Calvin Jong-a-Pin

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Calvin Jong-a-Pin
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Jong-a-Pin in 2008
Personal information
Full name Calvin Jong-a-Pin
Date of birth (1986-07-18) 18 July 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Fortius
Zeeburgia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Volendam 6 (1)
2006–2011 Heerenveen 73 (0)
2009–2010 → Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 30 (0)
2011–2015 Shimizu S-Pulse 93 (1)
2016 FC Machida Zelvia 33 (1)
2017–2021 Yokohama FC 120 (3)
2021 FC Gifu 1 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 Netherlands U21 10 (0)
2008 Netherlands Olympic 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2007 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:36, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2008

Calvin Jong-a-Pin (born 18 July 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Contents

Primarily considered a central defender, Jong-a-Pin has proved extremely versatile and has been deployed as a left back and a defensive midfielder at various spells in his career.

Club career

Early career

Jong-a-Pin was born in Amsterdam and started his professional career at FC Volendam. He made his debut for Volendam against N.E.C. He scored his first goal for Volendam the following match.

Heerenveen

In 2006 Jong-a-Pin signed a five-year deal with Heerenveen. He made his debut against FC Groningen being the youngest starting player at the age of 19 in the match. In his first season he was backup to Kristian Bak Nielsen as left-back. In the 2007–08 season, Jong-a-Pin became a regular due to the departure of Nielsen playing 23 matches in the Eredivisie. Due to his impressive performances in 2007, he was selected by Foppe de Haan in the 18-man squad to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics for Netherlands, playing in three matches in the tournament. In 2009 Jong-a-Pin joined Vitesse Arnhem on loan. After a very impressive season with Vitesse playing 30 matches scoring one goal, Heerenveen were convinced he was going to return as a starter in the Heerenveen line-up. Jong-a-Pin returned and was played as starting left-back in the 2010–11 season and played 29 matches for Heerenveen.

Vitesse (loan)

In 2009 Jong-a-Pin joined Vitesse on a one-year loan. He made his debut for Vitesse against FC Utrecht. He scored his first goal for Vitesse against RKC Waalwijk and scored the only goal of the match. He was a starting player in the Vitesse line-up and played 30 matches scoring 1 goal.

Japan

Jong-a-Pin with Shimizu in 2012 Calvin Jong-a-Pin Shimuzu.jpg
Jong-a-Pin with Shimizu in 2012

On 17 August 2011, Jong-a-Pin moved to Japan, signing a contract with J1 League side Shimizu S-Pulse. Following Shinji Ono's departure in October 2012, he was appointed the new vice captain.

On 21 February 2016, Jong-a-Pin signed for J2 League side FC Machida Zelvia, arriving on a free transfer. [1] On 6 January 2017, Yokohama FC announced the new signing of Calvin Jong-a-pin . On 21 July, Calvin Jong-a-pin posted a video on his Instagram that Yokohama FC will not extend his contract and will be a free agent on 1 August and now till this day he's still without a club.

International career

In 2007 Jong-a-Pin was called up by Jong Oranje coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands. Jong-a-Pin participated in both of their first round group matches against Israel (1–0 win) and Portugal (2–1 win) to secure a semi final spot and to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later the final was reached with a 1–1, 13–12 win after a penalty shootout with 32 penalty kicks taken against England. The Dutch went on to retain their 2006 title by beating Serbia 4–1 in the final. Jong-a-Pin played 3 games in the 2008 Summer Olympics, which occurred in his ancestral country China.

Personal life

His family is from Suriname, with some Chinese ancestry from his father's side. [2]

Career statistics

As of end of the 2021 season. [3] [4] [5] [6]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Volendam 2005–06 Eerste Divisie 6100–––61
Heerenveen 2006–07 Eredivisie 9000––1 [lower-alpha 4] 0100
2007–08 19000––4 [lower-alpha 5] 0230
2008–09 16010–40–210
2010–11 Eredivisie29020–––310
Total73030004050850
Vitesse (loan) 2009–10 Eredivisie30010–00–310
Shimizu S-Pulse 2011 J1 League 110203000–160
2012 3203011000–460
2013 261304000–331
2014 150006000–210
2015 90000000–90
Total9318024000001251
Machida Zelvia 2016 J2 League 33110–00–341
Yokohama FC 2017 J2 League38100–––381
2018 34200–––342
2019 42000–––420
2020 J1 League500010––60
2021 101000––20
Total1203101000001223
FC Gifu 2021 J3 League 1000–––10
Career total356614025040504046
  1. ↑ Appearances in the KNVB Cup and Emperor's Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in the J.League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance in Eredivisie UEFA competition play-offs [7]
  5. ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie UEFA competition play-offs

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Defender Jong-a-Pin joins Zelvia". J. League. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Berend Scholten (15 June 2007). "Jong-A-Pin's Chinese connection". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  3. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN   978-4905411628 (p. 162 out of 289)
  4. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN   978-4905411420 (p. 184 out of 289)
  5. ↑ "Calvin Jong-a-Pin » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "C. Jong-a-Pin". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Live Scores - Live Sports Results by xScores". www.xscores.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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