Jeffrey Leiwakabessy

Jeffrey Leiwakabessy
Personal information
Full nameJeffrey Leiwakabessy
Date of birth23 February 1981
Place of birthArnhem, Netherlands
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
NEC
Number37
Youth career
Elistha Elst
1993–1998NEC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–2006NEC150(0)
2006–2008Alemannia Aachen60(0)
2008–2012Anorthosis100(3)
2012–2013VVV35(0)
2013–NEC38(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00 10 February 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (born 23 February 1981) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for N.E.C. (football club) as a left back.

Career

Born in Arnhem, represented the Netherlands at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Leiwakabessy played his first professional seasons with NEC Nijmegen. In 2006–07 he moved to Alemannia Aachen in Germany, which had just returned to the Bundesliga after a four-decade absence; during the campaign he appeared in all 34 league matches, but could not help prevent the club's immediate relegation.

After one more season in Aachen, Leiwakabessy joined Anorthosis Famagusta FC in the Cypriot First Division.[1] He went on to feature in twelve 2008–09 UEFA Champions League games as the team overachieved in the group stage, even though it was eventually ousted as last.

On 4 January 2012, Leiwakabessy returned to his country and signed a one-year contract with VVV-Venlo, in the Eredivisie.[2] On 15 October of the following year, after a period of trial, he joined former side NEC until the end of the campaign.

Honours

Club

NEC

References

  1. ↑ Η "ακτινογραφία" του Λεϊβακαμπέσι [Leiwakabessy announced by Anorthosis] (in Greek). Politis-sports. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Jeffrey Leiwakabessy naar VVV-Venlo" [Jeffrey Leiwakabessy to VVV-Venlo] (in Dutch). VVV-Venlo. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

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