John de Mol
Born	Johannes Hendrikus Hubert de Mol (1955-04-24) April 24, 1955 (age 57) The Hague, Netherlands
Residence	Blaricum, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Founding Endemol Founding Talpa Media
Net worth	US$ 2.0 billion (2010)[1]
Spouse	Willeke Alberti (1976–1980)
Children	Johnny de Mol
Relatives	John de Mol sr. (father) Linda de Mol (sister)

Johannes "John" Hendrikus Hubert de Mol (born 24 April 1955) is a Dutch media tycoon. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa.

Endemol[link]

De Mol, a well known personality in the Netherlands, acquired his fortune producing television programmes. In 1997-1999 he developed the highly popular reality television series Big Brother with his own production company John de Mol Produkties. In 1994 his company merged with Joop van den Ende TV-Producties into Endemol, but it still functioned on its own. He also produced Fear Factor, Love Letters, 1 vs. 100 and Deal or No Deal (Miljoenenjacht) for Endemol. De Mol sold his share of Endemol in 2000 to Telefonica, but continued to serve as creative director until 2004. In 2005, he was among the Forbes magazine list of the 500 richest people in the world.^[1]

In May 2007 De Mol returned as one of the main share holders of Endemol together with the Italian company Mediaset of Silvio Berlusconi in a 2.6 billion Euro deal.

In 2010 a new Reality Sing Audition Show, The Voice of Holland, was launched by de Mol. It was an incredible success in the Netherlands and the formula was sold to several other countries around the globe. The Voice (of America) launched on April 27, 2011, with NBC and with John de Mol and Mark Burnett as Executive Producers. In the Voice, the singing auditions are 'blind': the jury is turned with their back to the competitors. Once 'selected' (by pushing a button), the juror turns towards the competitor. This concept, co-product of John de Mol and Dutch singing star Roel van Velzen, makes it 'All about the Voice'. After these Blind Auditions, the coaches will train their 8 competitors through knock-out battles and public voting rounds until there is one competitor left, who will be 'The Voice'. In the original Dutch series the four judges in the jury were: singer Angela Groothuizen, singer Roel van Velzen, singers Nick & Simon (acting as 1 judge) and singer Jeroen van der Boom. First winner in the Netherland: Ben Saunders, was chosen by all jurors during the Blind Audition. It took Ben seven words into his song, before three of the four judges selected him, pushed their button and had their chairs turn towards him. In 'The Voice' (USA), the four judges are singers Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine (lead singer of Maroon 5) and country music artist Blake Shelton. The US premiere of 'The Voice', the Blind Auditions, turned out to be the best NBC New Program Launch in over three years, with 12 million people watching.

Private life[link]

The launch of a commercial online radio platform by John de Mol (left) and Jan Peter Balkenende

De Mol was formerly married to singer and actress Willeke Alberti. The actor Johnny de Mol is their son.

From 1979 to 1982, he was romantically involved with Marga Scheide, member of the girl group Luv'.

Outside of television, De Mol controls large private equity fund which owned significant shares of auto manufacturer Spyker Cars and telecommunications company Versatel.

John's sister, actress Linda de Mol, appears in and presents some of his programmes, including the original Dutch version of Deal or No Deal, Miljoenenjacht (Hunt for Millions). She also presented one of Endemol's first productions, The DJ Kat Show.

See also[link]

• List of Dutch by net worth

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: John de Mol

• ^ Forbes.com's page on John de Mol

1. ^ "#488 John de Mol". www.forbes.com. Forbes. 2010-10-03. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_John-de-Mol_FDMS.html. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 

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Johan Derksen
Derksen in 2007
Born	Johannes Gerrit Derksen (1949-01-31) January 31, 1949 (age 63) Heteren, Netherlands
Residence	Oudewater, Netherlands
Occupation	Sports journalist, Editor-in-chief
Employer	Voetbal International
Religion	Atheist
Spouse	Isabelle Pikaar
Notes [1][2]

Johannes Gerrit (Johan) Derksen (born January 31, 1949 in Heteren, Gelderland) is a Dutch sports journalist and former football player. He played professional football between 1966 and 1978 for five clubs: Go Ahead Eagles, Cambuur Leeuwarden, BV Veendam, HFC Haarlem and MVV Maastricht. During and after his active career he became well-known as a sports journalist, specialising in football (soccer). He is the current editor-in-chief of Voetbal International, the country's most prominent football magazine. He is also a television football pundit on RTL7's Voetbal International.

