Jeffrey Neral

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Jeffrey Neral
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Virgil Neral
Date of birth (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Kozakken Boys
Number 28
Youth career
RSV HION
Feyenoord
Alexandria '66
2009–2010 Excelsior
2010–2015 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Sparta Rotterdam 1 (0)
2016–2018 Jong Sparta 24 (0)
2018 SteDoCo 2 (0)
2019–2020 Helmond Sport 6 (0)
2020–2022 Ergotelis 30 (0)
2022–2023 Rupel Boom 30 (0)
2023– Kozakken Boys 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:01, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Jeffrey Virgil Neral (born 9 December 1997) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a right-back for Tweede Divisie club Kozakken Boys.

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Club career

As a youth, Neral played for a number of football academies, including those of Feyenoord, Excelsior and Sparta Rotterdam. He signed a professional contract with the latter in 2015, and made his debut on 18 October 2015 in a match vs. FC Oss. He won the Eerste Divisie trophy in 2016 and celebrated the club's promotion to the top flight. He then was assigned to the reserve team, Jong Sparta, where he played the remainder of his contract in the Tweede Divisie. In January 2018 he was released from his contract. [1]

In November 2018, Neral joined amateur Derde Divisie side SteDoCo, but left the club after making two appearances to undergo trial with Slovak side AS Trenčín, [2] without however signing a contract with the club. [3] Neral returned to the Netherlands to again undergo a trial period at Excelsior Maassluis, but did not play for the remainder of the 2018−19 season. In June 2019, he joined Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport.

During the summer transfer window of 2020, Neral left his home country and joined Greek second-division club Ergotelis on a free transfer. [4] After playing for Belgian club Rupel Boom in the 2022–23 season, he returned to the Netherlands to sign for Kozakken Boys in September 2023. [5] [6]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Neral is of Surinamese descent. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 February 2024 [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sparta Rotterdam 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 100010
2016–17 Eredivisie 000000
Total100010
Jong Sparta 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 210210
2017–18 Tweede Divisie3030
Total240345
SteDoCo 2018–19 Derde Divisie 2020
Helmond Sport 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 600060
Ergotelis 2020–21 Super League 2 9090
2021–22 Super League 221000210
Total30000300
Rupel Boom 2022–23 National Division 1 30000300
Kozakken Boys 2023–24 Tweede Divisie15010160
Career total1080101090

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

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References

  1. JEFFREY NERAL VERTREKT BIJ SPARTA, sparta-rotterdam.nl, 24 January 2019
  2. Jeffrey Neral alweer weg bij SteDoCo, regio-voetbal.nl, 12 December 2018
  3. Trenčín avizuje útok na šestku, Cifranič: Potrebujeme impulz Archived 13 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine , profutbal.sk, 12 February 2019
  4. Ergotelis FC (27 July 2020). Υπέγραψε και ο Jeffrey Neral. www.ergotelisfc.gr (in Greek).
  5. "Kozakken Boys strikt Jeffrey Neral". Kozakken Boys (in Dutch). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  6. "Kozakken Boys versterkt zich verdedigend met Jeffrey Neral". Regio-Voetbal (in Dutch). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  7. "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. Jeffrey Neral at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2020.