Maurice Ligeon (born September 2, 1977) is an American former professional

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player of

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se descent, who spent his entire career in Europe and earned one cap with the

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Playing career

Club

Ligeon began his career on the Club Brugge K.V. youth team. He played the 1997–98 season with Dutch Second Division club Telstar. He was then listed with the amateur club SV Huizen from 1999 to 2002. He left the team during the 2001–02 season, but returned for the 2002–03 season only to resign again on December 16, 2003. He was then listed with KSJB from 2005 to 2007.

international

Ligeon earned one cap with the

, as a 17-year old in a 2–1 loss to Saudi Arabia in Dhahran on October 19, 1994 when he came on for Lawrence Lozzano in the 72nd minute.

Managerial career

In September 2010 he joined Clarence Seedorf's Surinamese club

S.V. The Brothers Sport Vereniging The Brothers is a Surinamese football club based in Oost, Para District. The club presently competes in the Eerste Klasse, the 2nd tier of Surinamese football. History Founded in 2006, S.V. The Brothers is a satellite club o ...

as manager. In the summer of 2012, Ligeon was appointed manager of Dutch amateur team FC Almere. In the summer of 2018, Ligeon was appointed manager of Dutch team VV Unicum Lelystad.

Personal life

Ligeon is of Surinamese descent and the brother of

Ruben Ligeon Ruben Ewald Ligeon (born 24 May 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played as a right back for NAC Breda. Before moving to Slovakia where he featured for Slovan Bratislava and AS Trenčín, he played for Ajax Amsterdam, NAC Breda, ...

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Photo of Ligeon with Huizen in 2002
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ligeon, Maurice 1977 births Living people American men's soccer players United States men's international soccer players SC Telstar players SV Huizen players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football midfielders American people of Surinamese descent Sportspeople of Surinamese descent Expatriate football managers in Suriname