Tom Hiariej

Tom Hiariej
Personal information
Full nameTom Jan Hiariej
Date of birthJune 25, 1988
Place of birthWinschoten, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Groningen
Number24
Youth career
ZNC
GRC
FC Groningen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–FC Groningen144(3)
2013→ FC Emmen (loan)12(0)
National team‡
2007Netherlands U213(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:04, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Tom Jan Hiariej (/ˈtɒm hiːˈɑriːeɪ/; born 25 September 1988 in Winschoten, Groningen Province) is a Dutch-Indonesian[1] footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen.

Biography

The son of a Moluccan father and a Dutch mother,[2] he made his professional first team debut in 2007 with Eredivisie side FC Groningen under long-time head coach Ron Jans, where he currently plays.

Hiarej is also a Dutch youth international; he played a number of matches for several youth teams. He was also part of the Dutch U-17 team, who ended up third in the World Cup for Under 17 in Peru in 2005.

Netherlands U-17 coach, Ruud Kaiser was very impressed by the young defender. Before the youth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, Kaiser said this about Hiariej:

"When Hiariej plays for his club, he plays central defender, but here he plays right-back. He is talented and quick. He also has the quality's to come up in attack; he sees the chances"[3]

In the match against NEC Nijmegen (23 January 2008), Tom Hiariej scored his first top-flight goal for FC Groningen.

References

  1. ↑ "Para Pemain Keturunan Indonesia di Eredivisie Rata-Rata U-23, Penggawa Tim Junior Oranye" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Voetballen in Spanje is een droom voor Tom Hiariej" (in Dutch). Voetbal Nieuws Online. 28 February 2008.
  3. ↑ "Paspoort van Tom Hiariej". KNVB. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

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