Early life[link]

He was born in Heteren, Gelderland was born into a right wing Protestant Christian family. Derksen describes his father as a very strict policeman both professionally and at home. Ever since he was he child he wanted to become a drummer. Derksen, who was an only child, stated his father wanted him to become a footballer instead of choosing the uncertain life of a musician. He played at the local team SDOO Heteren at the time. His family moved to Drenthe when he was a teenager. There he played for amateur soccer clubs Nieuw-Buinen and Rolder Boys before moving to Deventer to join the youth academy of Go Ahead Eagles.^[3][4]

Club career[link]

Go Ahead Eagles (1966-1968)[link]

His first professional football club was Go Ahead Eagles, where he stayed for two years. Go Ahead Eagles was famous back then for having the country's most successful youth academy. Derksen was one of the six players in the club's boarding school together with Oeki Hoekema, André van der Leij, Ger Veerman, Herman Tieselink and Tiny Broers.^[3] He did however not make it in Deventer and the 19-year-old left-back then signed a one-year-contract with Cambuur Leeuwarden.^[5]

Cambuur Leeuwarden (1968-1972)[link]

He made a good debut on August 1, 1968 in a friendly against PEC Zwolle,^[6] and quickly developed into a reliable defender notorious for his rough playing style. His contract was extended by another year.^[7]

In a game against Vitesse Arnhem he injured his knee and was forced to decline an invitation from the Dutch military football team. He did not return before the start of the next season. After fulfilling his military service he was employed as a textile salesman. At the time Cambuur Leeuwarden was a semi-professional football club, meaning that at least a quarter of the players were amateurs and the rest were semi-professional.^[8] Derksen was punished multiple times for his reckless behaviour on the pitch. Nevertheless, most people agreed it was better to have the fierce player on one's own side rather than on the opposing side. In the summer of 1972 Derksen was transferred to Veendam (now known as BV Veendam).^[9]

Veendam (1972-1975)[link]

Derksen continued the playing style he had developed in the past years. Notorious is Veendam's away match against Derksen's former club Cambuur in 1973. The second half had only just started when Derksen received a yellow card from referee G. Jonker from Voorburg. Derksen later made an extremely harsh foul by charging Cambuur's centre-back Sietse Visser in a scrimmage, leaving the unfortunate Visser severely injured. Visser left the pitch on a stretcher. Despite this, referee Jonker did not ascertain the offense. The furious crowd chanted en masse insults at Derksen, which he returned with a well-known obscene hand gesture at the moment he was about to leave the playing field. Out of fear for a lynching (Note:Dysphemism) the police closed the gates to ensure the visiting team would be granted a free passage home. Sulking, but without demur the fans watched from behind the gate how the Veendam players laughed, scornfully, from behind the safe windows of their coach.

According to some bystanders Derksen had threatened Cambuur players that they "would indeed get a good licking". The charge fueled the debate on the ever more violent behaviour shown on the pitch.^[10][11]

Cambuur won the rough game 3 to 1.^[12] Johan Derksen received a monetary fine (150 fl.) and was suspended for four games. His colleagues Dick Nanninga (3 matches, 100 fl. fine) and Jan Bont (1 match, 100 fl.) were also punished by the arbitration committee.^[13]

A week later Johan Derksen was put up for sale. In a statement Veendam said his bad behaviour in the match against Cambuur was the last straw.

