Tom Hiariej

Tom Hiariej
Personal information
Full name	Tom Jan Hiariej
Date of birth	July 25, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Winschoten, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	SC Cambuur
Number	24
Youth career
	ZNC
	GRC
	FC Groningen
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–	FC Groningen
2013	→ FC Emmen (loan)
2016–	→ SC Cambuur (loan)
International career‡
2007	Netherlands U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2016 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:04, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Tom Jan Hiariej (/ˈtɒm hiːˈɑːriːeɪ/; born 25 July 1988 in Winschoten, Groningen Province) is a Dutch-Indonesian^[1] footballer who currently plays for SC Cambuur on loan from FC Groningen.

Biography

The son of a Moluccan father and a Dutch mother,^[2] he made his professional first team debut in 2007 with Eredivisie side FC Groningen under long-time head coach Ron Jans, where he currently plays.

Hiarej is also a Dutch youth international; he played a number of matches for several youth teams. He was also part of the Dutch U-17 team, who ended up third in the World Cup for Under 17 in Peru in 2005.

Netherlands U-17 coach, Ruud Kaiser was very impressed by the young defender. Before the youth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, Kaiser said this about Hiariej:

"When Hiariej plays for his club, he plays central defender, but here he plays right-back. He is talented and quick. He also has the quality's to come up in attack; he sees the chances"^[3]

In the match against NEC Nijmegen (23 January 2008), Tom Hiariej scored his first top-flight goal for FC Groningen.

Honours

Club

FC Groningen

KNVB Cup (1): 2014–15

References

^ "Para Pemain Keturunan Indonesia di Eredivisie Rata-Rata U-23, Penggawa Tim Junior Oranye" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 October 2014.
^ "Voetballen in Spanje is een droom voor Tom Hiariej" (in Dutch). Voetbal Nieuws Online. 28 February 2008. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "Paspoort van Tom Hiariej". KNVB. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

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[1] "Para Pemain Keturunan Indonesia di Eredivisie Rata-Rata U-23, Penggawa Tim Junior Oranye" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 October 2014.

[2] "Voetballen in Spanje is een droom voor Tom Hiariej" (in Dutch). Voetbal Nieuws Online. 28 February 2008. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[3] "Paspoort van Tom Hiariej". KNVB. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

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