Melayro Chakewno Jalaino Bogarde (born 28 May 2002) is a Dutch

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who plays as a centre-back for German club

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Club career

Bogarde joined the youth team of

from the Feyenoord Academy in 2018. On 30 May 2020, he made his professional debut for Hoffenheim in the

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, starting in the away match against

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. On 14 January 2022, Bogarde was loaned to

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club Groningen for the rest of the season.

International career

Bogarde began his international career with the Netherlands under-15 national team in 2017, before playing for the under-16 team until 2018. In 2019, he was included in the Dutch squad for the

2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football champ ...

in the Republic of Ireland. The Netherlands won the tournament, defeating

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4–2 in the final, with Bogarde appearing in all six matches and later selected by the UEFA technical observers for the team of the tournament. As a result, the Netherlands under-17 team qualified for the

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in Brazil later that year. Bogarde was included in the Dutch squad for the tournament, in which he made three appearances as the Netherlands finished fourth.

Personal life

Bogarde was born in

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, and is of Surinamese descent. His uncle,

Winston Bogarde Winston Lloyd Bogarde (born 22 October 1970) is a Dutch retired professional footballer, and was the assistant coach at Ajax. He was known for his physical strength, and played mostly as a central defender although he could occasionally play as ...

, is a former footballer who was capped for the

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, while his younger brother Lamare is an Aston Villa player and Dutch youth international.

Honours

Netherlands U17 *

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Individual * UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament:

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogarde, Melayro 2002 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players FC Groningen players PEC Zwolle players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent