Feyenoord Jonathan de Guzmán

1 feyenoord

1.1 rise
1.2 initial difficulties
1.3 injuries

feyenoord
the rise

de guzmán not allowed play feyenoord s first team before 18 years old. on 15 september 2005, 3 days after turning 18, de guzmán part of feyenoord s first team squad first time. however, remained on bench in uefa cup home match against rapid bucharest (1–1). 3 days later, on 18 september 2005, de guzmán made official feyenoord debut in eredivisie home match against sc heerenveen (5–1). replaced ghaly in 87th minute. de guzmán scored first professional goal on 30 september 2005, in eredivisie away match against willem ii (1–3). after debut against sc heerenveen, de guzmán became first team regular. on 11 december 2005, received praise after outplaying former barcelona player philip cocu in midfield battle @ feyenoord s eredivisie home match win against psv (1–0). de guzmán finished eredivisie season 2005–06 29 matches, scoring 4 goals. on 29 december 2005, signed improved contract feyenoord until summer 2010. old contract set expire in 2008.

initial difficulties

at beginning of season 2006–07, feyenoord sold star players dirk kuyt liverpool , salomon kalou chelsea. management had high expectations of de guzmán, ready make next step in development. however, youngster couldn t prevent club finishing on 7th eredivisie place. de guzmán s disappointing season ended red card in 21st minute of first playoff match against fc groningen on 10 may 2007. feyenoord lost double confrontation , missed out on european football first time in 16 years. @ end of season, de guzmán acknowledged there perhaps pressure on him: 19 years old, couldn t tell do. disappointing season. didn t make progress football player, did grow mentally because of problems had. tough season me personally.

jonathan de guzmán after first feyenoord training of season 2007–08

with 2007–08 arrival of experienced players giovanni van bronckhorst barcelona , roy makaay bayern munich, feyenoord created perfect circumstances de guzmán. pressure on youngster taken away, de guzmán wasn t happy new position in team. de guzmán played midfielder, new manager bert van marwijk placed him on right wing position in 4–2–3–1 system. de guzmán played 33 eredivisie matches, scoring 9 goals.

injuries

de guzmán had personal agreement manchester city, feyenoord couldn t agree on transfer fee citizens: last summer, assumed depart rotterdam fell through, @ time feyenoord. personally, said yes , thought quite nice sum (reportedly ten million, ed.). clubs not there , later took city player, shaun wright-phillips. despite turbulent pre-season full of transfer speculations, de guzmán remained @ feyenoord. however, de guzmán had disappointing start season, sent off in feyenoord s season opening eredivisie match. on 31 august 2008, de guzmán received red card flying elbow in 30th minute in away match against heracles almelo (3–1), resulting in suspension of 4 matches. not later, de guzmán started having physical problems. started minor groin, thigh , knee injuries, ended serious meniscus surgery in january 2009. de guzmán out rest of season. due injuries, de guzmán played 2 eredivisie matches in 2008–09 season.

de guzmán made comeback in 2009–10 pre-season friendly away match against sporting portugal (1–2), scoring equalizer. due expiring contract, feyenoord keen sell youth product in summer. however, new feyenoord manager mario been wanted de guzmán stay. stated de guzmán important player team , willing let him play on favorite central playmaker position. despite interest chelsea , valencia, de guzmán stayed @ feyenoord. after promising start of season, scoring 3 goals in first 9 matches, injuries kept following midfielder. on 3 october 2009, de guzmán subs cartilage in right knee, needed surgical intervention , out on 2 months. de guzmán made comeback after winter break, after playing 4 more matches, had leave training session injured on 4 march 2010. struck same injury had earlier season, time on left knee. de guzmán made final comeback in feyenoord s last match of season. however, de guzmán couldn t prevent feyenoord losing knvb cup final against arch rivals ajax (1–4) on 6 may 2010, , left club on free transfer: me s nice fit again , still playing time during finals, result disappointing obviously. s sad have leave feyenoord way.