Terell Ondaan (born 9 September 1993) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for the Guyana national team. Born in the

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, he represents

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

internationally.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Ondaan played in the youth academies from

HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982 ...

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...

and

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

. In 2011, he had to leave Ajax and he was signed by AZ. He never played a professional match for AZ.

Telstar

In the summer of 2013 he moved to SC Telstar, where he signed an amateur contract. He only played three matches in which he scored four times for Telstar, before he was signed by Willem II.

Willem II

Willem II sold winger

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to PFC Ludogorets Razgrad and wanted Ondaan to replace him. Because Ondaan had an amateur contract with Telstar, Willem II was able to sign Ondaan without any transfer fee. He transferred to his new club only two months after signing for Telstar. He made his debut for Willem II on 23 August 2013 against

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(3–0 win). His in June 2016 expiring contract was not extended. On 11 October 2018, Ondaan joined

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

side

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on a deal until 2020.

U Craiova

On 14 August 2021, he moved to FC U Craiova in Romania.

International career

Ondaan represented Netherlands during the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3 campaign, playing against Georgia during September 2014. In May 2019, he was named on the Guyana national football team's provisional list for the

2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was primarily hosted in th ...

. He made his debut on 6 June 2019 in a 0–1 friendly loss to

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Willem II *

: 2013–14

References

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* 1993 births Living people Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Guyanese men's footballers Guyana men's international footballers Guyanese people of Surinamese descent Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Dutch people of Guyanese descent Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Footballers from Amsterdam SC Telstar players Willem II (football club) players Excelsior Rotterdam players Grenoble Foot 38 players NEC Nijmegen players FC U Craiova 1948 players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ligue 2 players Liga I players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania {{Guyana-footy-bio-stub