Jeffrey Bruma
Jeffrey Bruma is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent who played as a center back.
Bruma has represented the Netherlands at all youth levels: under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. With the U17's, Bruma played in the 2007 European Under-17 Championship. At U21, Bruma made his debut at 17 years old, on 4 September 2009, during a qualifying match for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship against Finland, where his team won 2-0.
On 11 August 2010, Bruma received his first call-up in the selection of the Netherlands National Football Team making his debut, starting against Ukraine National Football Team, with Jeremain Lens, Ricky Van Wolfswinkel and Siem de Jong three other debutantes in the starting line, which ended a 1-1 draw. His second appearance for the Netherlands would be the 8 June 2011, another 1-1 draw against Uruguay National Football Team, having replaced Joris Mathijsen at half-time.
Bruma scored his first international goal on 16 November 2014 against Latvia National Football Team in a qualifying match for 2016 UEFA European Football Championship (2016), which the Dutch won 6-0.
Bruma has represented the Netherlands at all youth levels: under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. With the U17's, Bruma played in the 2007 European Under-17 Championship. At U21, Bruma made his debut at 17 years old, on 4 September 2009, during a qualifying match for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship against Finland, where his team won 2-0.
On 11 August 2010, Bruma received his first call-up in the selection of the Netherlands National Football Team making his debut, starting against Ukraine National Football Team, with Jeremain Lens, Ricky Van Wolfswinkel and Siem de Jong three other debutantes in the starting line, which ended a 1-1 draw. His second appearance for the Netherlands would be the 8 June 2011, another 1-1 draw against Uruguay National Football Team, having replaced Joris Mathijsen at half-time.
Bruma scored his first international goal on 16 November 2014 against Latvia National Football Team in a qualifying match for 2016 UEFA European Football Championship (2016), which the Dutch won 6-0.