Jordy Clasie
 Clasie with Feyenoord in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jordy Clasie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Haarlem, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2010 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Feyenoord | 129 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | → Excelsior (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 2015– | Southampton | 25 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Netherlands U19 | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Netherlands U21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2012– | Netherlands | 15 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:56, 24 September 2016 (UTC). | |||
Jordy Clasie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔrdi ˈklaːzi]; born 27 June 1991) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Southampton and for the Dutch national team.
Club career
Early career
Clasie arrived at the youth Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord) as a 9-year-old in the summer of 2000 and progressed through the ranks to the Feyenoord/Excelsior U19s. In the summer of 2010 the Harlem-born youngster went out on loan to Excelsior.[2] Clasie made his professional debut for Excelsior on 15 August 2010, when he was part of the starting line-up in the Rotterdam derby victory against Feyenoord (3–2).
Feyenoord
Clasie was brought into the first-team squad at Feyenoord at the start of the 2011/2012 season and incoming coach Ronald Koeman immediately handed the youngster a place in the starting line-up.[2] On 31 July 2011 he made his debut for Feyenoord in a friendly game against Málaga. Because of his good play and his tenacity he soon became one of the most popular players among the supporters.[3]
On 29 August 2014, a day after Clasie helped Feyenoord qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, Clasie agreed to extend his contract until 2018.[4] Clasie explained the decision that he was keen on developing himself as a player within the team as well as developing together with the team as a whole.[4]
Southampton
However, on 15 July 2015, Clasie signed for Southampton on a five-year deal for a fee in the region of £8 million. This meant he would once again link up with Ronald Koeman who brought him into the Feyenoord first-team.[5]
He scored his first goal for the club on 30 November 2016, in a 2–0 win at Arsenal in the EFL Cup.[6]
International career
In November 2010, two months after his debut for Excelsior, he was selected for the Netherlands U21 squad. In February 2012, Bert van Marwijk, the coach of the first team of the Netherlands, pronounced his interest in Clasie. He was made aware that his name was on the stand-by list for Euro 2012.
Clasie was part of Louis van Gaal's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil where the Dutch finished third beating the likes of defending champions Spain and hosts Brazil. He made two appearances in the tournament, coming on as a substitute for Nigel de Jong in the semi-finals against Argentina and started the third place game against the hosts which the Dutch won 3-0 comfortably.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cups | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Excelsior | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 35 | 2 | |
| Excelsior Total | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| Feyenoord | 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
| Feyenoord Total | 129 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 153 | 8 | ||
| Southampton | 2015–16[9] | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2016–17[10] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Southampton Total | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 188 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 217 | 10 | ||
1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
Playing style
Clasie's style of play has earned him the label of "Dutch Xavi".[11]
Honours
International
- Netherlands
- FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2014[12]
References
- ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 25. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- 1 2 "Jordy Clasie". Feyenoord. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "Excelsior – Feyenoord (15-08-2010)". VI (in Dutch). 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- 1 2 'Jordy Clasie tekent bij tot 2018'. Retrieved from wwww.feyenoord.nl on 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Jordy Clasie: Southampton sign Dutch midfielder". BBC Sport. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "Arsenal 0–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "J. Clasie - Voetbal International". Vi.nl. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ Jordy Clasie profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Games played by Jordy Clasie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ "Games played by Jordy Clasie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ "The 'Dutch Xavi' Jordy Clasie – from 'physically too weak' to Euro 2012 candidate within six months". Goal.Com. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: Brazil-Netherlands". FIFA. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jordy Clasie. |
- Jordy Clasie – FIFA competition record
- Jordy Clasie career statistics at Soccerbase
- Jordy Clasie profile ESPN Soccernet
- Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
- Wereld van oranje.nl Profile (Dutch)
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