Jari Schuurman

 

Country: Netherlands

Date of birth: 22/02/1997 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Gorcum (Netherlands)

Height: 1,78m

Youth career: Feyenoord Rotterdam

Senior career: Feyenoord Rotterdam

Squad number: —

Current national team: Netherlands U-17

Position: centre midfielder, attacking midfielder

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —

Contract until: 30.06.2017

Player’s agent: unknown

Similar type of player: combined playing styles of Riccardo Montolivo & Frank Lampard

 

Strengths:

– teamwork 

– concentration 

– passing 

– through balls 

– vision 

– intelligence 

– creativity 

– long shots 

– decisions 

 

Style of play:

– box-to-box midfielder

– likes to play through balls

– likes to shoot from distance

– player is very good in combination play

– is naturally receptive to new techniques and tactics

– gets forward whenever possible

– often creates shooting opportunities

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Centre midfielder in 4-3-3.

 

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Achievements:

European Under-17 Championship 2014 runner-up with Netherlands.

 

League summary:

No senior team appearances yet.

 

Description:

Jari Schuurman comes from the Feyenoord academy; the academy which wins the ‘best youth academy of the Netherlands’ award virtually every year. It’s famous for spawning talents such as Jean-Paul Boetius, Jordy Clasie, Bruno Martins Indi or Stefan de Vrij – all players wanted by big clubs in Europe. Jari has done very well in the youth teams and due to that coach Maarten Stekelenburg took him to the UEFA U-17 Championship 2014 in Malta. He scored a hattrick in his second game at the tournament and was a key player in the “Jong Orange” second line. Unfortunately, his team fell to England in the final, but Jari was given the “Golden Boot” with 4 goals, which is a great achievement for a midfielder.

 

Quotes:

“I have an Ajax name. I am named after former Ajax forward Jari Litmanen despite the fact I am a lifelong Feyenoord supporter and I play for Feyenoord – my team-mates and the trainers tease me sometimes! Litmanen is an Ajax legend and my parents liked him as a footballer player and as a person. They were Litmanen fans.”

(Jari Schuurman)

 

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10   

First team material in a top European club.

 

Links:

Transfermarkt: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jari-schuurman/profil/spieler/264857

Soccerway: http://int.soccerway.com/players/jari-schuurman/319302/