Miquel Nelom

Miquel Nelom (born 22 September 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back. Nelom has previously played in his homeland for Excelsior, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam and Willem II, and for Scottish club Hibernian. He represented the Netherlands in two full international matches, both in 2013.

Miquel Nelom

Nelom in training
Personal information
Full name	Paddy Miquel Nelom
Date of birth	(1990-09-22) 22 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	VV Spijkenisse
	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Excelsior	36	(0)
2011–2018	Feyenoord	125	(2)
2018	→ Sparta (loan)	10	(0)
2018–2019	Hibernian	3	(0)
2019–2022	Willem II	27	(0)
International career‡
2012	Netherlands U20	4	(0)
2012	Netherlands U21	1	(0)
2013	Netherlands	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 May 2019

Club career

Nelom made his professional debut for Excelsior on 9 October 2009. He replaced Tobias Waisapy in the 90th minute of an Eerste Divisie away match against HFC Haarlem (0–1).^[1] With Excelsior's surprising promotion in the season 2010–11, Nelom managed to make his Eredivisie debut on 7 August 2010. However, he couldn't prevent Excelsior losing the season opening match against De Graafschap (3-0).^[2]

Nelom moved to Feyenoord in 2011. He played in over 100 Eredivisie matches for the club, helping them win the league championship in 2016–17 and the Dutch Cup in 2015–16. After a loan spell with Sparta Rotterdam in the early part of 2018, Nelom left Feyenoord at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Nelom signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian on 20 September 2018.^[3] He was released by Hibernian in May 2019.^[4]

He signed for Willem II in September 2019.^[5]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Nelom is of Surinamese descent.^[6] In May 2013, Nelom was part of the Netherlands national team for a mini-tour of Asia. Nelom made his full international debut in a friendly against Indonesia.

Career statistics

Club

As of 06:58, 12 May 2019 (UTC)^[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Excelsior	2009–10	Eerste Divisie	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2010–11	Eredivisie	32	0	2	0	—		4	0	38	0
	Total		36	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	42	0
Feyenoord	2011–12	Eredivisie	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2012–13		20	0	2	0	4	1	—		26	1
	2013–14		18	2	3	0	1	0	—		22	2
	2014–15		30	0	1	0	9	0	2	0	42	0
	2015–16		16	0	3	0	0	0	–		19	0
	2016–17		17	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	22	0
	2017–18		6	0	1	0	1	0	—		8	0
	Total		125	2	11	0	18	1	3	0	157	3
Sparta Rotterdam	2017–18	Eredivisie	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Hibernian	2018–19	Scottish Premiership	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Career total			174	2	13	0	18	1	7	0	212	3

International

As of matches played on 11 June 2013.^[8]

Dutch national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	2	0
Total	2	0

Honours

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 2016–17
• KNVB Cup: 2015–16
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2017^[9]