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Date of birth | 23 March 2001 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zaandam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Groningen | |||||||||||||
Number | 19 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
SVA Assendelft | ||||||||||||||
–2012 | Fortuna Wormerveer | |||||||||||||
2012–2015 | AZ Alkmaar | |||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2019–2022 | Jong Ajax | 58 | (2) | |||||||||||
2022 | Ajax | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022– | Groningen | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
2017 | Netherlands U16 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | Netherlands U17 | 19 | (2) | |||||||||||
2018–2019 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019 | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:44, 10 April 2020 (UTC) |
Liam van Gelderen (born 23 March 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eerste Divisie club Groningen.
Van Gelderen started his football journey in the youth teams of SVA Assendelft, Fortuna Wormerveer, and AZ. [1] In 2015, he joined the Ajax Youth Academy, signing a contract until 2020 in February 2018. [2]
He made his debut for Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie on 25 March 2019, in a 3–3 draw against Jong Utrecht. [3] In June 2020, he extended his contract for an additional three seasons, until mid-2023. [4]
Van Gelderen was first named to the bench for the senior Ajax team on 27 February 2022, in a league loss to Go Ahead Eagles. [5] He made his Eredivisie debut for Ajax on 23 April 2022 in a game against NEC as a 45th-minute substitute for the injured Perr Schuurs. [6]
On 17 June 2022, Van Gelderen signed a four-year contract with Groningen. [7] He made his debut for the club on 14 August, replacing Neraysho Kasanwirjo in the 92nd minute of a resounding 6–1 league loss to his former club, Ajax. [8] On 25 February 2023, he scored his first goal for the Trots van het Noorden, contributing to a 3–0 home victory against Excelsior. [9] At the end of the season, Groningen suffered relegation to the second-tier Eerste Divisie for the first time in 23 years, with Van Gelderen having scored once in 18 total appearances. [10] [11]
Born in the Netherlands, Van Gelderen is of Surinamese descent. [12] He is a youth international for the Netherlands.
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Ajax | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
Total | 58 | 2 | — | — | 58 | 2 | ||||
Ajax | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
Groningen | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
Total | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Career total | 83 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2 |
Ajax [13]
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