Despite persistent rumours of a fl. 15.000 transfer agreement with FC VVV (now VVV Venlo)^[15] no deal was concluded and consequently Derksen stayed in Groningen for another season. A year later the 25-year-old journalist-footballer was laid off. In a statement in the press he said that only five players (including himself) were good enough to play in the Eerste Divisie. He expressed himself unsympathetically in Voetbal International on his fellow players and the club's management.^[16]

In the winter of 1975 a transfer took place. Eredivisieclub Haarlem agreed to take over the explosive defender for a fee of fl. 6.000 and signed him a half-year deal.^[17]

Haarlem (1975-1976)[link]

In Haarlem's first match since they bought Derksen immediately impressed. He formed the link Haarlem's defense had missed. His contract was extended by a year in time.^[18] At the end of the season Haarlem had to play a last decisive game against Cambuur Leeuwarden. With a victory they'd have gathered enough points to celebrate the championship. They won, although nobody could deny they had been very lucky: many arbitral errors had helped them achieve their goal.^[19]

SV Meppen and Noord-Nederland-team (1976-1977)[link]

For a year he tried his luck in West Germany at SV Meppen, a club then active in the Regionalliga Nord. Derksen, living in Emmen, found it too hard to travel over 400 kilometers to Haarlem and back every day.^[20][21] Meppen is just across the Dutch-German border, so there he went. He didn't play many games though. What he did do was fight a lot with every one.^[22]

Together with former Cambuur manager Atte Bouma as head coach he acted in the mini football show (Dutch:minivoetbalshow), an initiative of VI and NCRV, in the Northern Netherlands football team. In November that year they made their first appearance in Ahoy sports palace in Rotterdam against last year's champion, Domstad Utrecht. It was broadcast a week later.^[23]

The team consisted of eight players: Jochem Lökken, Henk Zoetendal, Johan Derksen, Hennie Weering, Pierke Alma, Wim van der Heide, Hans Ooft and Henk Prinsen. Andries Roorda was reserve goalie.^[23]

He did not play professional football for eight months. In the spring of 1977 he signed a contract with MVV Maastricht. The 28-year-old defender signed a provisional contract valid until the end of the season. He was signed to replace John Webb, who departed for the States in order to serve out his outstanding contract with Chicago Sting.^[24]

MVV Maastricht (1977)[link]

Derksen did not play football for a long time, yet he did very well in his first games. His manager George Knobel proved himself amiable man: "I am very happy with Johan Derksen. He has the experience to deal with kind of thing." Knobel did not respond to questions why he left his best players Willy Brokamp en Jo Bonfrère on the reserves' bench.^[25] Derksen shed some light on the case in the next volume of Voetbal International. Derksen said that MVV did not use them for they were afraid they would get hurt. From experience MVV had learned it's best to shield their precious boys in away games. Derksen asked himself what to become of the world when creative players in the First Division can't freely practice their job. He received a lot of criticism on his article. Derksen himself is noted as one of the most vile players in the division. In the match in question Derksen could clearly be seen in Monday's transmission of Studio Sport kicking Kuzamanovic between legs in absence of the ball.^[26]

Career statistics[link]

Start	End	Club	Matches	Goals	Competition
1966	1968	Go Ahead Eagles	N/A	N/A	Eerste Divisie
1968	1972	Cambuur Leeuwarden	N/A	N/A	Eerste Divisie
1972	1975	Veendam	N/A	N/A	Eerste Divisie
1973	1974	Veendam	30	1	Eerste Divisie
1975	1976	Haarlem	47	2	1+2
1975	1975	Haarlem	15	1	Eredivisie
1975	1976	Haarlem	32	1	Eerste Divisie
1977	1977	MVV Maastricht	N/A	N/A	Eerste Divisie
Totals
1966	1977	All	62	2	Eerste Divisie
1975	1975	Haarlem	15	1	Eredivisie
1966	1977	All	77	3	1+2

Source:^[27] Note: All available statistics are mentioned above.

Journalistic career[link]

As a journalist he started at regional newspaper "Noord-Ooster". He later worked as an editor for "Winschoter Courant" and "Nieuwsblad van het Noorden". After he quit playing professional football he focussed mainly on his journalistic career. As of February 1, 1977 he is employed by weekly magazine "Voetbal International". He moved from Emmen to Gouda, where VI had and still has its seat. Since 2000 he is the magazine's editor-in-chief. He recently confessed to have written for VI before as a job on the side using pseudonyms "Gerrit Westers" and "Freek Zoontjes" (his then employer had specifically told him not to take any job on the side).^[28][29]

Cambuur incident[link]

