Dwight Tiendalli

Dwight Tiendalli (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʋɑitinˈdɑli];[2] born 21 October 1985) is a Surinamese-born Dutch footballer who last played as a full back for League One club Oxford United.

Dwight Tiendalli

Tiendalli at FC Twente in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Dwight Tiendalli
Date of birth	(1985-10-21) 21 October 1985
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Full back
Youth career
2001–2004	Ajax
2004–2005	Utrecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Utrecht	41	(3)
2006–2009	Feyenoord	35	(0)
2008	→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)	13	(0)
2009–2012	Twente	71	(1)
2012–2015	Swansea City	27	(1)
2015	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	2	(0)
2017–2018	Oxford United	13	(0)
National team^‡
2005–2007	Netherlands U21	16	(0)
2013	Netherlands	2	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Netherlands UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2006 Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2013

Tiendalli is a former Dutch under-21 international, and was part of the FC Twente team which won the 2009–10 Eredivisie. After his first season with Swansea, in which the team won the League Cup, Tiendalli was capped twice by the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Feyenoord and Sparta

Tiendalli running for the defence during the match.

In the summer of 2006, Tiendalli moved to Feyenoord on a four-year contract, for a fee of €2 million.[3] After one appearance for FC Utrecht during the 2006–07 season, he made his Feyenoord debut five days later in a 0–0 draw against Heracles Almelo. He also made his European debut after appearing in the first round of the UEFA Cup, a 2–2 draw against Lokomotiv Sofia. On 12 December 2006, Tiendalli was sent off after handling the ball on the goal-line. Video evidence, however, proved he had not committed an offence, leading referee Jack van Hulten to admit to the mistake and for Tiendalli to have his red card rescinded.[4] In his first season, Tiendalli was sidelined by a groin injury and missed the entire season.[5]

After recovering from the injury,[5] Feyenoord loaned Tiendalli to city rivals Sparta Rotterdam on 25 January 2008, where he was re-united with his former Utrecht coach Foeke Booy. Tiendalli was inserted straight into the starting line-up, putting in a fine display on his debut.

Tiendalli in the Feyenoord home shirt in 2007.

After his loan spell at Sparta, Tiendalli was indeed used more often by Feyenoord, but could not make the expected breakthrough he wanted on his return. In De Klassieker against Ajax, which Feyenoord lost 2–0, he was sent off in the match for a second bookable offence, and was also sent off in the last game of the season, a 3–2 loss against Roda JC. At the start of the 2009–10 season, Tiendalli left Feyenoord after having his contract terminated.

Twente

On 14 September 2009, FC Twente signed Tiendalli – on a free transfer – to a one-year contract, with a view to a further year.[6] A month after joining Twente, having appeared as an unused substitute in the last two matches, Tiendalli made his debut after coming on as a substitute for Dario Vujičević in the 63rd minute of a 3–1 win over Heracles Almelo. A week after his debut, he scored his first goal and provided an assist for Miroslav Stoch's opener in a 4–0 win over FC Groningen.[7] In his first season, the club won their first-ever Eredivisie title and Tiendalli established himself in the first team, in the absence of Slobodan Rajković and Nicky Kuiper. During the season, Tiendalli made his Europa League debut and played in both legs against Werder Bremen in which Twente lost 4–2, which saw them eliminated in the second round of the competition.

In the 2010–11 season, Tiendalli made his first start under Johan Cruyff in which Twente won 1–0. He played three games in the UEFA Champions League, but soon lost his first-team place due to injuries and only made 18 appearances.[8] Twente finished third in their Champions League group, relegating the club to the UEFA Europa League. Feyenoord advanced through the knockout stage until the quarter-final, in the first leg of which Tiendalli received a straight red card in a 3–1 loss against Villarreal. Twente ultimately lost the two-legged tie 8–2 on aggregate. At the end of the season, it was announced that Tiendalli's contract with the club would not be renewed after contract talks stalled.[9] A week before his contract expiration, he attended the club's first session of the new season, insisting he wanted to maintain his fitness.[10] However, Preud'homme's successor as manager, Co Adriaanse, offered him a new, one-year contract, which he accepted.[11] After signing the deal, he stated that he hoped to make a fresh start under Adriaanse.[12]

In the 2011–12 season, Tiendalli started for Twente as they faced Ajax for the second time in a row and ran out 2–1 winners. During the season, he was used more as a left back at Twente. At the end of the year, he was released from the club following the return of manager Steve McClaren.

