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Stefano Maarten Seedorf is a Dutch-Surinamese footballer, who usually plays as an offensive midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

. He currently plays for Lega Pro side Monza

A.C. Monza Brianza 1912

Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 is an Italian football club based in Monza, Lombardy.Founded in 1912, Monza currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group A, having last been in Serie B in 2000. Monza spent the last few years in Serie C1 and Serie C2.-History:Monza was founded on 1...

Early career

Stefano Seedorf started his playing career with amateur side Hellas Sport, but like his cousins he would soon be discovered by Ajax.

Ajax

After rising through the ranks with players such as Serginho Greene

Serginho Greene

Serginho Greene, is a Dutch association football player who is currently playing for Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian A PFG.-Early life:...

(Feyenoord) and Youssouf Hersi

Youssouf Hersi

Youssouf Hersi is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.-Playing career:Hersi has played in the Netherlands for Ajax, NAC Breda, NEC, Heerenveen, Vitesse, Twente and De Graafschap....

(Vitesse Arnhem

Vitesse Arnhem

Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands...

) he made is debut in the first team line-up on 30 April 2002, just 2 days after his 20th birthday. However, after 2 years and just 5 league matches Stefano was sent away on a loan spell with NAC Breda

NAC Breda

NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...

After Ajax

In NAC Breda

NAC Breda

Stefano made an immediate impact. He proliferated himself as a fast paced technical midfielder and scored 7 goals in 29 matches. Despite his successful performance with NAC

NAC Breda

, his contract with Ajax was not extended. In the summer of 2004 Seedorf was therefore transferred to FC Groningen.

In 2009-10, Stefano and his cousin Chedric

Chedric Seedorf

Chedric Seedorf is a Dutch footballer who plays for Monza.-Club career:Like his brothers Clarence and Jürgen and his cousin Stefano he is the product of the Ajax youth academy, but in 1999 his father and player agent Johan Seedorf forced a breach with the club due to irreconcilable differences,...

left for the Italian team Monza

A.C. Monza Brianza 1912

Career Overview

! Season
! Club
! Matches
! Goals
! League
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| 2001–2003
|

Ajax
| 5
| 0
| Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

|-
| 2003–2004
|

NAC Breda

| 29
| 7
| Eredivisie

Eredivisie

|-
| 2004–2007
|

FC Groningen
| 59
| 8
| Eredivisie

Eredivisie

|-
| 2007
|

Apollon Limassol

Apollon Limassol is a Greek Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon F.C...

| 4
| 0
| Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

The Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...

|-
| 2007–2008
|

Veria FC
| 16
| 2
| Super League Greece

Super League Greece

The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...

|-
| 2008–2009
|

FC Den Bosch
| 28
| 5
| Eerste divisie

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

|-
| 2009–2010
|

A.C. Monza

A.C. Monza Brianza 1912

| 24
| 1
| Lega Pro
|-
| 2010–2011
|

A.C. Monza

A.C. Monza Brianza 1912

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| -
| Lega Pro
|}>

Personal life

Stefano is the cousin of Clarence

Clarence Seedorf

Clarence Clyde Seedorf OON is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan. Seedorf is the first player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs - Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and Milan in 2003 and 2007...

, Jürgen, Chedric

Chedric Seedorf

, Rahmlee Seedorf and his uncle Johan Seedorf is his player agent.

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