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Jeffrey Sneijder

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Jeff Sneijder
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Sneijder
Date of birth (1982-09-16) 16 September 1982 (age 42)
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
*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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl". www.vi.nl.
  2. ^ "Less Famous Brothers of Well-Known Soccer Players".
  3. ^ Latest news about the football player Wesley Sneijder The brother Archived 2010-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Talentvolle Rodney Sneijder wil slagen bij Ajax". Elfvoetbal.nl.
  5. ^ "Rodney Sneijder - Ajaxinside.nl". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Καβαλιώτης ο Σνάϊντερ (in Greek)". Retrieved 9 July 2014.