Johan Derksen claimed in VI that Cambuur had paid a large sum of money to keep Oeki Hoekema from being suspended. According to Derksen Vlaardingen player and chief witness of the case Herman den Haag had received a few banknotes for the trouble out of the hands of a Cambuur official whilst on the toilet. De Volkskrant wanted to get to the bottom of it and called KNVB official Van Zon, who stated he had laughed very hard when he heard the claims. "Money handed out at the toilet? How did he come up with that? I have seen it with my own eyes: the Cambuur representative gave the cash to the witnesses. No, not on the toilet but in public in the bar of our restaurant. It wasn't much money either, If I recall correctly it was fl. 50. Those few ten-guilder notes aren't even enough to cover the witnesses expenses, since all the witnesses had to travel from Rotterdam to here. The KNVB handles a fl. 0.35 per kilometre compensation." "Quite a crappy story indeed Derksen wrote, but then again, that's what we're accustomed to. You wanna know who were present in court at the time? Me, another journalist and a man with a tape recorder. Derksen wasn't there. Probably at the toilet."^[30]

Becoming CEO of BV Veendam[link]

In the spring of 2002 Johan Derksen agreed to become the new CEO of BV Veendam. He would lead the club together with manager/head coach Jan Korte and quit his job as editor-in-chief of Voetbal International immediately, where he had worked for almost 25 years.^[31] Two days after he was presented as successor of Henk Nienhuis he withdrew his decision. He did not agree with the contract presented to him because of the retirement arrangements. Derksen called the contract "outrageous and without shame". He placed these comments during RTL 5's Sunday United.^[32]

Other activities[link]

Writing[link]

Derksen has written several books on football. What follows is a complete list of works using APA style citations.

• Derksen, J., & Collette, R. (1983) Wiel Coerver: Leerplan voor de ideale voetballer, Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-90-10-04796-0^[33]

• Derksen, J., Coerver, W., Lehmann, M. (1984). Fußballtechnik : Dribbeln und Tricksen, Passen und Schießen. München ; Wien ; Zürich : BLV-Verlagsgesellschaft. ISBN 3-405-12952-4^[34]

• Derksen, J., Coerver, W., Nieuwenkamp, H J. (1986). Scoren : opleiding voor attractief en productief voetbal. Amsterdam : Elsevier. ISBN 90-10-06076-4^[34]

• Derksen, J., Hughes, B., Raucamp, W. (1987). Barry Hughest : de entertainer. Amsterdam : Weekbladpers. ISBN 90-940092-7-7^[34]

• Derksen, J., & Verkamman, M. (1989). Het Nederlands Elftal : 1905-1989 : de historie van Oranje. Amsterdam: Weekbladpers. ISBN 90-236-7211-9^[34]

• Derksen, J., Coerver, W., Arcidiacono, A., (1990). A scuola di goal : per apprendere e migliorare le tecniche del calcio. Roma: Gremese. ISBN 88-7605-487-1^[34]

• Derksen, J., & Verkamman, M. (1996). Het Nederlands elftal : de historie van Oranje 1905-1989. Amsterdam: Luitingh-Sijthoff. ISBN 90-245-2605-1^[34]

• Derksen, J. (1998). Linkspoot. Amsterdam: Anthos. Antwerpen: Icarus. ISBN 90-76341-91-5^[34]

• Derksen, J., Nederhof, B., Van Cuilenborg, C., Bakker, J. (2000). De beste interviews van 2000. Naarden: Strengholt. ISBN 90-5860-064-5^[34]

• Derksen, J. & Jansma, K. (2002). De columnisten. Naarden: Strengholt. ISBN 90-5860-197-8^[34]

• Derksen, J., Verkamman, M., Van den Nieuwenhof, F., Van der Meer, E. (2004). 50 jaar betaald voetbal : de complete geschiedenis. Eindhoven: De Boekenmakers. ISBN 90-77740-03-1^[34]

• Derksen, J., Borst, H., Spaan, H. (2007) Feyenoord. De top & flop 100, sterren & miskopen volgens Johan Derksen, Henk Spaan & Hugo Borst. Allround Media Producties. ISBN 978-90-79254-01-9.^[35]

• Derksen, J., Barend, F., Borst, H., Van Cuilenborg, C., Groot de, J., Nederhof, B., Verkamman, M. (2007) Johan Cruijff. Gouda: Nummer 14. ISBN 978-90-811654-1-9^[36]

