Jeffrey Bruma
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey van Homoet Bruma | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea | ||
| Number | 43 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Feyenoord[2] | ||
| 2007–2009 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009– | Chelsea | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009– | Netherlands U-21 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:33, 20 February 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
Jeffrey van Homoet Bruma,[3] commonly known as Jeffrey Bruma (born 13 November 1991)[4], is a Dutch professional footballer, currently playing for Chelsea in the Premier League. His position is centre back, although he can play as a right back. His older brother, Marciano, is also a footballer.[5]
Playing career
Bruma joined Chelsea's youth setup from Feyenoord at the age of 15 for a fee of £100,000,[2] and was making appearances for the reserve team by the age of 16.[6] In the 2007–08 season, Bruma played centre back in every round of the FA Youth Cup run to the final and made the most amount of appearances in the youth league.[4] Bruma also plays for the Netherlands U-19 national football team.[7]
In September 2009, Bruma was added to Chelsea's UEFA Champions League squad and was on the bench against Portuguese side F.C. Porto.[8] On 13 October 2009, Bruma made his debut for the Netherlands U-21 national football team in an Under-21 Championship qualifying game victory over Poland.[9] Eleven days later, Bruma made his Premier League debut for Chelsea, coming on as a substitute in a 5–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers.[10]
On 2 December 2009, Bruma made his Carling Cup debut, coming on as a substitute for Juliano Belletti in the quarter final in a match against Blackburn Rovers, a match which Chelsea later lost on penalties.[11]
On 20 February 2010, Bruma made his 2nd Premier League appearance, in the 2–0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he was a 56th minute substitute replacing the injured Yuri Zhirkov.
Although Bruma was playing for Chelsea's first team, he was also playing in the Youth Squad, scoring a goal in the FA Youth Cup Final; First Leg at Villa Park. Chelsea went on to beat Aston Villa 3–2 on aggregate to lift the trophy for the first time since 1961.
Career Statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "Jeffrey Bruma". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ a b "FA Youth Cup Final: How the teams line up". Daily Mirror. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ Veevers, Nicholas (16 April 2008). "City lift The Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Jeffrey Bruma". Chelsea F.C. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Barnsley 1 – 0 Chelsea". Chelsea F.C. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "The Prospects: Jeffrey Bruma". footballprospects.wordpress.com. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ Dimond, Alex (15 September 2009). "Alex Dimond's Chelsea Report: Just who are Blues newcomers Hutchinson, Bruma and Borini?". Goal.com. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Chelsea 1 – 0 Porto (Lineups)". UEFA. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Poland 0 – 4 Netherlands". UEFA. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: horizontal tab character in|title=at position 7 (help) - ^ "Chelsea 5 – 0 Blackburn". BBC. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Blackburn 3 – 3 Chelsea". BBC. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
External links
- Jeffrey Bruma at Soccerbase