Miquel Nelom (born 22 September 1990) is a Dutch professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left back. Nelom has previously played in his homeland for
Excelsior
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Feyenoord
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,
Sparta Rotterdam and
Willem II, and for Scottish club
Hibernian. He represented the
Netherlands
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in two full international matches, both in 2013.
Club career
Nelom made his professional debut for
Excelsior
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* "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
* ''Excelsior'' (Macedo ...
on 9 October 2009. He replaced
Tobias Waisapy in the 90th minute of an
Eerste Divisie
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away match against
HFC Haarlem (0–1). With Excelsior's surprising promotion in the season
2010–11
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, Nelom managed to make his
Eredivisie
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debut on 7 August 2010. However, he couldn't prevent Excelsior losing the season opening match against
De Graafschap (3-0).
Nelom moved to
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...
in 2011. He played in over 100 Eredivisie matches for the club, helping them win the league championship in
2016–17 and the
Dutch Cup
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in
2015–16. After a loan spell with
Sparta Rotterdam in the early part of 2018, Nelom left Feyenoord at the end of the 2017–18 season.
Nelom signed a one-year contract with
Scottish Premiership
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club
Hibernian on 20 September 2018. He was released by Hibernian in May 2019.
He signed for
Willem II in September 2019.
International career
Born in the Netherlands, Nelom is of Surinamese descent. In May 2013, Nelom was part of the
Netherlands national team for a mini-tour of Asia. Nelom made his full international debut in a friendly against
Indonesia
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
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Honours
Feyenoord
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Eredivisie
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:
2016–17
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KNVB Cup:
2015–16
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Johan Cruijff Shield
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:
2017
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References
External links
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Netherlands statsat OnsOranje
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1990 births
Living people
Association football fullbacks
Dutch footballers
Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent
Footballers from Rotterdam
Excelsior Rotterdam players
Sparta Rotterdam players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Feyenoord players
Willem II (football club) players
Netherlands youth international footballers
Netherlands under-21 international footballers
Netherlands international footballers
Dutch expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Hibernian F.C. players
Scottish Professional Football League players
VV Spijkenisse players