Jeffrey Neral
Jeffrey Virgil Neral (born 9 December 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Greek club Ergotelis.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey Virgil Neral | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ergotelis | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RSV HION | |||
| Feyenoord | |||
| Alexandria '66 | |||
| 2009–2010 | Excelsior | ||
| 2010–2015 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | → Jong Sparta (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2018 | SteDoCo | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Helmond Sport | 6 | (0) |
| 2020– | Ergotelis | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 | |||
Club career
As a youth, Neral played for a number of football academies, including those of Feyenoord, Excelsior and Sparta Rotterdam. He signed a professional contract with the latter in 2015, and made his debut on 18 October 2015 in a match vs. FC Oss. He won the Eerste Divisie trophy in 2016 and celebrated the club's promotion to the top flight. He then was assigned to the reserve team, Jong Sparta, where he played the remainder of his contract in the Tweede Divisie. In January 2018 he was released from his contract.[1]
In November of 2018, Neral joined amateur Derde Divisie side SteDoCo, but left the club after making two appearances to undergo trial with Slovak side AS Trenčín,[2] without however signing a contract with the club.[3] Neral returned to the Netherlands to again undergo a trial period at Excelsior Maassluis, but did not play for the remainder of the 2018−19 season. In June 2019, he joined Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport.
During the summer transfer window of 2020, Conraad left his home country and joined Greek second-division club Ergotelis on a free transfer.[4]
Personal life
Born in the Netherlands, Neral is of Surinamese descent.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 February 2021.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jong Sparta | 2016–17 | Tweede Divisie | 21 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 5 | ||||
| SteDoCo | 2018–19 | Derde Divisie | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Helmond Sport | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Ergotelis | 2020–21 | Super League 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
References
- JEFFREY NERAL VERTREKT BIJ SPARTA, sparta-rotterdam.nl, 24 January 2019
- Jeffrey Neral alweer weg bij SteDoCo, regio-voetbal.nl, 12 December 2018
- Trenčín avizuje útok na šestku, Cifranič: Potrebujeme impulz, profutbal.sk, 12 February 2019
- Ergotelis FC (27 July 2020). Υπέγραψε και ο Jeffrey Neral. www.ergotelisfc.gr (in Greek).
- "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal.
- Jeffrey Neral at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
External links
- Jeffrey Neral at Soccerway
- Jeffrey Neral at WorldFootball.net