Swansea City

On 10 September 2012, Premier League club Swansea City confirmed that Tiendalli had signed a deal with the club until the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season.[13] He was signed to bring in defensive cover after first-choice left back Neil Taylor was ruled out for the remainder of 2012–13 with a broken ankle.

Tiendalli made his Swansea debut in the third round of the League Cup, providing an assist for Danny Graham in a 3–2 win over Crawley Town.[14] Having been on the bench in the league for two months since joining Swansea City, as a result of Ben Davies and Àngel Rangel being first choices in the left and right back position respectively (Tiendalli played in both positions), Tiendalli finally made his league debut, coming on as a substitute for Jonathan de Guzmán in the 74th minute of a 2–0 win over Arsenal. After the match, Tiendalli stated his intent to stay at Swansea despite his lack of first-team opportunities.[15] He appeared in the final of the League Cup when he came on for Davies in the 84th minute of a 5–0 win over Bradford City, becoming the first non-English Premier League team to have won the League Cup and the first non-English club since 1927 to win a major English cup (Swansea's rivals Cardiff City won the FA Cup in 1927).[16] A week later, Tiendalli become first choice in defence after Rangel was injured.

Tiendalli scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 away win over Wigan Athletic on 7 May 2013 at the DW Stadium. Manager Michael Laudrup praised Tiendalli for his performance in response to uncertainty over his future. Laudrup, however, said he expected Tiendalli to move on at the end of the season.[17]

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Tiendalli's agent Sebastien Casenaz told talkSPORT that he would not be at Swansea for the next season after contract talks had broken down.[18] On 28 August 2013, however, Tiendalli re-joined Swansea on a three-year contract lasting until June 2016.[19]

Middlesbrough (loan)

On 26 March 2015, Tiendalli was loaned out to promotion-chasing Middlesbrough of the Championship for the remainder of the 2014–15 season. He made his Boro debut away to Watford on 6 April.[20] After returning from his loan, on 1 September 2015, Swansea released a statement on their website that Tiendalli had his contract cancelled by mutual consent.

Oxford United

In July 2017, having been without a club for nearly two years, Tiendalli signed a one-year contract with Oxford United of League One.[21] He was released at the end of the 2017–18 season[22] having played in 13 league fixtures, none of them under new manager Karl Robinson.

International career

Tiendalli played five matches at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship final stages for the Netherlands national U-21 team.[23][24]

In 2006, he was part of the Netherlands U21 squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in Portugal, where he was also named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament.

Tiendalli made his full international debut for the senior team in a 3–0 friendly win against Indonesia on 7 June 2013, replacing Daryl Janmaat in the second half.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 23 January 2018 [26]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Utrecht	2004–05	Eredivisie	11	1	1	0	–		0	0	0	0	12	1
	2005–06		29	2	3	2	–		–		2	0	34	4
	2006–07		1	0	0	0	–		–		0	0	1	0
	FC Utrecht		41	3	4	2	–		0	0	2	0	47	5
Feyenoord	2006–07	Eredivisie	13	0	2	0	–		3	0	1	0	19	0
	2007–08		0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2008–09		22	0	2	0	–		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0	28	0
	Feyenoord		35	0	4	0	–		6	0	2	0	47	0
Sparta Rotterdam (loan)	2007–08	Eredivisie	13	0	0	0	–		–		–		13	0
Twente	2009–10	Eredivisie	26	1	5	0	–		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	–		33	1
	2010–11		18	0	4	0	–		5[lower-alpha 2]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	28	0
	2011–12		27	0	2	0	–		9[lower-alpha 4]	0	3	0	41	0
	FC Twente		71	1	11	0	–		16	0	4	0	102	1
Swansea City	2012–13[27]	Premier League	14	1	2	0	5	0	–		–		21	1
	2013–14[28]		10	0	2	0	1	0	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	19	0
	2014–15[29]		3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	Swansea City		27	1	6	0	7	0	6	0	0	0	46	1
Middlesbrough (loan)	2014–15[29]	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Oxford United	2017–18[30]	League One	13	0	0	0	1	0	–		4[lower-alpha 5]	0	18	0
Career totals			202	5	25	2	8	0	28	0	12	0	275	7

