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THE THURSDAY INTERVIEW: JEFFREY BRUMA
Posted on: Thu 10 Dec 2009
With Jeffrey Bruma a recent success in the cup tie at Blackburn and the
favourite to follow Fabio Borini and Gael Kakuta in making full debuts, it
is high time for his first 0fficial Chelsea Website interview.
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So who would have taken Chelsea's sixth penalty against Blackburn last
week had Gael Kakuta put his kick away?
The answer, as can probably be guessed given the subject of this
interview, is Jeffrey Bruma, and it is yet another indication of how much
promise Carlo Ancelotti can see in the small clutch of young players he
has introduced into the first team picture this season.
These are not teenagers that he's afraid to burden with responsibility.
These are not teenagers who will retreat into their shells should they
slip up occasionally when the manager gives them a go.
That was amply shown on Tuesday night when Kakuta rebounded from his
missed penalty six days earlier by producing the only performance against
APOEL that Ancelotti considered worthy of commendation.
For Jeffrey Bruma, there was a place on the bench for the final Champions
League group match but he remained an unused sub. His big step forward had
come at Ewood Park the previous week.
Having let no-one down on his debut in October (when handed the relatively
straightforward task of preserving a 5-0 lead for 25 minutes at home), it
was more of a challenge for the 18-year-old as one of three substitutes
introduced for the second-half with Blackburn leading the Carling Cup tie.
They helped 'win' that second-half which meant more match action as the
contest went into extra-time.
'Kakuta played very well and Bruma played very well,' said Ancelotti after
the game. 'They will play in our team in the future because they have very
good quality.'
Jeffrey making an impression at a young age is not something that began
with the arrival of the new manager. He played in the Chelsea reserve side
at the age of just 15 and became a regular in the Dutch Under 21
international side at 17. The age at which he was first scouted in his
homeland and asked to join a new club takes some believing.
It is almost certain he will be the next to follow Fabio Borini and Kakuta
in making full debuts, giving the club a neat trio of striker, midfielder
and defender from the Academy that we can hope will develop into first
team regulars.
Jeffrey has not been interviewed by the Official Chelsea Website
previously, so it was high time we sat down for a chat.
'It is good to take responsibility as a young player and show them that
you are not scared,' he tells us as he discusses the sudden-death penalty
he was lined up to take last week.
'In that game I could see where I have to improve but overall I think it
was a good performance, and I think we should have won this game.
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'In the first game against Blackburn when I came on in the 67th minute for
Riccy [Carvalho], it was like a dream come true and a bit emotional for
everyone, my family and friends.
'It is a thing you have worked towards when you are younger and you think
always debut, debut, debut, and when it comes you have to make more steps
to become a regular.'
There is football pedigree in the family. Jeffrey's uncle is Fabian
Wilnis, a defender who played over 300 games for Ipswich Town between 1999
and 2008. He was at Stamford Bridge to see his nephew make his Chelsea
debut last month, in the first of two sub appearances against Blackburn.
His brother, Marciano, was right-back in the Barnsley side that knocked
Chelsea out of the FA Cup two seasons ago, playing with the surname Van
Homoet. He is now with Dutch top flight club Willem II.
Let's clear up the surname story straight away. The varying family name
has nothing to do with Jeffrey and Marciano's parents splitting up, as can
be read elsewhere, a famous online encyclopedia included.
Their parents are still together but from an early age their mother
decided her name, Bruma, worked better for her sons when playing sport.
When the older brother came to play in England, the FA insisted his
passport name must be on his shirt - hence Marciano van Homoet, but the
younger sibling on arriving asked Chelsea to sort it out from the start,
so English youth team football welcomed Jeffrey Bruma.
Marciano was an important part of Jeffrey's early football story.
'My brother used to play for Excelsior, the smaller club in Rotterdam, and
I went to watch him a lot and one of the coaches asked me if I wanted to
play in the youngest age group when my brother was playing, so I said why
not. I was four-years-old.
'When I was six I moved to Feyenoord, I got scouted, and was there from
six to 15 and then I joined Chelsea.
'Among the houses in Holland you have playgrounds with grass and I was
playing there with my friends and cousins and that was when I learnt the
basics of playing football.
'At Feyenoord, for the Under 9s they started to coach you, trying you in
every position and for me it was midfield and defender. They bring the
structure out early in a team so it is not like in the amateur clubs where
everyone is running everywhere. They play you how you play 10 years later.'
