Marvin Zeegelaar

Marvin Zeegelaar

Zeegelaar in 2013
Personal information
Full name Marvin Romeo Kwasie Zeegelaar
Date of birth (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Sporting CP
Number 31
Youth career
Volendam
2006–2009 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Ajax 4 (0)
2011Excelsior (loan) 12 (0)
2011–2012 Espanyol B 5 (0)
2012–2014 Elazığspor 39 (0)
2013Blackpool (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2015 Rio Ave 37 (4)
2016– Sporting CP 18 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2016.


Marvin Romeo Kwasie Zeegelaar (born 12 August 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a left back or a left midfielder.

Club career

Born in Amsterdam of Surinamese descent, Zeegelaar finished his formation with local AFC Ajax. He made his competitive debut on 12 November 2008, coming on as a substitute for Siem de Jong in a match against FC Volendam for the KNVB Cup.[1]

In the 2011 January transfer window, Zeegelaar was loaned to fellow Eredivisie club SBV Excelsior, appearing regularly and helping his team avoid relegation in the playoffs. In the summer, he signed a four-year contract with RCD Espanyol in Spain, being assigned to the B-team.[2]

In 2012, Zeegelaar joined Süper Lig side Elazığspor. In September of the following year, he moved to Blackpool in the Championship on loan.[3]

In the summer of 2014, Zeegelaar signed a two-year contract with Rio Ave F.C. from the Portuguese Primeira Liga. He made his debut in the competition on 21 September, playing the second half of the 1–2 home loss to F.C. Arouca; he finished his first season with 25 games and one goal, helping to a final tenth position.

With only six months to go before he became a free agent, Rio Ave accepted Sporting Clube de Portugal's bid of 400.000 in November 2015, and Zeegelaar penned a three-and-a-half-year deal which became effective in the following transfer window.[4][5]

International career

In November 2016, 26-year-old Zeegelaar received his first call-up to the senior Netherlands squad, for matches against Belgium and Luxembourg.[6]

Statistics

As of 30 August 2016[7]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[8] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax 2008–09--10----10
2009–1020--10--30
2010–1120------20
Excelsior (loan) 2010–11120----40160
Elazığspor 2012–1319020---210
Elazığspor 2013–1415030---180
Blackpool (loan) 2013–142000---20
Rio Ave 2014–15251600060371
2015–16123200010153
Sporting 2015–16110000021131
2016–172000000020
Career total 934171101101235

References

  1. Zeegelaar kan contract-voorstel verwachten (Zeegelaar expects contract offer); AFC Ajax, 12 November 2008 (Dutch)
  2. "Aanvaller Zeegelaar verruilt Ajax voor Espanyol B" [Defender Zeegelaar swaps Ajax for Espanyol B] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. "Zeegelaar arrives on loan". Blackpool F.C. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. "Zeegelaar chega a Alvalade em janeiro por 400 mil euros" [Zeegelaar arrives at Alvalade in January for 400 thousand euros]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 13 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. "Sem dizer o nome, Jesus confirma Zeegelaar" [Without saying name, Jesus confirms Zeegelaar] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. "Arjen Robben returns to Netherlands squad for Belgium, Luxembourg games". ESPN FC. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. "M. Zeegelaar". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  8. Includes other competitive competitions, including the Eredivisie playoffs
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