Dutch football player

De Roon, not Roon. In this dutch name, the surname is, not Marten Elco de Roon ( digest 29 March 1991 ) is a dutch professional football player who plays as a midfielder for italian club Atalanta and the Netherlands national team. He once played for Sparta Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen and Middlesbrough.

early life [edit ]

De Roon was born in Zwijndrecht [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and raised in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] where he played in youth teams of ASWH. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] From ASWH, he continued to youth teams of Feyenoord and Sparta Rotterdam .

Club career [edit ]

Sparta Rotterdam [edit ]

De Roon made his Eredivisie debut for Sparta Rotterdam on 27 March 2010, starting in the peer against Twente at De Grolsch Veste. [ 10 ] He made a sum of three appearances in the Eredivisie for the 2009–10 season .

Heerenveen [edit ]

In April 2012, Eredivisie clubhouse SC Heerenveen announced the sign of De Roon on a three-year contract. [ 11 ]

Atalanta [edit ]

In July 2015, De Roon was signed by Serie A side Atalanta. [ 12 ]

Middlesbrough [edit ]

On 4 July 2016, De Roon signed for newly-promoted Premier League side Middlesbrough for a reported £ 12 million transfer fee. [ 13 ] He scored his beginning goal for his fresh cabaret – a 91st-minute counterweight – on 5 November 2016 in a 1–1 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. He went on to score a farther 3 league goals for the baseball club over the remainder of the season, including the merely goal in a victory over Sunderland in the Tees–Wear bowler hat, however Middlesbrough were relegated on 8 May 2017. [ 14 ] On 18 July 2017, Middlesbrough confirmed that they paid £8.8 million for De Roon, with Atalanta earning another £900,000 after the midfielder played 30 games for the clubhouse. [ 15 ]

rejoinder to Atalanta [edit ]

On 10 August 2017, De Roon re-signed for Atalanta for an undisclosed fee. [ 16 ] He once again cemented himself as a crank under Gian Piero Gasperini, and helped Atalanta finish in a historic 3rd place in the 2018–19 season, earning them a topographic point in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage. He besides scored a volley against Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia semi-finals in the 58th minute. [ 17 ] Atalanta would win the bind 5–4, though lost in the concluding against Lazio. [ 18 ] He made his Champions League debut on 18 September 2019 against Dinamo Zagreb. [ 19 ]

International career [edit ]

De Roon has represented the Netherlands under-19 national team in the reservation rounds for the 2010 UEFA european Under-19 Football Championship. On 12 November 2009, he made his debut and scored his beginning goal for the U-19 Oranje in a qualification meet against Malta. [ 20 ] On 13 November 2016, he made his debut for the aged team. He was late named in the first Dutch squad chosen by new national team director Ronald Koeman. This was in March 2018 for the friendlies against England and Portugal. [ 21 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

As of match played 6 November 2021[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Rotterdam 2009–10 Eredivisie 3 0 0 0 — — 0 0 3 0
2010–11 Eerste Divisie 27 0 0 0 — — 0 0 27 0
2011–12 28 2 3 0 — — 2[a] 0 33 2
Total 58 2 3 0 — — 2 0 63 2
Heerenveen 2012–13 Eredivisie 26 1 2 0 — 4[b] 1 — 32 2
2013–14 32 3 3 0 — — — 35 3
2014–15 36 1 1 0 — — — 37 1
Total 94 5 6 0 — 4 1 — 104 6
Atalanta 2015–16 Serie A 36 1 1 1 — — — 37 2
Middlesbrough 2016–17 Premier League 33 4 2 1 0 0 — — 35 5
2017–18 Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 34 4 2 1 0 0 — — 36 5
Atalanta 2017–18 Serie A 34 3 4 0 — 8[b] 0 — 46 3
2018–19 35 2 4 1 — 5[b] 0 — 44 3
2019–20 35 2 1 0 — 9[c] 0 — 45 2
2020–21 35 1 5 0 — 6[c] 0 — 46 1
2021–22 8 1 0 0 — 4[c] 0 — 12 1
Atalanta total 183 10 15 2 — 32 0 — 230 12
Career total 369 21 26 3 0 0 36 1 2 0 433 25

International [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2016 1 0
2017 1 0
2018 6 0
2019 8 0
2020 4 0
2021 8 0
Total 28 0

References [edit ]