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John Heitinga
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Dutch association football player (born 1983)
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John Gijsbert Alan Heitinga is a Dutch former association football player and coach. Born on November 15, 1983, in Alphen aan den Rijn, he played as a centre-back and wore the number 5. He represented the Netherlands in international competitions, including the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 2004 and UEFA Euro 2008.
His club career included stints with AFC Ajax, Everton F.C., Atlético Madrid, and Fulham F.C. He competed in the Premier League and the Bundesliga. Heitinga also served as a coach for Jong Ajax and AFC Ajax. His professional playing period spanned from 2001 to 2016. He speaks Dutch, which is his native language.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Alphen aan den Rijn
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Netherlands national association football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Image
- GAE - Ajax - 52788475730 (John Heitinga).jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- John Heitinga
- date of birth
- 1983-11-15
- sport number
- 5
- birth name
- John Gijsbert Alan Heitinga
- name in native language
- John Heitinga
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- coach of sports team
- AFC Ajax
- social media followers
- 361934
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Encyclopedic overview
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John Gijsbert Alan Heitinga (born 15 November 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach at Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Heitinga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.