Melayro Chakewno Jalaino Bogarde (born 28 May 2002) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre-back for German Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.[4]

Melayro Bogarde
Personal information
Full name Melayro Chakewno Jalaino Bogarde[1]
Date of birth (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 21)[2]
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
TSG Hoffenheim
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2009 RVV Swift Boys
2009–2018 Feyenoord
2018–2020 TSG Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– TSG Hoffenheim 11 (0)
2020– TSG Hoffenheim II 26 (0)
2022Groningen (loan) 7 (0)
2022–2023PEC Zwolle (loan) 10 (0)
International career
2017 Netherlands U15 3 (1)
2017–2018 Netherlands U16 4 (1)
2018–2019 Netherlands U17 17 (0)
2019 Netherlands U18 3 (1)
2021 Netherlands U21 3 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner Ireland 2019 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Club career edit

Bogarde joined the youth team of TSG Hoffenheim from the Feyenoord Academy in 2018.[5] On 30 May 2020, he made his professional debut for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, starting in the away match against Mainz 05.[6]

On 14 January 2022, Bogarde was loaned to Eredivisie club Groningen for the rest of the season.[7]

International career edit

Bogarde began his international career with the Netherlands under-15 national team in 2017,[8] before playing for the under-16 team until 2018.[9] In 2019, he was included in the Dutch squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in the Republic of Ireland. The Netherlands won the tournament, defeating Italy 4–2 in the final, with Bogarde appearing in all six matches and later selected by the UEFA technical observers for the team of the tournament.[10] As a result, the Netherlands under-17 team qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil later that year. Bogarde was included in the Dutch squad for the tournament, in which he made three appearances as the Netherlands finished fourth.[4]

Personal life edit

Bogarde was born in Rotterdam, and is of Surinamese descent.[4] His uncle, Winston Bogarde, is a former footballer who was capped for the Netherlands, while his younger brother Lamare is an Aston Villa player and Dutch youth international.[11]

Honours edit

Netherlands U17

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Melayro Bogarde | TSG Hoffenheim | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Melayro Bogarde". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Melayro Bogarde at WorldFootball.net  
  5. ^ "'Mijn kansen om prof te worden zijn hier groter dan bij Feyenoord'" [My chances of becoming a pro are greater here than at Feyenoord]. Voetbalzone.nl (in Dutch). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Germany » Bundesliga 2019/2020 » 29. Round » 1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1899 Hoffenheim". WorldFootball.net. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  7. ^ "FC GRONINGEN HUURT BOGARDE VAN HOFFENHEIM" (Press release) (in Dutch). Groningen. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Melayro Bogarde: Jeugd mannen onder 15" [Melayro Bogarde: Youth men under-15]. OnsOranje.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Melayro Bogarde: Jeugd mannen onder 16" [Melayro Bogarde: Youth men under-16]. OnsOranje.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  10. ^ "2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Bogarde joins Villa Academy". Aston Villa Official Site. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ UEFA (19 May 2019). "Netherlands clinch title". UEFA. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  13. ^ "2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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