Jeffrey Leiwakabessy

Jeffrey Leiwakabessy

Personal information
Full name	Jeffrey Leiwakabessy
Date of birth	(1981-02-23) 23 February 1981
Place of birth	Elst, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	NEC
Number	37
Youth career
	Elistha Elst
1993–1998	NEC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2006	NEC	150	(0)
2006–2008	Alemannia Aachen	60	(0)
2008–2012	Anorthosis	100	(3)
2012–2013	VVV	35	(0)
2013–	NEC	57	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2016

Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (born 23 February 1981) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for N.E.C. (football club) as a left back.

Club career

Born in Elst, Gelderland, Leiwakabessy played his first professional seasons with NEC Nijmegen. In 2006–07 he moved to Alemannia Aachen in Germany, which had just returned to the Bundesliga after a four-decade absence; during the campaign he appeared in all 34 league matches, but could not help prevent the team's immediate relegation.

After one more season in Aachen, Leiwakabessy joined Anorthosis Famagusta FC in the Cypriot First Division. He went on to feature in twelve 2008–09 UEFA Champions League games as the side overachieved in the group stage, even though it was eventually ousted as last.

On 4 January 2012, Leiwakabessy returned to his country and signed a one-year contract with VVV-Venlo in the Eredivisie. On 15 October of the following year, after a period of trial, he joined former club NEC until the end of the campaign.

Honours

NEC

• Eerste Divisie: 2014–15

External links

• Stats at Voetbal International (Dutch)
• Jeffrey Leiwakabessy profile at Fussballdaten
• Jeffrey Leiwakabessy – FIFA competition record
• Jeffrey Leiwakabessy at Soccerway
• Worldfootball profile