Florian Jozefzoon

Florian Jozefzoon
Jozefzoon with PSV in 2014
Personal information
Full name Florian Marc Jozefzoon[1]
Date of birth (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
CTO '70
–2006 AFC
2006–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Ajax 4 (0)
2011–2012 → NAC Breda (loan) 16 (0)
2012–2013 RKC Waalwijk 34 (7)
2013–2017 PSV 45 (5)
2013–2017 Jong PSV 17 (4)
2017–2018 Brentford 58 (8)
2018–2021 Derby County 41 (2)
2020–2021 → Rotherham United (loan) 24 (0)
2021–2022 Quevilly-Rouen 24 (2)
2022–2023 RKC Waalwijk 26 (5)
2023–2024 Bandırmaspor 29 (4)
International career‡
2009–2010 Netherlands U19 5 (0)
2010–2013 Netherlands U21 5 (0)
2021– Suriname[2] 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 January 2023

Florian Marc Jozefzoon (born 9 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in French Guiana, he represents the Suriname national team.

He is a product of the Ajax Youth Academy and won ten caps for the Netherlands at youth level. He has also won the Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven in 2014–15 and 2015–16.

Club career

Ajax

A winger and attacking midfielder,[3] Jozefzoon began his career with spells at CTO '70 and AFC.[4] He joined the Ajax Youth Academy in 2006 and signed a three-year professional contract in June 2008.[5][6] Jozefzoon won his maiden call into the first team squad for the opening match of the 2010–11 Eredivisie season versus FC Groningen and remained an unused substitute during the 2–2 draw.[7] He made his senior debut six days later,[7] replacing Urby Emanuelson at half time during a 4–2 win over SBV Vitesse.[8] He scored his only goal for the club in a 5–0 KNVB Beker third round win over MVV Maastricht on 22 September 2010.[7] After five appearances during the 2010–11 season, Jozefzoon signed a one-year contract extension in June 2011,[9] but spent the 2011–12 season away on loan and was released at the end of the season.[10]

NAC Breda (loan)

Jozefzoon spent the 2011–12 season on loan at Eredivisie club NAC Breda.[10] He made 17 appearances and scored no goals during his spell.[7]

RKC Waalwijk

On 25 May 2012, Jozefzoon joined Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract with an option for a third year.[10] He made 36 appearances and scored seven goals during the 2012–13 season before departing the Mandemakers Stadion in June 2013.[7]

PSV Eindhoven

In June 2013, Jozefzoon joined Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven for a €400,000 fee.[11] Despite making 25 appearances and scoring four goals during his debut season, he failed to fully break into the first team at the Philips Stadion.[7] Jozefzoon's 15 league appearances during the 2014–15 season were enough to win him an Eredivisie winners' medal, the first silverware of his career.[7] After largely falling out of the first team picture through 2015 and 2016 due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury, however he won his second Eredivisie winners' medal during the 2015–16[7][12] Jozefzoon left the club in January 2017.[3]

Brentford

On 27 January 2017, Jozefzoon moved to England to join Championship club Brentford for an undisclosed fee on a deal until the end of the 2016–17 season, with an option to extend for a further year.[3] He made his debut four days later, playing the first 71 minutes of a 3–0 win over Aston Villa at Griffin Park.[13] Jozefzoon scored his first Bees goal on his 16th appearance, with the equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Barnsley on 17 April. With both lacking stamina after being deprived of first team action in the first of the season, head coach Dean Smith rotated Jozefzoon and Sergi Canos on the left through to the end of the season with one substituting the other.[13] He finished the season with 19 appearances and the club extended his contract by two years.[14]

Despite the departure of Jota and Canós suffering an injury,[15] the signing of Ollie Watkins and the form of Josh Clarke meant that Jozefzoon failed to make the right wing berth his own during the early months of the 2017–18 season.[16][17] Injury to Rico Henry in September saw Josh Clarke move to left back as cover,[18] which allowed Jozefzoon to establish himself as a first choice wide option.[17] He ended the 2017–18 season with 43 appearances and seven goals.[19]

Derby County

After a £1.5 million bid from Derby County was rejected by Brentford on 4 July 2018,[20] on 18 July, a follow-up bid of £2.75 million was accepted from Derby for the player.[21] On 19 July, Brentford also accepted a matching rival bid for the player from Leeds United.[22] He signed for Derby on 20 July 2018.[23] He made his debut on 11 August in a 1–4 loss against Leeds United.[24][25]

On 15 October 2020, he joined Rotherham United on loan for the remainder of the season.[26][27]

On 14 June 2021, it was announced that he would leave Derby at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.[28]

Quevilly-Rouen

He signed for French club Quevilly-Rouen in September 2021.[29]

Return to RKC Waalwijk

After a successful trial, Jozefzoon returned to his former club RKC Waalwijk on 4 August 2022, signing a one-year contract.[30]

International career

Jozefzoon won ten caps for the Netherlands at U19 and U21 level.[31] He was part of the Netherlands squads at the 2010 European U19 Championship and 2013 European U21 Championship finals.[31]

Jozefzoon was called up to the Suriname squad for the first time in March 2021. He scored on his debut in a 6–0 win over Aruba.[32] In June 2021 Josefzoon was named to the Suriname squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[33]

Personal life

Jozefzoon was born in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana and moved with his Surinamese parents, six brothers and two sisters to the Netherlands at age two.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax 2010–11[7] Eredivisie 4 0 1 1 — 0 0 5 1
2011–12[7] 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 1 1 — 0 0 5 1
NAC Breda (loan) 2011–12[7] Eredivisie 16 0 1 0 — — 17 0
RKC Waalwijk 2012–13[7] Eredivisie 34 7 2 0 — — 36 7
PSV Eindhoven 2013–14[7] Eredivisie 16 2 1 1 — 8[a] 1 25 4
2014–15[7] 15 2 2 0 — 6[b] 0 23 2
2015–16[7] 9 1 2 0 — 0 0 11 1
2016–17[7] 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
Total 45 5 5 1 — 14 1 64 7
Jong PSV 2013–14[7] Eerste Divisie 7 3 — — — 7 3
2014–15[7] 1 0 — — — 1 0
2015–16[7] 6 0 — — — 6 0
2016–17[7] 3 1 — — — 1 0
Total 17 4 — — — 17 4
Brentford 2016–17[13] Championship 19 1 — — — 19 1
2017–18[19] 39 7 1 0 3 0 — 43 7
Total 58 8 1 0 3 0 — 62 8
Derby County 2018–19[34] Championship 27 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 34 3
2019–20[35] Championship 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2020–21[36] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 41 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 48 3
Rotherham United (loan) 2020–21[36] Championship 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Quevilly-Rouen 2021–22[7] Ligue 2 24 2 4 0 0 0 1[c] 0 29 2
RKC Waalwijk 2022–23[7] Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 263 28 18 0 6 1 16 1 302 30
  1. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League; four appearances, one goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Ligue 2 relegation play-offs

International

As of 22 October 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Suriname 2021 5 1
Total 5 1
Scores and results list Suriname's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jozefzoon goal.
List of international goals scored by Florian Jozefzoon
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2021 IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States  Aruba 5–0 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Ajax

PSV

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