Dutch descent who currently plays for Bundesliga side FC Augsburg.
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De Jong played for amateur side VV De Valk and joined the PSV Eindhoven youth team. He started his professional career with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport and joined Roda JC in the summer of 2006.[1] After four years with Roda JC, de Jong signed with German club FC Augsburg on 21 May 2010.[2] Marcel scored his first goal for the German side on 12 September 2010 versus VfL Bochum at the Ruhrstadion. They won this away fixture 2–0 in which de Jong also assisted the other goal from teammate Michael Thurk. De Jong scored his second goal of the season several months later on 4 February 2011 in a 2–0 away win versus VfL Osnabrück. De Jong in his first season with Augsburg started 24 league games and helped take the team to finish second in 2. Bundesliga securing automatic promotion to top flight football, finishing several points behind Hertha BSC.[3]
De Jong made his Bundesliga debut in the first game of the 2011–12 season on 6 August 2011 against SC Freiburg, the game ended in a 2–2 home draw.[4] On October 4th, 2011, Marcel De Jong suffered a knee injury that would keep him out of action for two months. [5] He returned to action as an unused substitute on December 4th, 2011 during a 3-1 defeat to Schalke 04.[6] De Jong made his full return to the team the following week against Borussia Mönchengladbach, starting the game he helped earn the team only there third victory of the campaign winning 1-0.
In the summer of 2005, De Jong played for the U-20 Canadian national team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. On 26 September 2007, just before his 21st birthday, de Jong decided to play for the Canadian national team instead of the Netherlands, reasoning that he would be more likely to earn a regular place in the Canada team than with the Netherlands.
He made his senior debut for Canada in a November 2007 friendly match against South Africa. De Jong scored his first goal for Canada in a 2-2 draw against Costa Rica on July, 10, 2009. De Jong was selected for his second consecutive Gold Cup in May 2011, Canada failed to exit the group stage with a 1-1-1 record.[7]
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 10 July 2009 | FIU Stadium, Miami, United States | Costa Rica | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
His brother Ben has been a European champion Taekwondo.
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