Chovanie Amatkarijo (born 20 May 1999) is a

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who plays for

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in the Swedish

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

. Born in the metropolitan Netherlands, he plays for the Sint Maarten national team.

Club career

The Netherlands

Amatkarijo joined

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

as a teenager and first played for the U21s as a 16 year old in a match vs

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

U21, coming on as a substitute for Maarten Rieder on 9 May 2016, scoring his first goal in the process. Amatkarijo made his professional debut at 18 years of age in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

for

on 29 January 2017 in a game against

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. He did not appear for the first team again but continued to impress for Jong ADO, scoring a

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against

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. After starting against Willem II in

Ricardo Kishna Ricardo Kishna (born 4 January 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Ajax Born in The Hague, Kishna joined Ajax in 2010 from ADO Den Haag at 15 years old, where he had been active in the youth ranks from ...

's comeback game, he scored another hat-trick against Heracles, linking up well with Johnny Reynolds and Tyrone Owusu. He was loaned to

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

for the 2017–18 season in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

. On 2 September 2019, Amatkarijo joined

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbrevia ...

on an amateur contract. However, the club announced on 17 October 2019, that Amatkarijo alongside two other players, had left the club for personal reasons. Amatkarijo joined

SVV Scheveningen Scheveningse Voetbal Vereniging Scheveningen is an association football club from Scheveningen, a district of The Hague, Netherlands. The club was founded 1 July 1919. It is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of football in ...

in January 2020.

Sweden

In January 2021, he moved to Swedish club IF Karlstad, who compete in the third-tier Ettan. On 9 March 2022, Amatkarijo signed a two-year contract with

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Östersund, Sweden, that plays in the Swedish second tier, S ...

in the Swedish second-tier

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

. After spending only two months in Croatia for Istra 1961, Amatkarijo signed for

side

, on 30 August 2023, on a contract until the end of 2026.

International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list Sint Maarten's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amatkarijo, Chovanie 1999 births Living people Sint Maarten men's footballers Sint Maarten men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Sint Maarten descent Men's association football wingers Eredivisie players ADO Den Haag players RKC Waalwijk players TOP Oss players SVV Scheveningen players Östersunds FK players GAIS players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Sint Maarten expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Sint Maarten expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Sint Maarten expatriate sportspeople in Croatia 21st-century Dutch sportsmen