Marcel de Jong

Marcel de Jong... speaks Dutch, English, German... his father was born in Utrecht, NED while his mother was born in Den Haag, NED... he was four years old when his family moved from Newmarket, ON to Valkenswaard, NED... he was five years old when he started playing football for De Valk in his hometown; he was eight years old when he started playing for PSV’s youth program... favourites have included Marc Overmars, David Beckham...

represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, five editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup, and one edition of Concacaf Nations League Qualifying... career 56 international "A" appearances across 12 years from 2007 to 2018 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team, including one start as Canada’s captain... represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-20 at Netherlands 2005)...

club career in Netherlands, Germany, USA and Canada, including appearances in Concacaf Champions League... across four seasons, made 41 appearances in Germany’s 1.Bundesliga... with Sporting Kansas City, a US Open Cup winner (Lamar Hunt Cup in 2015)...