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Ungubani lo van Duivenbooden? Abalandeli abaningi basale bezibuza njengoba bebelizwa okokuqala igama lakhe.

USimon van Duivenbooden ungumgadli omude, ongu-1.9m ubude odlala kwiVitesse Arnhem, edlala esigabeni sokuqala eHolland. Uneminyaka engu-22. 

Uyise ungowaseNingizimu Afrika, kanti uVan Duivenbooden usanda kuthola ipasi lakhe laseNingizimu Afrika ngoJuni, okumenza avumeleke ukudlalela iBafana Bafana.

Uzalelwe e-Uithoorn, eNetherlands, ngo-2002, kanti uVan Duivenbooden wajoyina izinhlaka zentsha kwiVitesse ngo-2017. 

Uphinde wachitha amasizini amabili ne-PSV Eindhoven edlala kwi-Under 18 ne-Under 19 ngaphambi kokubuyela kwiVitesse la efike wadlala ku-Under 21. 

Wadlala okokuqala eqenjini elikhulu ngesizini ka-2021/22, wadlala imidlalo emibili ngaleyo sizini. 

Ngesizini ka-2022-23, wengeze eminye imidlalo eyisishiyagalolunye futhi washaya negoli elilodwa.

Ngeshwa, u-Van Duivenbooden uchithe cishe yonke isizini ka-2023/24 engadlali ngenxa yezinkinga zokubhaliswa kulandela ukulimala ngesikhathi ebolekiswe eqenjini laseBelgium iPatro Eisden. 

Ngesikhathi engekho, uVitesse yadliwa yizembe kwi-Eredivisie ngemuva kokuhlawuliswa ngokuthathelwa amaphuzu angu-18 kulandela ukuvela kokuthi ibonudlelawano nowayengumnikazi weChelsea uRoman Abramovich.

Naphezu kwalezi zingqinamba, uVan Duivenbooden usengumdlali obalulekile weVitesse kwi-Eerste Division, lapho asevele edlale khona kabili kule sizini ka-2024/25. 

Unerekhodi eliqinile ezingeni lentsha, washaya amagoli angu-24 emidlalweni engu-35 kwiVitesse Under 21 namagoli angu-49 emidlalweni engu-75 kuwo wonke amazinga ekilabhu.

UBroos uhlanganise no-Van Duivenbooden esikwatini sabadlali abangu-38 seBafana esizohlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations.

IBafana, ekuGroup K, izodlala ne-Uganda ngoSepthemba 6 bese iphinde idlale neSouth Sudan ngoSepthemba 10. 

Isikwati sokugcina sizomenyezelwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Amehlo azobe ethe njo kulo mgadli osemncane ukuthi angakwazi yini ukugqama kweyamazwe.