Jeffrey Dennis Talan (born 29 September 1971) is a Dutch professional

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coach and former

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who is the assistant coach of Almere City. He gained 8

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for the

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, in which he scored once.

Club career

Den Haag

Talan began playing youth football for

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, before moving to

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. There, he made his debut in the

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in the 1990–91 season in the 2–0 away win over

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as a late substitute for Emiel van Eijkeren. He scored his first professional goal on 22 September 1991, opening the score in a 2–2 draw against

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. After two seasons at the highest level in which Talan made 17 appearances, the club which at that point had changed its name to ADO Den Haag suffered relegation to the

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after losing to

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in the relegation play-offs.

Heerenveen

After impressing at the second level with ADO for three seasons, Talan signed with Eredivisie club

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in the summer of 1995 after a deal with Swiss club

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fell through. He made his debut on 15 July 1995 in the

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match against Hungarian club

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, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute for

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 4 October in a 3–1 away win over

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. In Heerenveen, Talan soon became a starter and as a right winger he scored regularly. On 6 April 1996, he scored his first hat-trick in a 4–2 win over FC Utrecht. Talan made his first appearance in the

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on 12 September 2000, after Heerenveen had qualified for the tournament by finishing second in the Eredivisie in the 1999–2000 season. In a 3–1 loss in the first group stage game to

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, Talan also scored his first and only goal in the competition; a

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over goalkeeper

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after a through-ball by

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. In played in all six group stage games, as Heerenveen finished bottom. He retired from professional football in December 2002 due to a lingering injury to his right knee. He managed a total of 201 appearances for Heerenveen, scoring 47 goals. After retiring, he played shortly for Derde Klasse club Olyphia from Noordwolde under future Heerenveen manager

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International career

On 10 October 1998, Talan made his debut for the Netherlands national team in the friendly against

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after receiving his first call-up by new coach

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. Thereby, he became the third ever Heerenveen player to appear for the national team after

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and Germ Hofma. In the run-up to the

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hosted by the Netherlands and Belgium, he made 5 appearances for the national team. During the Euros, however, Talan was sidelined with a serious knee injury. After the tournament, new coach

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called up Talan for three

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qualifiers in which he scored once.

Style of play

Talan has been described as "real, almost orthodox"

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, who was able to beat defenders one-on-one. Growing up, he modelled his play after Gerald Vanenburg.

Coaching career

Talan became youth coach with SC Heerenveen in 2010 and in 2016 he became head of the club's youth academy. From the 2019–20 season, he became assistant coach of the first team. He left the club in June 2021, after his contract expired. On 27 June 2022, Almere City appointed Talan as assistant coach to

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, replacing Tim Bakens.

Personal life

His older brother Ricky Talan won the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Talan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Netherlands goal.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talan, Jeffrey 1971 births Living people Footballers from Katwijk Men's association football wingers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Indonesian descent Netherlands men's international footballers VV Katwijk players ADO Den Haag players SC Heerenveen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players SC Heerenveen non-playing staff Almere City FC non-playing staff