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Memphis Depay
Depay with PSV in 2012
Personal information
Full name Memphis Depay
Date of birth (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Moordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team PSV
Number 22
Youth career
2000–2003 VV Moordrecht
2003–2006 Sparta Rotterdam
2006–2011 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– PSV 44 (11)
International career
2008–2009 Netherlands U15 4 (2)
2009 Netherlands U16 6 (2)
2010–2011 Netherlands U17 17 (8)
2011–2013 Netherlands U19 7 (8)
2013 Netherlands U21 7 (0)
2013– Netherlands 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Memphis Depay (born 13 February 1994) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven. He is the son of a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother.

Club career

PSV

In 2011 Depay was on trial for the club's first team while playing for Jong PSV - the reserve team of PSV. He featured in the KNVB Beker final on 8 April 2012 under interim coach Phillip Cocu, and was officially implemented in the first team the following day. He played eight matches and scored three goals in his debut season.

The next season, with Dick Advocaat as PSV's head coach, Depay became more important for the team, appearing in twenty league games. The only trophy PSV managed to capture that season was the Johan Cruijff-schaal.

For the 2013-14 season, Phillip Cocu was assigned head coach. In a young squad, Depay secured himself of a regular first-team spot since the beginning of the season.

Aston Villa

In January 2014 he expresses his excitement of joining Aston Villa. Another young and hungry player joins the ranks of the exciting midlands team part of Paul Lamberts rebuild.

International career

Depay has represented several Dutch youth squads since 2010. With the Under-17 squad he won the 2011 European Championship, hitting the net once in the final. He also played for the Under-19 side, scoring eight goals in seven matches. With the Under-21 team he reached the semi-finals of the 2013 European Championship.

Depay has earned his first senior cap for the Netherlands on 15 October 2013, making his debut in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Turkey (0-2 win). He came on as a substitute in the 89th minute.

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 PSV Eredivisie 8 3 3 2 0 0 – 11 5
2012–13 20 2 4 1 5 0 1 0 30 3
2013–14 16 6 0 0 7 2 – 23 8
Total Netherlands 44 11 7 3 12 2 1 0 64 16
Career total 44 11 7 3 12 2 1 0 64 16
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 22 December 2013.

Honours

PSV

Netherlands U-17

References

  1. http://eredivisielive.nl/eredivisie/speler/970679/memphis-depay/
  2. Memphis Depay
  3. Cocu maakt Depay lid van de PSV selectie, PSV.nl.

External links

PSV Eindhoven – current squad

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