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Sergiño Dest Finding his Footing at PSV Eindhoven
Name: Sergiño Dest Club: PSV Nationality: American Position: Defender – Full Back Preferred Foot: Height: 5’7”/170cm Age: 23 In what can be best described as a remarkable turnaround for American youngster Sergiño Dest who plays as a right back for PSV and has established himself as a fundamental piece in the PSV team setup…
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Yukinari Sugawara: AZ’s Japanese Right Back
Name: Yukinari Sugawara Club: AZ Alkmaar Nationality: Japanese Position: Defender – Right Back Preferred Foot: Right Height: 5’8”/175cm Age: 23 It has been a disappointing campaign for AZ Alkmar as far as cup competitions are concerned. Having reached the semifinals the previous season, AZ finished third in their Europa Conference League group, six behind…
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Yankuba Minteh: The Gambian Gem Thriving at Feyenoord
Club: Feyenoord (On Loan From Newcastle) Nationality: Gambian Position: Attacking Midfielder (RW) Preferred Foot: Left Height: 6’2” Age: 19 Despite the success of its neighboring countries, The Gambia, a West African nation, is not typically associated with producing football talents. However, it has recently begun to nurture a budding star amidst its neighbors Nigeria,…
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Luuk de Jong: PSV’s Prolific Talisman
Name: Luuk de Jong Club: PSV Eindhoven Nationality: Netherlands Position: Center Forward Preferred Foot: Right Height: 6’2”/188cm Age: 33 It has been 12 years since Luuk de Jong burst onto the scene for Twente, scoring 25 goals in his first Eredivisie season and finishing join-second in the scoring charts, before departing the Netherlands for…
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Jorrel Hato: Ajax’s Latest Teenage Starlet
Name: Jorrel Hato Club: Ajax Nationality: Netherlands Position(s): CB, LB Preferred Foot: Left Height: 5’11”/180cm Age: 17 Strengths: technical ability, ball-carrying, anticipation, football IQ, maturity Areas for Development: timed aggression, strength, aerial duels Stats: 25 Games, 1668 Mins, 10.7x90s, 1 Goal, 1 Assist After a dismal start to the campaign that saw them fall…
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Sem Steijn: The Creative Dynamo Fuelling Twente’s Stellart Start
FC Twente enter the winter break in third place in the Eredivisie table with 34 points from 16 matches, sitting one point above AZ Alkmaar, nine above Ajax, four behind defending champions Feyenoord and 14 behind PSV, and they are pushing to return to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 13 years.…
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Can Edward Sturing Lead Vitesse Out of the Relegation Zone?
From Martin Odegaard to Lois Openda to Mason Mount, Vitesse Arnhem have grown a reputation for developing young talent and finishing in the upper reaches of the Eredivisie table, playing in European football on five occasions in the past decade, most recently reaching the UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 in 2021/22. Today, however,…
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Johan Bakayoko: The Belgian Sensation Driving PSV’s Perfect Start
Name: Johan Bakayoko Club: PSV Nationality: Belgium Position: Forward – Right Winger Preferred foot: Left Height: 5”10/179cm Age: 20 Only one team in Europe’s top 55 leagues has enjoyed a perfect league record: PSV Eindhoven with 16 wins in 16 matches. Peter Bosz’s side have scored 56 goals and conceded 6, and they…
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Vangelis Pavlidis: AZ’s Greek Forward
Despite losing various key players such as Tijjani Reijnders, Milos Kerkez and Jesper Karlsson, AZ Alkmaar have enjoyed an impressive start to the season under Pascal Jensen. The Cheeseheads sit fourth in the table, eight points above Ajax, one behind Twente, five behind Feyenoord, and 15 behind league leaders PSV Eindhoven. They have scored 35…
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Santiago Giménez: Feyenoord’s Mexican Sharpshooter in Attack
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the 18th of April 2001, Santiago Giménez chose to represent the Mexico national team having moved to Mexico at the age of three with his father. Giménez followed in the footsteps of his father Christian Eduardo Giménez a former professional footballer born in Argentina but who played for the…
