Tonny Trindade de Vilhena

      Tonny Vilhena
      Tonny Trindade de Vilhena.jpg
      Vilhena at a Feyenoord training session in 2012
      Personal information
      Full name Tonny Emilio Trindade de Vilhena
      Date of birth (1995-01-03) January 3, 1995 (age 18)
      Place of birth Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands
      Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
      Playing position Midfielder
      Club information
      Current club Feyenoord
      Number 21
      Youth career
      0000–2003 VDL-Maassluis
      2003–2012 Feyenoord
      Senior career*
      Years Team Apps (Gls)
      2012– Feyenoord 32 (4)
      National team
      2011–2012 Netherlands U17 20 (8)
      2012– Netherlands U19 4 (1)
      2013– Netherlands U21 3 (1)
      * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2012.

      † Appearances (Goals).

      ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:11, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

      Tonny Emilio Trindade de Vilhena (born 3 January 1995) is a Dutch football player who plays for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie. He is of Angolan and Dutch descent as his father hails from Angola and his mother from the Netherlands.

      Career

      Tonny Vilhena is a product of the Feyenoord Rotterdam youth academy, joining the club in 2003. After nine years in the club's youth ranks, he moved up to join parent-club Feyenoord in January 2012.

      He made his debut for the Rotterdam-based club on 23 January 2012 versus VVV Venlo.[1] He scored his first goal for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie on 25 November 2012 against AZ Alkmaar, a game that finished 2-0.[2] On 3 February 2013, in Feyenoord's 3-1 defeat of Willem II, he became the youngest player for the club to ever score at least two goals in a single Eredivisie-match; he accomplished this feat at the age of 18 years and 31 days.[3]

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      International Career

      He won the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship with the Netherlands U-17 team and was also the tournament's joint top scorer with 3 goals.[4] He also won the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship after scoring the fifth and final penalty in the penalty shootout against Germany.[5]

      On 5 February 2013, Vilhena scored a goal in his debut for the Netherlands U-21 side.

      On 6 March 2013, Vilhena was called up for the preliminary squad of the Dutch national team for the first time, only aged 18.

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      Career statistics

      Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
      Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
      Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
      2011–12 Feyenoord Eredivisie 6 0 0 0 6 0
      2012–13 27 4 3 0 1 0 31 4
      Total Netherlands 33 4 3 0 1 0 37 4
      Career total 33 4 3 0 1 0 37 4
      Statistics accurate as of last match played on 5 May 2013.
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      References

      1. ^ "Trindade de Vilhena in voorlopige selectie Oranje onder 17" (in Dutch). feyenoord.nl. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012. 
      2. ^ "AZ ALKMAAR 0-2 FEYENOORD". Sky Sports. 25 November 2012. 
      3. ^ "Vilhena strikes hand Feyenoord first win of the year". Feyenoord. 3 February 2013. 
      4. ^ Saffer, Paul (16 May 2011). "Netherlands see off all comers in Serbia". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012. 
      5. ^ Ross, Dan (16 May 2012). "Dutch retain crown with shoot-out win". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012. 
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      Last modified on 16 June 2013, at 00:26