Cody Claver

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Cody Claver
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 AFC
Number 5
Youth career
Haaglandia
2013–2015 ADO Den Haag
2015 Haaglandia
2015–2016 Sparta Rotterdam
2016–2017 Cambuur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Cambuur 2 (0)
2019– AFC 109 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:34, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Cody Claver (born 2 November 1996) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left-back for Tweede Divisie club AFC.

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Early and personal life

Born in The Hague, Claver is of Surinamese descent. [1] His father is Surinamese and his mother is Dutch. [2] His family lived in Zoetermeer. [3] He was a childhood friend of Omar el Baad, who played with him at Cambuur and suggested he join the club. Whilst with the club the two shared a house in Leeuwarden. [3]

Career

Claver began his career with Haaglandia, and he then spent two years at ADO Den Haag before returning to Haglandia. [3] He also played for the youth teams of Sparta Rotterdam and SC Cambuur. [1] [3] He joined the Cambuur senior team for the 2017–18 season, [4] making his professional debut in April 2018, playing as a right back rather than in his usual position of left back. [3]

In January 2019 he moved to AFC. [5] [6] [7] He stated his intention to resume studies for his HBO qualification alongside his football career. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cody Claver at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Michael van Os (30 January 2019). "In de schijnwerper Cody Claver!" (in Dutch). Amsterdamsche FC. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Johan Stobbe (6 April 2018). "Backs willen graag in Leeuwarden blijven spelen" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Cody Claver at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "RUTGER ETTEN EN CODY CLAVER NAAR TWEEDE DIVISIE" (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "AFC trekt voormalig Liverpool-talent Vincent Weijl en Cody Claver (Cambuur) aan" (in Dutch). Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Op De Man Af | Cody Claver (AFC): 'Mijn beste tegenstander? Abdelhak Nouri of Frenkie de Jong'". Voetbal247.nl. November 17, 2020.
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