Jeffrey Sneijder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey Sneijder | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Jong Ajax | ||
| 2004–2005 | Ajax A2 | ||
| 2005–2006 | Jong RKC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Stormvogels Telstar[1] | ||
| 2006–2007 | Den Bosch | ||
| 2007–2008 | USV Elinkwijk | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2008 | |||
Jeffrey Sneijder (born 16 September 1982) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a winger.[2]
Club career
[edit]He started his career at Jong Ajax in a team with Maarten Stekelenburg and Rafael van der Vaart, before he was transferred to Stormvogels Telstar in July 2001.[3] In February 2004, he injured his meniscus. He paused from football and began his comeback at Jong Ajax in July 2004 and 2005 he went to Jong RKC.[4] He left Jong RKC in June 2006 and moved to Den Bosch, where he left in August 2007 to play for lower league side USV Elinkwijk.
Personal life
[edit]Jeffrey Sneijder is the brother of Wesley, and also Rodney also footballers; the former is retired.[5] During an interview in a radio station in Thessaloniki, Sneijder's brother Rodney confirmed that he and Wesley Sneijder (along with their other brother Jeffrey) have part-Greek descent, since their grandmother (their father's mother) was a Greek woman born in Kavala, Macedonia, Greece and moved to Utrecht before World War II.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl". www.vi.nl.
- ^ "Less Famous Brothers of Well-Known Soccer Players".
- ^ Latest news about the football player Wesley Sneijder The brother Archived 2010-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Talentvolle Rodney Sneijder wil slagen bij Ajax". Elfvoetbal.nl.
- ^ "Rodney Sneijder - Ajaxinside.nl". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Καβαλιώτης ο Σνάϊντερ (in Greek)". Retrieved 9 July 2014.