• Derksen, J., Borst, H., Driessen, L., Echtelt van, H., Jong de, W., Nederhof, B., Nijnatten van, C., Verkamman, M., Visser, J. (2008) Willem van Hanegem. Uitgeverij de Buitenspelers. ISBN 90-71359-03-4^[37]

Coach Noord-Nederland-team[link]

In the autumn of 1977 Derksen was back in Rotterdam with his former Northern Netherlands selection. Only now he was the acting coach instead of a player. Joop Niezen, former footballer and sports journalist and at the time editor-in-chief of VI gave commentry during the match between "Rotterdam Ahoy" and "Noord-Nederland" (6-2).^[38]

Music[link]

His greatest passion is music. He has always been a great fan of blues and soul music. As an adolescent he met singer Harry Muskee of the Dutch blues band Cuby & the Blizzards, who became his idol. Cuby + Blizzards were very popular throughout the sixties and early seventies. In 1972 the band dissolved. Derksen founded "Cuby is back", a foundation committed to bring the band back, together with business people and Cuby fans Henk Aa and Jan Lagendrijk in 1996. The band members reunited and made a complete new album. Their tour was considered a great success and in 2007, more than ten years later, they are still together and playing.^[39]

For some years he worked for the American record label Stax in the late seventies. As a press officer in Haarlem it was part of his job to make sure the visiting American musicians got everything they needed. He jokingly referred to himself as a "notorious whore-hopper", since he accompanied American soul artists to De Wallen in Amsterdam almost weekly.^[40]

Derksen hates "happy music", for him music can't be melancholic enough. He believes the greatest artist of all time is the American singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury. After his retirement he plans to move to the United States, a country he refers to as a "heaven of music".^[40]

Personal life[link]

Derksen has been married three times. At age 41 he lost his wife in an accident, leaving him and a twelve-year-old daughter behind. He remarried a younger wife with whom he has two children.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Johan Derksen

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Johan Derksen

• (English) Johan Derksen at the Internet Movie Database
• (English)/(Dutch) Johan Derksen Jensen interview (part 1) at Youtube
• (English)/(Dutch) Johan Derksen Jensen interview (part 2) at Youtube

• (Dutch) Voetbal International website
• (Dutch) Johan Derksen at VI.nl
• (Dutch) Johan Derksen's fansite
• (Dutch) Johan Derksen quotations
• (Dutch) Johan Derksen interview on SP.NL - Tribune September 20, 2002

John Heitinga

Personal information
Full name	John Gijsbert Alan Heitinga
Date of birth	(1983-11-15) 15 November 1983 (age 28)
Place of birth	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position	Defender / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Everton
Number	5
Youth career
1987–1990	ARC
1990–2001	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2008	Ajax	152	(17)
2008–2009	Atlético Madrid	28	(3)
2009–	Everton	88	(2)
National team‡
2004–	Netherlands	75	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:07, 13 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 September 2011

John Gijsbert Alan ("Johnny") Heitinga (Dutch pronunciation: [�?dʒɔn �?ɣɛi̯s.bɛrt �?a�?.lɑn (�?�?ɔ.ni) �?ɦɛi̯.ˌtɪ.ŋɣa]; born 15 November 1983 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defender for Everton and the Dutch national team. A product of Jong Ajax, he previously played for AFC Ajax and Atlético Madrid, before signing for Everton in 2009.

Heitinga previously represented various youth squads for the Netherlands. He is now a regular player for the Dutch national team, having made his debut in February 2004. He has represented his country at two World Cups (2006 and 2010) and two European Championships (2004 and 2008). In 2008, Heitinga was named Dutch Footballer of the Year.

Club career[link]

Heitinga (right, with Urby Emanuelson, Wesley Sneijder, Maarten Stekelenburg, and Zdeněk Grygera) played for Ajax from 1990–2008.

Ajax[link]

Heitinga was part of the Ajax youth team before making his debut for the first team on 26 August 2001 against Feyenoord. He was part a new wave of talent that fielded the likes of homegrown stars Rafael van der Vaart and Wesley Sneijder as well as Zlatan Ibrahimović and Cristian Chivu. He was featured in a documentary entitled Ajax: Hark the Herald Angel Sings alongside Ajax academy pupils Gregory van der Wiel, Mitchell Donald, Jeffrey Sarpong, Donovan Slijngard, Nordin Amrabat, Evander Sno and Jeremain Lens.

