Jhondly van der Meer (''
né
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'' Saint Juste; born on 22 March 2002) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. Born in the Dominican Republic, he plays for the
Haiti national team.
Early life
Van der Meer was born as Haitian in the neighbouring Dominican Republic since his biological parents were Haitian and they were not regularised there. He was raised in Haiti until he was 6, when he was adopted by a Dutch family, the Van der Meers, who took him to live with them in
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...
, Netherlands. He is now a naturalised Dutch citizen.
International career
Van der Meer was followed by the
under-23 national coach for the Dominican Republic, where he was born, despite the fact that he is not a Dominican national.
He is also on the
Haiti national team radar.
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Career statistics
Club
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References
External links
Career stats
- Voetbal International
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2002 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Santo Domingo
Haitians born in the Dominican Republic
Haitian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Haiti men's international footballers
Haitian emigrants to the Netherlands
Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands
Dutch adoptees
Footballers from Leeuwarden
Dutch men's footballers
SC Cambuur players
Eerste Divisie players
Eredivisie players
Dutch people of Haitian descent
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