Clifton Sandvliet

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Clifton Sandvliet
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-18) August 18, 1977 (age 45)
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 SNL 24 (27)
2003–2004 Transvaal 24 (10)
2004–2012 WBC 83 (57)
International career
2000–2008 Suriname 30 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 1, 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 15, 2008

Clifton Sandvliet (born August 18, 1977) is a Surinamese retired professional footballer. He played for SV Transvaal, Walking Boys Company and the National Army. Sandvliet won three top scorer standings of the league SVB.

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His record with the national football team of Suriname is 30 caps and 9 goals. [1] [2]

Club career

For all of his three clubs; Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger, SV Transvaal and Walking Boys Company he has scored a massive 94 goals. He has played senior first-team club football since 2000.

International career

Sandvliet played from 2000 until 2008 for the Surinamese football team. After a brief interruption from 2006, he returned to the team on June 14, 2008 during the World Cup qualifying match against Guyana. In this game he made the only goal.

Player statistics

seasonClubcountryCompetitionmatchesGoals
2001/2002 SNL Suriname Hoofdklasse 2427 [3]
2002/2003 SNL Suriname Hoofdklasse ??
2003/2004 SV Transvaal Suriname Hoofdklasse 2410
2004/2005 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse 2320
2005/2006 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse 2527
2006/2007 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse 163
2007/2008 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse 197
2008/2009 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse ??
2009/2010 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse ??
2010/2011 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse ??
2011/2012 Walking Boys Company Suriname Hoofdklasse ??
Updated to June 21, 2009Total13194

Honours and awards

Club (4)

Walking Boys Company

Individual (12 awards)

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