Heitinga quickly established himself as a strong addition to the team and became first-choice player under coach Co Adriaanse and later Ronald Koeman until he suffered a serious knee injury which kept him on the sidelines for over six months. His comeback was short-lived, as he played only one game before suffering yet another injury which again sentenced him to a long period of recovery.

He made his second comeback at the start of the 2003–04 season and impressed in his first game since injury against FC Volendam from where he went on to become a first choice central defender for the remainder of the season as well as a popular figure amongst the fans. When it was announced that he would be leaving Ajax at the end of the 2007–08 season, the fans gave him a fitting send-off by displaying a mosaic of him on the stands.

Heitinga with Michael Owen.

Atlético Madrid[link]

This section requires expansion.

He moved to Atlético Madrid at the end of the 2007–08 season for a fee of £8.8 million.^[2] His first season in Spain ended with Heitinga making 32 appearances (27 in the league), and scoring 3 goals for Atlético.

Everton[link]

In September 2009, aged 25, Heitinga joined English club Everton on a five-year contract for a fee of around €7.04million (£6.2million).^[3][4][5] He was given squad number 5, though he was not be eligible to represent Everton in the Europa League having already played for Atletico Madrid in the qualifying stage of the Champions League. Heitinga made his debut for Everton on 13 September against Fulham after coming on for an injured Phil Neville.^[6] In his first season for the club, Heitinga made 35 appearances in all competitions.^[7]

In the 2010–11 FA Cup Everton held holders Chelsea 1–1 in a replay at Stamford Bridge, sending the tie to penalties. Heitinga took Everton's fourth and scored. As he walked back to his team-mates he purposefully barged into the oncoming Ashley Cole, who was next to take Chelsea's penalty, disrupting Cole's concentration and causing him to miss his spot kick. Phil Neville went on to score the winning penalty for Everton. Later that season Heitinga scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw at home to Birmingham City.^[8] After a successful season in which he won many plaudits for his performances at the centre of defence, Heitinga was voted Everton's Player Of The Season for 2011–12 by the club's supporters. After collecting the award, Heitinga referred to Everton as his "family".^[9] He then scored against Newcastle on the final day of the season with a unmarked header which put Everton 3-0, his second Premier League goal and his first in over 14 months.^[10][11]

International career[link]

Heitinga playing for the Netherlands

Having been part of Dutch international youth teams, Heitinga made his senior debut for the Netherlands on 18 February 2004 in a friendly game against the United States and made an immediate impact. Several months later, he scored his first goal from a van der Vaart free kick in a friendly against Greece.

Euro 2004[link]

Although he did not take part in qualifying, he was later included in the squad for the Euro 2004 in Portugal since the U-21s had failed to qualify for the European Championships. He started as first choice right back in the first two group stage matches but was suspended for the last match when he was sent-off for two bookable offences. After serving his suspension, he returned in the quarterfinal against Sweden as a second half substitute for Edgar Davids and converted his penalty as the Dutch won 5–4 on penalties. However, the Dutch were eliminated by the hosts, Portugal in the semifinal.

2006 World Cup[link]

Heitinga's development as a player suffered two dips in form in the 2004–05 and the 2005–06 seasons respectively. Despite club struggles, Heitinga never lost his spot in the national team under Marco van Basten, who took over as Dutch national coach in the summer of 2004. By the end of 2005, had also once again become a key player in the Ajax squad. He would also be selected by Van Basten for the Dutch team of 23 players to compete in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Germany. The Dutch side performed reasonably well at the World Cup, qualifying for the second round before being knocked out by Portugal.

Heitinga (right) and Wesley Sneijder have been close friends since boyhood.

Euro 2008[link]

This section requires expansion.

He was also called up to the Dutch squad for Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Since the Euro 2008, he has been a regular in the right back position and has occasionally deputised in other defensive positions during an injury crisis. He made his 50th appearance for the Netherlands in a friendly against Paraguay on 18 November 2009.^[12]

2010 World Cup[link]

John Heitinga (left) with Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Khalid Boulahrouz, and Phillip Cocu in 2010.