Education on and off the pitch fitted with the reputation Dutch football
has around the world. Early in the morning Jeffrey would train, acquiring
technique to go with natural athleticism, and then it was a 10-minute bus
ride with the whole team to school and then back to play football
afterwards.
When he joined Chelsea he still had another year to go to graduate from
the Dutch system so a school was found near Cobham where he could continue
studies.
It made for a packed schedule as Jeffrey played more youth team games than
anyone that season, a run to the FA Youth Cup Final included.
'After training when I wanted to relax I had to study but it paid off
because I graduated and came out with a diploma which I am proud of. I was
good at economics and maths but languages - French, English and German -
were my best subjects. We get taught languages early in Holland.
'It was a really busy year. I improved my game and even with the Dutch
Under 17s side we made a lot of trips. I was very happy at the end when I
had my diploma and knew I had a good year at Chelsea.'
Last season he became an established reserve-team regular. With a composed
nature on the pitch and all the physical and technical attributes you
would look for in a top class centre-back, it was seamless progress. The
on-going development is the natural one for a teenage player.
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'I am stronger now for sure with the gym work. There is a picture of me
when I came here and I was 15 and you can see there is a difference. I
think I am quicker too because with more muscle you can hold people away
and I have more power in my legs.
'I need most to improve my positional play, dealing with attacks, how to
open up my body to close the ball down.'
Wisdom during the pressure of a match will come too. He discusses his one
clear mistake in an otherwise solid display up at Blackburn when an
opponent, initially hidden by the referee, intercepted his pass for a
clear run on goal. It was not a slip-up in technique, more a lack of risk
awareness.
'I was sure the pass would reach Mikel and suddenly the player came from
nowhere. That was a moment to learn from but happily he didn't score.
'I look at a lot of defenders. With Chelsea there are obviously so many
good ones to look at and I also watch Pepe from Real Madrid because he is
tall, athletic and maybe a little bit how I am built - and Rio Ferdinand
and [Nemanja] Vidic, they are all players that I can take something from.'
Whisper it quietly but in his younger days when he played more in
midfield, Jeffrey studied Steven Gerrard's play. That might be why he
developed an appetite for free-kick taking.
This interview was carried out in the Cobham canteen at lunch, Jeffrey
having been the very last player to leave the first team training pitch.
The reason was a prolonged session with just him, Ray Wilkins, a dummy
defensive wall and a goal. On other days he has been out there with Didier
Drogba for ages, sharing deadball target practice.
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Bruma Chelsea
'I know I have a good free-kick in my locker,' he confirms. 'I train them
a lot and this season I have scored once in a friendly and I hit the post
at Arsenal for the reserves. I keep working everyday with Ray and I think
practice will pay off.
'Didier has a crazy style that makes the ball go up and down so quick and
I have another style with the inside of my foot to clip it over the wall.
I look how he takes it but it is difficult to do it like him, and maybe
for him it is difficult to do it like me, everyone has their own talents.'
Training ground work is making up a big percentage of this season's
development for the central defender. The well-spaced reserve team fixture
list means Jeffrey has played four competitive games at that level this
campaign.
He has played one more match than that for Holland Under 21s who have five
wins out of five and only conceded their first goal in the final 10
minutes of their most recent fixture versus Spain.
It has not escaped Chelseafc.com's attention that there have been calls in
his homeland for Jeffrey to be elevated to the senior squad already. He
smiles a little bashfully when this is mentioned.
'TV programmes and newspapers are pushing the manager to take me to the
World Cup but I am not really listening to it. I am trying to focus on the
Under 21s and Chelsea. For me it is still far away at the moment. I have
heard the manager is following me and it is a nice thing to hear but I
definitelywon't be disappointed if I am not going.'
Jeffrey only turned 18 in November, which means he is still eligible to
play in the FA Youth Cup, a far more realistic competition to be thinking
about for the time being.
On Monday at The Valley, Chelsea's quest to win the trophy begins with
Jeffrey likely to become one of the rare few to start in a Youth Cup team
three years running.
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Despite the fresh taste of first team football, they remain matches to
relish.
'Reaching the Final two seasons ago was exciting for everyone in the club
and we all became better players because of it,' he says.
'Now I am training more with the first team and I don't really know how
the youth team are playing this season, but I will try to play well and
win against Charlton.
'It is a cup with a big history that everyone knows and we should try to
win the trophy. Every game you play in a Chelsea shirt you should be proud
of and we will see how far we can get.'
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