Tom Hiariej

Tom Hiariej
Hiariej with Groningen in 2011
Personal information
Full name Tom Jan Hiariej
Date of birth (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Winschoten, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, right-back
Youth career
–1998 ZNC
1998–1999 GRC
1999–2007 Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2017 Groningen 146 (3)
2013 → Emmen (loan) 12 (0)
2016 → Cambuur (loan) 10 (0)
2017–2019 Central Coast Mariners 37 (0)
2019–2020 Emmen 17 (0)
Total 222 (3)
International career
2003–2004 Netherlands U16 8 (0)
2004–2005 Netherlands U17 14 (1)
2006–2007 Netherlands U19 7 (0)
2008–2009 Netherlands U20 8 (0)
2008 Netherlands U21 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA U-17 World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2005
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tom Jan Hiariej (/ˈtɒm hiːˈɑːriːeɪ/; born 25 July 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or right-back. He is of Moluccan descent.[1]

Club career

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.[3] Hiariej scored his first professional goal on 23 January 2008 in a match against NEC.[4][5]

During his time at Groningen, Hiariej was sent on loan twice; to Emmen and Cambuur.[6] In May 2017, he moved to Australia to play in Gosford for the Central Coast Mariners.[7][8] After practicing with the first team for a few weeks, he signed another one-year contract with Emmen in July 2019.[9] He left the club at the expiration of his contract, after losing his starting spot to Hilal Ben Moussa.[10]

International career

Hiarej is also a Dutch youth international; he played a number of matches for several youth teams. He was also part of the Netherlands under-17 team, who ended up third in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[11]

Netherlands under-17 coach, Ruud Kaiser was very impressed by the young defender. Before the youth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, Kaiser said 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 qualities to come up in attack; he sees the chances".[12]

Hiariej would also make appearances for the Netherlands under-21 team.[13]

Honours

Groningen

Netherlands U17

References

  1. ^ "Para Pemain Keturunan Indonesia di Eredivisie Rata-Rata U-23, Penggawa Tim Junior Oranye" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Voetballen in Spanje is een droom voor Tom Hiariej" (in Dutch). Voetbal Nieuws Online. 28 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Hiariej besluit na tien seizoenen te vertrekken bij FC Groningen". NU (in Dutch). 25 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Groningen en Heerenveen winnen". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 24 January 2008.
  5. ^ "FC Groningen - NEC Nijmegen 5:1 (Eredivisie 2007/2008, 21. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Tom Hiariej op huurbasis naar SC Cambuur". SC Cambuur (in Dutch). 11 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Tom Hiariej naar Australië; voor twee jaar naar Central Coast Mariners". Groninger Internet Courant (in Dutch). 24 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Hiariej: The fans, that's who we're playing for". Central Coast Mariners. 4 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Welkom, Tom Hiariej! – FC Emmen". FC Emmen (in Dutch). 16 July 2019.
  10. ^ Dijkhuizen, Niels (11 June 2020). "Hiariej moet op zoek naar een andere club". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch).
  11. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005 - Mexico reign supreme". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Paspoort van Tom Hiariej". KNVB. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  13. ^ "Drie nieuwelingen bij Jong Oranje". Ons Oranje (in Dutch). 28 August 2009.