Heitinga was included in the squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,^[13] and was in the starting line-up for the Netherlands' first match in the competition, a 2–0 victory over Denmark.^[14] Heitinga played in every game as the Netherlands reached the World Cup Final for the third time, where they face Spain. He started the match, but was sent off in the 109th minute after being given his second yellow card for a foul on Andrés Iniesta. He became the fifth player to be sent off in a World Cup final.^{[15][nb 1]} The Netherlands went on to lose the final 1–0.^[15]

International goals[link]

John Heitinga: International goals^[16]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 April 2004	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Greece	3–0	4–0	Friendly match
2	1 June 2006	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Mexico	1–1	2–1	Friendly match
3	6 June 2007	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	0–2	1–3	Friendly match
4	6 February 2008	Poljud Stadium, Split, Croatia	Croatia	0–1	0–3	Friendly match
5	26 March 2008	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	3–2	3–4	Friendly match
6	10 September 2008	Skopje City Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia	Macedonia	0–1	1–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	2 September 2011	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	San Marino	3–0	11-0	Euro 2012 qualification

ARC Heitinga Tournament[link]

Heitinga also hosts a tournament for disabled children who are unable to play football on the streets.

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

Statistics accurate as of match played 13 May 2012^[17]

International[link]

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 April 2012^[18]

Honours[link]

Heitinga (left) with Jeffrey Bruma

Club[link]

Ajax

• Eredivisie (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
• KNVB Cup (3): 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Johan Cruijff Shield (4): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

Everton

• Player of the Season 2011-12

International[link]

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup Runner-up (1): 2010

Notes[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: John Heitinga

• John Heitinga – FIFA competition record
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• Premier League profile

Netherlands squads v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2004 semi-finalists 1 Van der Sar 2 Reiziger 3 Stam 4 Bouma 5 Van Bronckhorst 6 Cocu 7 Van der Meyde 8 Davids 9 Kluivert 10 Van Nistelrooy 11 Van der Vaart 12 Makaay 13 Westerveld 14 Sneijder 15 De Boer (c) 16 Overmars 17 Van Hooijdonk 18 Heitinga 19 Robben 20 Seedorf 21 Bosvelt 22 Zenden 23 Waterreus Coach: Advocaat v t e Netherlands squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Van der Sar (c) 2 Jaliens 3 Boulahrouz 4 Mathijsen 5 Van Bronckhorst 6 Landzaat 7 Kuyt 8 Cocu 9 Van Nistelrooy 10 Van der Vaart 11 Robben 12 Kromkamp 13 Ooijer 14 Heitinga 15 De Cler 16 Maduro 17 Van Persie 18 Van Bommel 19 Vennegoor of Hesselink 20 Sneijder 21 Babel 22 Timmer 23 Stekelenburg Coach: Van Basten v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 van der Sar (c) 2 Ooijer 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 van Bronckhorst 6 de Zeeuw 7 van Persie 8 Engelaar 9 van Nistelrooy 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Melchiot 13 Timmer 14 Bouma 15 de Cler 16 Stekelenburg 17 de Jong 18 Kuyt 19 Huntelaar 20 Afellay 21 Boulahrouz 22 Vennegoor of Hesselink 23 van der Vaart Coach: van Basten v t e Netherlands squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup Runners-Up 1 Stekelenburg 2 Van der Wiel 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Van Bronckhorst (c) 6 Van Bommel 7 Kuyt 8 De Jong 9 Van Persie 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Boulahrouz 13 Ooijer 14 De Zeeuw 15 Braafheid 16 Vorm 17 Elia 18 Schaars 19 Babel 20 Afellay 21 Huntelaar 22 Boschker 23 Van der Vaart Coach: Van Marwijk v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Stekelenburg 2 Van der Wiel 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Bouma 6 Van Bommel (c) 7 Kuyt 8 N. de Jong 9 Huntelaar 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Vorm 13 Vlaar 14 Schaars 15 Willems 16 Van Persie 17 Strootman 18 L. de Jong 19 Narsingh 20 Afellay 21 Boulahrouz 22 Krul 23 Van der Vaart Coach: Van Marwijk