Tommy De Jong

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Tommy de Jong
Personal information
Full name Thomas de Jong
Date of birth (1987-02-06) 6 February 1987 (age 38) [1]
Place of birth Strasbourg, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
2004–2006 Strasbourg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Strasbourg B
2007–2008 Martigues 2 (0)
2008–2009 Dordrecht 12 (0)
2009–2010 Strasbourg B [ citation needed ] 19 (1)
2010–2011 SC Schiltigheim
2011–2012 Strasbourg 12 (1)
2012–2013 FC Steinseltz
2013–2014 ASPV Strasbourg [ citation needed ]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy de Jong (born 6 February 1987) is a French-Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Early life

De Jong was born in Strasbourg and is a native of Herrlisheim. [2] His father is from the Netherlands. [2]

Career

De Jong joined Strasbourg's youth academy at the age of 12. [2] In 2006 he won the Coupe Gambardella with Strasbourg. [2]

After spending two seasons with the Strasbourg reserves, he moved to Martigues where he made two substitute appearances in the third tier. [3]

In May 2008, following a trial, De Jong joined Eerste Divisie club FC Dordrecht on a three-year contract. [3]

After his stints with Martigues and Dordrecht he returned to Alsace with SC Schiltigheim. [2]

In 2011 De Jong went back to Strasbourg to play for the club's reserves in the Division d'Honneur. [2] Having scored nine goals and contributed one assist in eight games for the reserves and with several first-team attacking injured, the first team's manager François Keller deploying him as a striker. [2] De Jong scored his first goal for the first team in a match against Chaumont. [2]

In summer 2012, after his contract with Strasbourg expired, he moved to amateur side FC Steinseltz. [4]

Personal life

As of August 2012 De Jong had a wife and two children. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tommy de Jong". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Schuster, Barbara (9 February 2012). "CFA 2 Portrait de Tommy de Jong (Racing). Mister joker" [CFA 2 Portrait of Tommy de Jong (Racing). Mister joker]. Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Dordrecht haalt Franse middenvelder De Jong" [Dordrecht acquires French midfielder De Jong]. Voetbal International (in Dutch). 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 Martinez, Alexandre (31 August 2012). "Division d'honneur L'avant-match : Steinseltz - FR Haguenau, dimanche (16 h). La nouvelle vie de Tommy" [Division d'honneur Preview: Steinseltz v FR Haguenau, Sunday (4pm). Tommy's new life]. Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
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