Tom Hiariej

Tom Hiariej

Personal information
Full name	Tom Jan Hiariej
Date of birth	July 25, 1988
Place of birth	Winschoten, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	SC Cambuur
Number	24
Youth career
	ZNC
	GRC
	FC Groningen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007–	FC Groningen	146	(3)
2013	→ FC Emmen (loan)	12	(0)
2016–	→ SC Cambuur (loan)	0	(0)
National team^‡
2007	Netherlands U21	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:04, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Tom Jan Hiariej (/ˈtɒm hiːˈɑːriːeɪ/; born 25 July 1988 in Winschoten, Groningen Province) is a Dutch-Indonesian^[1] footballer who currently plays for SC Cambuur on loan from FC Groningen.

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, where he currently plays.

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

FC Groningen

• KNVB Cup (1): 2014–15

References

1. "Para Pemain Keturunan Indonesia di Eredivisie Rata-Rata U-23, Penggawa Tim Junior Oranye" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 October 2014.
2. "Voetballen in Spanje is een droom voor Tom Hiariej" (in Dutch). Voetbal Nieuws Online. 28 February 2008.
3. "Paspoort van Tom Hiariej". KNVB. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

External links

• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)