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. Two appearances in the Europa League and three in the Champions League
3. Appearance in the Johan Cruijff Schaal
4. Six appearances in the Europa League and three in the Champions League
5. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

International performance

Dutch national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	2	0
Total	2	0

Statistics accurate as of matches played on 11 June 2013.[26]

Honours

Club

Twente

• Eredivisie: 2009–10
• Johan Cruijff Schaal: 2010, 2011

Swansea City

• League Cup: 2012–13

References

1. "Premier League Player Profile Dwight Tiendalli". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
2. In isolation, Dwight and Tiendalli are pronounced [ˈdʋɑit] and [tinˈdɑli], respectively.
3. "Feyenoord sign Tiendalli". Sky Sports. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
4. "Buijs accepts ban". Sky Sports. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
5. "Tiendalli returns to training". Sky Sports. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
6. Official: FC Twente Sign Free Agent Dwight Tiendalli
7. "FC Twente 4–0 FC Groningen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
8. "New setback for FC Twente in Spain" [Nieuwe tegenvaller voor FC Twente in Spanje] (in Dutch). FC Update. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
9. "Tiendalli may leave at FC Twente" [Tiendalli mag vertrekken bij FC Twente] (in Dutch). FC Update. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
10. "Tiendalli wants to leave, but will train at FC Twente" [Tiendalli wil weg, maar traint bij FC Twente] (in Dutch). FC Update. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
11. "Tiendalli signs new one-year contract" [Tiendalli tekent nieuw 1-jarig contract] (in Dutch). FC Twente Official Homepage. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
12. "Tiendalli hopes for fresh start under Adriaanse" [Tiendalli hoopt op frisse start onder Adriaanse] (in Dutch). FC Update. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
13. Swansea City Sign Free Agent Dwight Tiendalli
14. "Crawley 2 Swansea 3: Monk completes late comeback as Laudrup's men survive scare". Daily Mail. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
15. "Swansea City star Dwight Tiendalli keen to extend stay at Liberty Stadium". This is South Wales. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
16. "Nathan Dyer double helps Swansea ruin Bradford's Capital One Cup dream". The Guardian. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
17. "Michael Laudrup coy over new contract for Dwight Tiendalli". BBC Sport. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
18. "Transfer news: Swansea fail to agree terms with Dwight Tiendalli". Sky Sports. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
19. "Tiendalli re-joins the Swans". Swansea City. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
20. "Middlesbrough Sign Up Swansea's Dutch International Defender Dwight Tiendalli In Loan Deal until the end of the season". Middlesbrough F.C. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
21. "Dwight Tiendalli: Oxford United sign ex-Swansea City defender on 12-month deal". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
22. Pritchard, David (27 April 2018). "Dwight Tiendalli, Mike Williamson and Ivo Pekalski have no future with Oxford United". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
23. Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
24. "Prem duo in Dutch youth squad". Sky Sports. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
25. "Indonesia 0–3 Netherlands". Sky Sports. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
26. "Dwight Tiendalli Voetbal International profile". Voetbal International.
27. "Games played by Dwight Tiendalli in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
28. "Games played by Dwight Tiendalli in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
29. "Games played by Dwight Tiendalli in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
30. "Games played by Dwight Tiendalli in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

External links

• Dwight Tiendalli at Soccerbase
• Career stats – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
• Netherlands stats at OnsOranje