Sherwin Dandery Seedorf (born 17 March 1998) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a winger.

Early and personal life

Seedorf was born in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

. He is distantly related to

Clarence Seedorf Clarence Clyde Seedorf (; born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is regarded by many to be one of the best midfielders of his generation. Seedorf is considered one of the most successful players in UEF ...

Career

After beginning his career with Excelsior and

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 ...

, Seedorf spent seven years with

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional 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 before settling on being called after its ...

, and later played for Nike Academy before signing for

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

in January 2017. He signed on loan for

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

in June 2018. He moved on loan to Spanish club

FC Jumilla Fútbol Club Jumilla was a Spanish football team based in Jumilla, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2011, it played in Segunda División B – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de La Hoya''. Between 2016 and ...

in January 2019. In July 2019 he moved to Scottish club

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

, signing a two-year contract. On his debut for Motherwell, he scored his first career goal, in a 3–0 win away to Queen of the South in the

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group stages. His first league goal came on 31 August 2019, in a 3–0 win at home against Hibernian, and he scored again in the following match, away to Heart of Midlothian. He was released by the club at the end of the 2020–21 season. Seedorf was taken on trial by Czech top flight club Banik Ostrava during the summer of 2021 but was unsuccessful and was not offered a contract.

Career statistics

References

1998 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Excelsior Rotterdam players NAC Breda players Feyenoord players Nike Academy players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players FC Jumilla players Motherwell F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Men's association football wingers Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Scotland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Seedorf family {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub