Marcel de Jong... speaks Dutch, English, German... his father was born in Utrecht, NED while his mother was born in Den Haag, NED... he was four years old when his family moved from Newmarket, ON to Valkenswaard, NED... he was five years old when he started playing football for De Valk in his hometown; he was eight years old when he started playing for PSV’s youth program... favourites have included Marc Overmars, David Beckham...

represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, five editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup, and one edition of Concacaf Nations League Qualifying... career 56 international "A" appearances across 12 years from 2007 to 2018 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team, including one start as Canada’s captain... represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-20 at Netherlands 2005)...

club career in Netherlands, Germany, USA and Canada, including appearances in Concacaf Champions League... across four seasons, made 41 appearances in Germany’s 1.Bundesliga... with Sporting Kansas City, a US Open Cup winner (Lamar Hunt Cup in 2015)...

For Country

he was 16 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2003 with coach Stephen Hart... represented Canada at the 2003 CONCACAF Under-17 Qualification tournament... won Group B with Canada at the 2005 CONCACAF Under-20 Qualification tournament (Canada qualified for Netherlands 2005)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Netherlands 2005...

he was 21 years old when he made his debut for Canada on 20 November 2007... he scored his first international “A” goal for Canada on 10 July 2009 in Miami, FL, USA (CONCACAF Gold Cup)… represented Canada in 2008 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for South Africa 2010... represented Canada at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2012 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Brazil 2014... represented Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup...

played in a career-high 12 consecutive Canada matches from 2015-16... represented Canada in 2015-16 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Qualifiers... represented Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup...

represented Canada in 2018-19 Concacaf Nations League Qualifying...