Siem de Jong
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Siem Stefan de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 28 January 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Ajax.

Playing in the youth academies of De Graafschap and Ajax, he made his professional debut for the Amsterdam-based side and would go on to become the club's captain as they won a club-record four consecutive Eredivisie titles from 2011 to 2014.

Following a three-year spell with Premier League side Newcastle United and a loan spell with PSV Eindhoven, De Jong returned to Ajax in 2017.

De Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland, to Dutch parents who played professional volleyball in Switzerland and moved back to the Netherlands when De Jong was six.

De Jong began his football career at the Doetinchem amateur club DZC'68 and was scouted by De Graafschap, when he was 12. He grew up in Doetinchem and graduated from the same school (het Rietveld Lyceum) as Guus Hiddink, Paul Bosvelt and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, which grants him immediate university access (he has considered studying economics). He played with De Graafschap until 2005, when he was picked up by the Ajax youth academy.