Tom Jan Hiariej (/ˈtɒm hiːˈɑːriːeɪ/; born 25 July 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielderorright-back. He is of Moluccan descent.[1]
Hiariej with Groningen in 2011
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| Full name | Tom Jan Hiariej | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Winschoten, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 0000–1998 | ZNC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | GRC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2007 | Groningen | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2017 | Groningen | 146 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Emmen (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Cambuur (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Central Coast Mariners | 37 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Emmen | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 222 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Netherlands U16 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Netherlands U17 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Netherlands U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The son of a Moluccan father and a Dutch mother,[2] he made his professional first team debut in 2007 with Eredivisie side FC Groningen under long-time head coach Ron Jans.[3] Hiariej scored his first professional goal on 23 January 2008 in a match against NEC.[4][5]
During his time at Groningen, Hiariej was sent on loan twice; to Emmen and Cambuur.[6] In May 2017, he moved to Australia to play in Gosford for the Central Coast Mariners.[7][8] After practicing with the first team for a few weeks, he signed another one-year contract with Emmen in July 2019.[9] He left the club at the expiration of his contract, after losing his starting spot to Hilal Ben Moussa.[10]
Hiarej is also a Dutch youth international; he played a number of matches for several youth teams. He was also part of the Netherlands under-17 team, who ended up third in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[11]
Netherlands under-17 coach, Ruud Kaiser was very impressed by the young defender. Before the youth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, Kaiser said about Hiariej: "When Hiariej plays for his club, he plays central defender, but here he plays right-back. He is talented and quick. He also has the qualities to come up in attack; he sees the chances".[12]
Hiariej would also make appearances for the Netherlands under-21 team.[13]
Groningen
Netherlands U17
