Tom Hiariej

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Tom Hiariej
Personal information
Full name	Tom Jan Hiariej
Date of birth	June 25, 1988 (1988-06-25) (age 21)
Place of birth	Winschoten, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right-back
Club information
Current club	FC Groningen
Number	24
Youth career
	V.V. ZNC GRC Groningen FC Groningen
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007–present	FC Groningen	031 0(1)
National team2
2007–	Netherlands U21	01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 27 December 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11:09, 20 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Tom Hiariej (pronounced /hiɑriːeɪ/;^{[clarification needed][where's the stress?]} (born 25 September 1988), Winschoten) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen, where he started his career. The talented defender was chosen to play for the first team, by Groningen-coach, Ron Jans.

Hiariej is not only FC Groningen squad-player, but also youth international. He played a bunch of matches for several youth teams. He was also part of the Dutch U-17 team, who ended up third in the World Cup for Under 17 in Peru in 2005.

Netherlands U-17 coach, Ruud Kaiser was very impressed by the young defender. Before the youth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, Kaiser said this about Hiariej:

"When Hiariej plays for his club, he plays central defender, but here he plays right-back. He is talented and quick. He also has the quality's to come up in attack; he sees the chances"^[1]

In the match against NEC Nijmegen (23 January, 2008), Tom Hiariej scored his first top-flight goal for FC Groningen.

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