Zerguinho Deira

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Zerguinho Deira
Personal information
Full name Zerguinho Maikel Deira [1]
Date of birth (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 21) [2]
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team
Transvaal
Youth career
2006–2018 Transvaal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018– Transvaal
International career
2019 Suriname U17 3 (0)
2018 Suriname U20 3 (0)
2018– Suriname 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Zerguinho Maikel Deira (born 23 July 2002) is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and defender for SVB Eerste Divisie club Transvaal and the Suriname national team.

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Club career

Deira joined Transvaal at the age of four. He made his debut for the first team at the age of sixteen. [3]

International career

On 13 October 2018, Deira made his debut for Suriname in a 5–0 win against the British Virgin Islands. [4] In doing so, he became the youngest player in the history of the Suriname national team, at the age of sixteen. [3]

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References

  1. "Zerguinho Deira". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. "ZERGUINHO DEIRA". FootballCritic. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 Bruce, Ricardo; Plein, Kevin (17 September 2020). "Zerguinho Deira: "Wij zijn 1, wij zijn Suriname"" [Zerguinho Deira: "We are 1, we are Suriname"]. Natio Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. Zerguinho Deira at National-Football-Teams.com