Tom Hiariej
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tom Jan Hiariej | ||
Date of birth | July 25, 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Winschoten, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Central Coast Mariners | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
ZNC | |||
GRC | |||
FC Groningen | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2017 | FC Groningen | 146 | (3) |
2013 | → FC Emmen (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2016 | → SC Cambuur (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2017– | Central Coast Mariners | 19 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2014 |
Tom Jan Hiariej (/ˈtɒm hiːˈɑːriːeɪ/; born 25 July 1988) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.
He is of Indonesian descent.[1]
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.
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
References
- ^ "Para Pemain Keturunan Indonesia di Eredivisie Rata-Rata U-23, Penggawa Tim Junior Oranye" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
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- ^ "Paspoort van Tom Hiariej". KNVB. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
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External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Oldambt (municipality)
- Dutch people of Indonesian descent
- Dutch footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- FC Emmen players
- FC Groningen players
- SC Cambuur players
- Central Coast Mariners FC players
- Netherlands under-21 international footballers
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- Association football midfielders
- Dutch football defender stubs