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Leroy Johan Fer is a male association football player from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Born in Zoetermeer on January 5, 1990, he plays as a midfielder and wears the number 8 shirt. He represents the Netherlands in international competition and speaks Dutch as his native language.
Fer’s professional career began in 2007. He has played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Twente, Norwich City F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C., and Alanyaspor. He competed in the Premier League and participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Key facts
- 2016
- → Swansea City (loan)
- 2025
- Gulf United
- Full name
- Leroy Johan Fer
- Date of birth
- ( 1990-01-05 ) 5 January 1990 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Zoetermeer , Netherlands
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Central midfielder
- Current team
- Gulf United
- 0000 1999
- DWO
- 1999 2007
- Feyenoord
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2011
- Feyenoord
- 2011 2013
- Twente
- 2013 2014
- Norwich City
- 2014 2016
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2016 2019
- Swansea City
- 2019 2021
- Feyenoord
- 2021 2024
- Alanyaspor
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Alanyaspor
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Zoetermeer
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- Leroy Fer.JPG
- Height
- 188
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1990-01-05
- Commons category
- Leroy Fer
- sport number
- 8
- birth name
- Leroy Johan Fer
- name in native language
- Leroy Fer
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 November 2014
Leroy Johan Fer (born 5 January 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Gulf United. He formerly represented the Netherlands national team, making eleven appearances between 2010 and 2014.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leroy Fer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.