Sonny Silooy

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Sonny Silooy
Silooy in 1987
Personal information
Full name Jan Jacobus Silooy
Date of birth (1963-08-31) 31 August 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Zilvermeeuwen
ZVV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1987 Ajax 157 (4)
1987–1989
Matra Racing
55 (2)
1989–1996 Ajax 111 (0)
1996–1998 Arminia Bielefeld 37 (0)
1998–2000 De Graafschap 46 (0)
Total 406 (6)
International career
1983–1993[1] Netherlands 25 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2008 Ajax (youth)
2010 Dayton Dutch Lions
2011–2014 D.C. United (Assistant)
2014–2015
KNVB
(Assistant U18)
2015 Sparta Rotterdam (U17)
2015
KNVB
(Assistant U19)
2015–2016
Al Shabab
(U19)
2020– Sharjah FC (Director Youth Development)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Jacobus "Sonny" Silooy (born 31 August 1963) is a Dutch former professional

Johan Cruyff Shields, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup
.

Club career

Silooy was born in

1996 UEFA Champions League Final against Juventus, but missed a key penalty in the shootout which Ajax ultimately lost.[3]

International career

Silooy, a member of the Netherlands national team's squad at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, obtained 25 caps,[4] including eight appearances in Euro 88 qualifying, but never played in a major international competition.

Coaching career

Silooy was also coach of the Jong Ajax youth academy and juniors team.[5] In 2010, he was appointed as head coach of new branch Dayton Dutch Lions.

He left Dayton Dutch Lions to become an assistant coach with the

Al Shabab
under 19.

Honours

Player

Ajax

References

  1. ^ "Sonny Silooy - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ^ 11 FREUNDE – Bundesligen – Ik heb een tweejarig contract Archived 10 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sonny Silooy at home.wanadoo.nl
  4. ^ Interlands Sonny Silooy Archived 28 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Sonny Silooy to leave Ajax [dead link]
  6. ^ "Sonny Silooy named D.C. United Assistant Coach". D.C. United. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

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