Nigel de Jong
Dutch association football player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nigel de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnɑjdʒəl də ˈjɔŋ]; born 30 November 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He joined the Ajax youth academy when he was young and made the first team at age 17.
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Full name | Nigel de Jong[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1984-11-30) 30 November 1984 (age 39)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[4] | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2002 | Ajax | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2006 | Ajax | 96 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Hamburger SV | 66 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Manchester City | 104 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | AC Milan | 79 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
2016 | LA Galaxy | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Galatasaray | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Mainz 05 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Al Ahli | 21 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Al-Shahania | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 449 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Netherlands U21 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2004–2015 | Netherlands | 81 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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De Jong moved from Ajax in 2006 to join Hamburg. He then moved to Manchester City in January 2009 for around £18 million.[5] He became an important part of Manchester City's midfield. He has earned a reputation of being combative and feisty player. This got him nicknames like "The Terrier" and "Lawnmower".[6][6][7] He moved to Italian club Milan in August 2012.