Marten de Roon
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marten Elco de Roon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Zwijndrecht, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Atalanta | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ASWH | |||
| Feyenoord | |||
| 2006–2010 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Sparta Rotterdam | 58 | (2) |
| 2012–2015 | Heerenveen | 94 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Atalanta | 36 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Middlesbrough | 34 | (4) |
| 2017– | Atalanta | 35 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Netherlands U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2016– | Netherlands | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2018 | |||
Marten Elco de Roon (born 29 March 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Atalanta and the Netherlands national team. He formerly played for Sparta Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen and Middlesbrough.
Club career
Sparta Rotterdam
De Roon made his Eredivisie debut for Sparta Rotterdam on 27 March 2010, starting in the match against Twente at De Grolsch Veste.[2] He made a total of three appearances in the Eredivisie for the 2009–10 season.
Heereveen
In April 2012, Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen announced the signing of De Roon on a three-year contract.[3]
Atalanta
In July 2015, De Roon was signed by Serie A side Atalanta.[4]
Middlesbrough
On 4 July 2016, De Roon signed for newly-promoted Premier League side Middlesbrough for a reported £12 million transfer fee.[5] He scored his first goal for his new club – a 91st-minute equaliser – on 5 November 2016 in a 1–1 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. On 18 July 2017, Middlesbrough confirmed that they paid £8.8 million for De Roon, with Atalanta earning another £900,000 after the midfielder played 30 games for the club.[6]
Return to Atalanta
On 10 August 2017, De Roon re-signed for Atalanta for an undisclosed fee.[7]
International career
De Roon has represented the Netherlands under-19 national team in the qualification rounds for the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. On 12 November 2009, he made his debut and scored his first goal for the U-19 Oranje in a qualification match against Malta.[8] On 13 November 2016, he made his debut for the senior team.
He was later named in the first Dutch squad chosen by new national team manager Ronald Koeman. This was in March 2018 for the friendlies agsinst England and Portugal. [9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 23 August 2018 [10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2009–10 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Total | 58 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 63 | 2 | |||
| Heerenveen | 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Total | 94 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 104 | 6 | |||
| Atalanta | 2015–16 | Serie A | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2016–17 | Premier League | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||
| Atalanta | 2017–18 | Serie A | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 46 | 3 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 71 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 88 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 257 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 292 | 18 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in the Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
- 1 2 3 Appearances in the Europa League
International
- As of 13 October 2018 [11]
| Netherlands senior team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ "Twente vs. Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway. 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ↑ "Marten de Roon tot zomer 2017 bij sc Heerenveen". www.sc-heerenveen.nl (in Dutch). SC Heerenveen. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Mercato Atalanta, Marten De Roon all'Atalanta a titolo definitivo". www.atalanta.it (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Marten de Roon: Boro Move Is An Honour For Me". July 2016.
- ↑ "MFC – Clarifying Transfer Facts". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ "Middlesbrough midfielder Marten De Roon joins Atalanta". www.skysports.com. Sky Sports. 10 August 2017.
- ↑ "Under-19 2010 - Netherlands-Malta". UEFA.com. 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ↑ https://www.eurosport.com/football/koeman-puts-trust-in-newcomers-as-dutch-prepare-to-play-england_sto6678015/story.shtml
- ↑ Marten de Roon at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ↑ "Marten de Roon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
External links
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)