Jhondly van der Meer

Haitian footballer (born 2002)

Jhondly van der Meer
Personal information
Birth name	Jhondly Saint Juste
Date of birth	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cambuur
Number	22
Youth career
2010–2013	csv de Leeuwarder Zwaluwen
2013–2020	Cambuur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–	Cambuur	21	(0)
International career^‡
2021–	Haiti	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:48, 13 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2022

Jhondly van der Meer (né Saint Juste; born on 22 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eerste Divisie club SC Cambuur. Born in the Dominican Republic, he plays for the Haiti national team.

Early life

Van der Meer was born as Haitian in the neighbouring Dominican Republic since his biological parents were Haitian and they were not regularised there. He was raised in Haiti until he was 6, when he was adopted by a Dutch family, the Van der Meers, who took him to live with them in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. He is now a naturalised Dutch citizen.^[1]

International career

Van der Meer was followed by the under-23 national coach for the Dominican Republic, where he was born, despite the fact that he is not a Dominican national.^[2] He is also on the Haiti national team radar.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 September 2020.^[3]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SC Cambuur	2020–21	Eerste Divisie	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Notes

References

^ "Ineens zag Van der Meer zich op tv terug bij de 'grote jongens' van SC Cambuur" (in Dutch). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Stobbe, Johan (11 September 2020). "Cambuurspeler Jhondly van der Meer begint elke dag met een kus op zijn debuutshirt". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 September 2020. As far as I know I don't even have a passport from there (Dominican Republic). It's all very vague, but I'm on the radar (of Haiti).
^ Jhondly van der Meer at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2020.