45 Facts About Leroy Fer

Leroy Fer formerly represented the Netherlands national team, making eleven appearances between 2010 and 2014.

Leroy Fer is the first child of parents from Curacao.

Leroy Fer's maternal grandfather was a football player in Curacao, while his father, Lesley Leroy Fer, was a baseball player.

Leroy Fer has one younger brother, Leegreg, who played for the Feyenoord under-17 team, a sister and his cousin Patrick van Aanholt is a footballer for Galatasaray.

Leroy Fer started his youth career at the local Zoetermeer club DWO.

Together with youth friend Kaj Ramsteijn, Leroy Fer accepted the invitation to join the Feyenoord's youth academy.

Leroy Fer later progressed through the academy and later Jong Feyenoord.

Four days later, on 6 December 2007, Leroy Fer signed his first professional contract with Feyenoord, keeping him at De Kuip until summer 2012.

Leroy Fer is still a freshman A-junior and I don't want to destroy him immediately.

Leroy Fer is well integrated into the group, but that is always the case with good football players.

Leroy Fer started on the right back position, which he continued to do so for four matches in a row.

On 18 September 2008, Leroy Fer made his official European debut, as he was named in the starting line-up in the UEFA Cup home match against Kalmar FF.

Three days later, Feyenoord captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst even claimed Leroy Fer to be "unmissable" for the squad in Feyenoord TV, while Netherlands national team head coach Bert van Marwijk admitted he was following Leroy Fer's development closely and was getting very optimistic about him for a possible call-up.

When Leroy Fer started out at the club, he found himself placed on the substitute bench, due to the competition in the midfield position.

Leroy Fer followed in the next three matches by scoring against PSV Eindhoven, Odense Boldklub and De Graafschap.

Leroy Fer's injury led the club asking for compensation to FIFA.

On 25 April 2013, Leroy Fer announced his intention of leaving the club.

However, during the distraction, Ricky van Wolfswinkel took a quick throw-in to Leroy Fer, who rolled the ball into the net.

Leroy Fer confirmed on Match of the Day that the shot was completely intentional and had not expected such a reaction from the Cardiff players, who surrounded him and started shoving him around.

The next league match was his home debut when Sunderland were welcomed to Loftus Road, where Leroy Fer was named Man of the Match for his performance in the club's first league win and clean sheet of the season.

However, Leroy Fer suffered a knee injury during the match that saw him substituted in the 75th minute and was sidelined for two months.

On 1 February 2016, Leroy Fer joined Premier League side Swansea City on loan for the remainder of the season after failing to make an impact under Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Leroy Fer then scored two goals in two matches between 27 August 2016 and 11 September 2016 against Leicester City and Chelsea respectively.

Since joining Swansea City, Leroy Fer continued to be involved in the first team, playing in the midfield position.

However, poor performance led Leroy Fer being dropped to the substitute bench in a number of matches towards the end of the year.

However, Leroy Fer found himself being disciplined on two occasions, including a red card against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round of the FA Cup on 6 January 2018.

Leroy Fer was then given a captaincy role, succeeding Angel Rangel, who left Swansea City in the summer.

Since returning from injury, Leroy Fer regained his first team place, playing in the midfield position, as well as, captain.

Ultimately, Swansea City put out a statement on their website that both Daniel James and Leroy Fer would be staying at the club after Swansea City put out a statement, regarding their future.

Leroy Fer began training with Feyenoord on 8 July 2019, marking his return to the club for the first time in eight years.

Leroy Fer helped Feyenoord qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League next season after beating Sparta Rotterdam and FC Utrecht.

Leroy Fer later went on to make seven appearances and scoring once for the U16 national team.

Leroy Fer was named captain of the Netherlands under-17 team for the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held in Belgium.

In November 2008, Leroy Fer was called up to the Netherlands B squad for the first time.

Leroy Fer made his unofficial debut for the Netherlands under-21 team on 31 March 2009.

Leroy Fer became a regular for the Netherlands U21's fixtures throughout the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.

Leroy Fer then scored two goals in two matches for Netherlands U21, coming against Luxembourg U21 and Bulgaria U21 on 1 June 2012 and 5 June 2012 respectively.

In May 2013, Leroy Fer was called up to the Netherlands U21 squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Israel.

Leroy Fer started well in the tournament when he scored two goals in the first two matches in the group stage against Germany U21 and Russia U21.

On 8 August 2010, Leroy Fer was called up to the Netherlands squad for the first time.

On 7 October 2013, Leroy Fer was called up to the Netherlands for the first time in over a year.

Leroy Fer later made two appearances between November 2013 and June 2014, coming against Colombia and Wales.

In May 2014, Leroy Fer was included in the squad for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil.

Leroy Fer scored his first World Cup goal in the group match against Chile on 23 June 2014, after coming on as a substitute.

Leroy Fer began a new relationship with Angela, where she gave birth to a baby daughter, Castle Fleurella.