Wilfried BonyIvorian footballer (born 1988) Wilfried Bony Bony with Swansea City in 2013Personal informationFull name Wilfried Guemiand BonyDate of birth (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 37)Place of birth Bingerville, Ivory CoastHeight 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)Position StrikerYouth career2000–2002 Maracanã Bingerville2002–2005 Cyril Domoraud AcademySenior career*Years Team Apps (Gls)2006–2008 Issia Wazy 2007–2008 → Sparta Prague B (loan) 14 (2)2008–2011 Sparta Prague 59 (22)2011–2013 Vitesse Arnhem 65 (46)2013–2015 Swansea City 54 (25)2015–2017 Manchester City 36 (6)2016–2017 → Stoke City (loan) 10 (2)2017–2019 Swansea City 22 (3)2019 → Al-Arabi (loan) 7 (5)2020 Al-Ittihad 10 (5)2022 NEC Nijmegen 1 (0)2023 Always Ready 0 (0)Total 278 (116)International career‡2010–2019 Ivory Coast 56 (16) Medal record Representing Ivory Coast Men's football Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2012 Winner 2015 * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2022‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:26, 14 July 2019 (UTC) Wilfried Guemiand Bony (born 10 December 1988) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Roy MakaayDutch footballer (born 1975) Roy Makaay Makaay with Feyenoord in 2007Personal informationFull name Roy Rudolphus Antonius MakaayDate of birth (1975-03-09) 9 March 1975 (age 51)Place of birth Wijchen, NetherlandsHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)Position ForwardYouth career SC Woezik DIOSA Blauw Wit NijmegenSenior career*Years Team Apps (Gls)1993–1997 Vitesse 109 (42)1997–1999 Tenerife 72 (21)1999–2003 Deportivo La Coruña 133 (79)2003–2007 Bayern Munich 129 (78)2007–2010 Feyenoord 83 (36)Total 526 (256)International career1994–1998 Netherlands U21 27 (15)1996–2005 Netherlands 43 (6)2008 Netherlands Olympic (O.P.) 3 (2) Medal record Men's football Representing Netherlands UEFA European Championship 2004 Portugal * Club domestic league appearances and goals Roy Rudolphus Antonius Makaay (born 9 March 1975) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player.
Nemanja MatićNemanja Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Матић, pronounced; born 1 August 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Sassuolo. Matić began his senior career at Kolubara, before joining Slovak side Košice in 2007. He moved to English club Chelsea for £1.5 million in 2009.
Dutch football league systemThe Dutch football league system consists of two fully professional leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie) and eight levels of amateur football leagues. The three highest amateur leagues, the Tweede, Derde and Vierde Divisie play in nationwide leagues and the five levels below are regional leagues.
GelreDomeThe GelreDome (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛlrəˌdoːm]) is a retractable roof and pitch football stadium in the city of Arnhem, Netherlands. Built from 1996 to 1998 at a cost equivalent to €75 million, it opened on 25 March 1998. The stadium has been the home of association football club Vitesse Arnhem since 1998. It was one of the stadiums used during the Euro 2000 tournament held in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Phillip CocuPhillip John-William Cocu (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former midfielder who was most recently the manager of Vitesse. Cocu was born in Eindhoven and raised in Zevenaar, where he played playing youth football for local clubs DCS and De Graafschap. After a year at AFC '34, he started his professional career at AZ. In 1990, Cocu moved to Vitesse.
Association footballTeam sport played with a ballAssociation football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who mostly use their feet to kick an inflated ball around a pitch (playing field). The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball into the rectangular-framed goal which that team defends. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes.
ArnhemArnhem (Dutch:or; German: Arnheim; Ernems: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and its second-most populous municipality (after Nijmegen), located on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development.
KNVB CupAssociation football tournament in the NetherlandsFootball tournamentThe KNVB Beker (pronounced; English: KNVB Cup), branded as the Eurojackpot KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup.
Eerste DivisieThe Eerste Divisie (Dutch pronunciation:; English: First Division), officially known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. HistoryThe Eerste Divisie consists of 20 clubs, who play each other in a double round-robin league, with each club playing the other club home and away.
AZ AlkmaarAssociation football club in NetherlandsFootball clubCurrent seasonAlkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch:), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ (pronounced) in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. AZ won the Eredivisie in 1980–81 and 2008–09. In 1981, they reached the UEFA Cup final, which they lost to Ipswich Town.
GelderlandGelderland ( , Dutch:), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces (Flevoland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland and Utrecht) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.