Juriën Godfried Juan Gaari (born 23 December 1993) is a professional

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who plays for

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Curaçao national team.

Club career

Gaari played in youth departments of amateur clubs De Musschen and Overmaas Rotterdam before joining the amateur section of Excelsior. He left the club in 2012 to play for VV Smitshoek. Between 2012 and 2014, he was a regular starter for the club and made a

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appearance against

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

, among other things. He later played for

Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys ...

, where he quickly became a permanent starter. After four seasons and a promotion, Gaari joined professional club

. He made his debut for the first team on 17 August 2018, in a 1–0 home win over

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International career

He played for Curaçao at the

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and

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CONCACAF Gold Cup. He scored his first goal for Curaçao on June 25, 2019 in the latter tournament against

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, a late equalizer that gave the team a 1-1 draw.

Career statistics

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

Honors

Curaçao * Caribbean Cup:

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* * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Kerkrade Men's association football defenders Curaçao men's footballers Curaçao men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Curaçao descent 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Kozakken Boys players RKC Waalwijk players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Curaçao-footy-bio-stub