Marten de Roon
Dutch footballer (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marten Elco de Roon (born 29 March 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta and the Netherlands national team.
In this Dutch name, the surname is de Roon, not Roon.
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Full name | Marten Elco de Roon[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zwijndrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Atalanta | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1997–1999[4] | ASWH | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2006 | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2010 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Sparta Rotterdam | 58 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Heerenveen | 94 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Atalanta | 36 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Middlesbrough | 34 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2017– | Atalanta | 234 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2009 | Netherlands U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Netherlands | 42 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:42, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
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After representing various Dutch youth teams, he started his career at Sparta Rotterdam, and also played for SC Heerenveen in his home country before moving to Italian club Atalanta in 2015. He also played for English club Middlesbrough before rejoining Atalanta in 2017.
De Roon is a Dutch international, having played for the Netherlands at the U19 level before making his senior debut in 2016.