Zerguinho Maikel Deira (born 23 July 2002) is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and defender for SVB Eerste Divisie club Transvaal and the Suriname national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zerguinho Maikel Deira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 2002[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Transvaal | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2018 | Transvaal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Transvaal | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Suriname U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Suriname U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018– | Suriname | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Club career edit
Deira joined Transvaal at the age of four. He made his debut for the first team at the age of sixteen.[3]
International career edit
On 13 October 2018, Deira made his debut for Suriname in a 5–0 win against the British Virgin Islands.[4] In doing so, he became the youngest player in the history of the Suriname national team, at the age of sixteen.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Zerguinho Deira". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "ZERGUINHO DEIRA". FootballCritic. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ a b Bruce, Ricardo; Plein, Kevin (17 September 2020). "Zerguinho Deira: "Wij zijn 1, wij zijn Suriname"" [Zerguinho Deira: "We are 1, we are Suriname"]. Natio Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Zerguinho Deira at National-Football-Teams.com
External links edit
- Zerguinho Deira at WorldFootball.net
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