Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (born 23 February 1981) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Elst, Gelderland Elst is a town in the municipality of Overbetuwe in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is situated in the Betuwe, between the cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen. Elst has 21,447 inhabitants. Elst is known for its Roman temples, which are situated un ...

, Leiwakabessy played his first professional seasons with

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion fr ...

. In 2006–07 he moved to

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a football in Germany, German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's 2. Bundesliga, second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three- ...

in Germany, which had just returned to the

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after a four-decade absence; during the campaign he appeared in all 34 league matches, but could not help prevent the team's immediate

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. After one more season in

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

, Leiwakabessy joined

Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...

in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

. He went on to feature in twelve

2008–09 UEFA Champions League The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009. It was ...

games as the side overachieved in the group stage, even though it was eventually ousted as last. On 4 January 2012, Leiwakabessy returned to his country and signed a one-year contract with

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

. On 15 October of the following year, after a period of trial, he joined former club NEC until the end of the campaign.

Honours

NEC *

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

: 2014–15

References

External links

Stats at Voetbal International
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leiwakabessy, Jeffrey 1981 births Living people People from Overbetuwe Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch people of Moluccan descent Dutch footballers Association football defenders Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players NEC Nijmegen players VVV-Venlo players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Alemannia Aachen players Cypriot First Division players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players Netherlands youth international footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Footballers from Gelderland