Ar'jany_Martha
Ar'jany Martha
Dutch footballer (born 2003)
Ar'jany Martha (born 4 September 2003) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club AFC Ajax and the Curaçao national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
| Number | 42 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Spartaan '20 | ||
| 2015–2019 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 2019–2020 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Jong Ajax | 107 | (9) |
| 2023– | Ajax | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Netherlands U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 2019 | Netherlands U17 | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:44, 30 August 2020 (UTC) | |||
Early career
Martha, whose roots lie in Curaçao,[2] joined Spartaan '20 in the south of his native city of Rotterdam during his childhood.[3] He later moved to the football academy of the professional club Sparta Rotterdam, where he played for four years. Then Martha moved to the Ajax academy.[4] Since the 2020–21 season he has been playing for the second team Jong Ajax in the second-tier Eerste Divisie.[5]
Ajax
On 2 November 2023, Martha made his debut for senior Ajax team, by starting in a 2–0 win over Volendam.[6]
Netherlands youth
Martha was a youth international for the Netherlands.[2]
Curaçao
On 9 March 2024, it was announced that Martha had been called up by Dick Advocaat to join the Curaçao national team as part of the 23-man squad for the training camp scheduled for 18 to 25 March 2024 in Alanya, Turkey, ahead of the teams 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign in June.[7]
- As of match played 19 April 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 3 | — | — | — | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 3 | — | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 30 | 3 | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 106 | 9 | — | — | — | 106 | 9 | |||||
| Ajax Amsterdam | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Career total | 116 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 9 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- "Ajacied Martha nieuw gezicht in eerste selectie Advocaat bij Curaçao". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 9 March 2024.
- "Ar'jany Martha: talento olandese classe 2003". 10 January 2020.
- Willemse, Ricardo (4 June 2019). "Ar'jani Martha tekent contract". Spartaan'20 (in Dutch).
- "Ajax contracteert drie jeugdspelers". NHNieuws.nl (in Dutch). 4 June 2019.
- "Jong Ajax Skills Challenge #2 | Jaymillio Pinas en Ar'Jany Martha". Ajax (in Dutch). 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- "Debutant Martha: 'This is a dream for every boy'". AFC Ajax. 3 November 2023.
- Ar'jany Martha at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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