Jean-Paul de Jong
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Paul de Jong
Date of birth	17 October 1970 (1970-10-17) (age 39)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	DWSV USV Elinkwijk Feyenoord Ajax Arminia Bielefeld
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1993 1993–2007	Osnabrück FC Utrecht	014 0(0) 370 (11) 384 (11)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jean-Paul de Jong (born 17 October 1970) is a former Dutch footballer, who played mostly as a right midfielder. He is best known for his lengthy spell with FC Utrecht.

[edit] Football career

Born in Utrecht, de Jong had several trainee spells, including with country giants Feyenoord Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam. He made his professional debuts in Germany at already 22, with second division outfit VfL Osnabrück, appearing rarely in a sole season.

In 1993, de Jong returned to his country and city, going on serve a 14-year spell with FC Utrecht. In total, he played 370 first division matches, in which he scored a total of 11 times. This achievement gave him the nickname "Mr. FC Utrecht".

On 22 April 2007, de Jong received his 83rd yellow card in the league, surpassing the record number of cards received by a player which had been previously held by Barry van Galen. During his final season as a player, in which he contributed with 21 matches to a comfortable 9th place, he completed his coaching training badges and began to work as a youth trainer with the club.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Beijen profile (Dutch)
• Bundesliga stats (German)

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