[情報] Lorenzo Davids入選荷蘭U-21國家隊
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=600386.html
Family ties spur younger Davids
Tuesday 9 October 2007by Berend Scholten
For a player taking his first steps in the game, having a cousin as
well-known as Edgar Davids leaves a lot to live up to. Comparisons with the
AFC Ajax and Netherlands great are inevitable. Lorenzo Davids, though, takes
it all in his stride. After he was named in the Netherlands Under-21 squad
for the first time, Oranje supporters could be cheering the Davids name long
after Edgar retires.
The 21-year-old Lorenzo is 13 years Edgar's junior, too young to have
played with his relative as he was growing up. Watching Edgar on television
and listening to the stories his family told about him, was enough to make
the Ajax man his idol. "As a small boy I always heard Edgar was a great
player," Lorenzo said. "That's what I wanted to become as well, and that's
why I always went out on the streets with a ball under my arm. In the
neighbourhood around Ajax's old De Meer stadium, I played with guys like
Hedwiges Maduro, Ryan Babel and Urby Emanuelson, who all made it to the Ajax
first team."
Later, Lorenzo would speak to Edgar often. "He told me I have to work
really hard," he said. "But when I speak to him, we talk about more than just
football." Lorenzo did not follow Edgar's example to the letter. Edgar had
started out at Ajax; Lorenzo's big break came with their rivals Feyenoord.
Feyenoord fans did not hold his family ties against him, singing: "There's
only one real Davids." "That was quite a relief," admitted Lorenzo.
Lorenzo was born in Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, and moved to
Rotterdam with his family aged four. From there they went to Amsterdam and
he played for a succession of smaller clubs before earning a place in the
FC Utrecht youth set-up, before being scouted by Feyenoord. He appeared once
for the Rotterdam side before being transferred to NEC Nijmegen last January.
Here he was reunited with Mario Been, his coach at Jong Feyenoord, who gave
him Eredivisie debut in February.
Under Been, Lorenzo has established himself in the NEC team, playing
either left or central midfield and also helping out in defence. He has
leadership qualities, having captained Jong Feyenoord, and is a tenacious
scrapper in his cousin's mould. Nijmegen have struggled in the Eredivisie
this term, picking up just four points from seven games, but even in a losing
cause Lorenzo has caught the eye.
Though he has yet to represent the Netherlands in a competitive fixture,
he was involved with Foppe de Haan's squad before last summer's UEFA European
U21 Championship. Now, having been called up officially for the first time,
he is keen to make his mark as the defending champions take on Estonia on
Friday as qualifying Group 5 leaders. "That's something to really look forward
to," Lorenzo said. "It's a huge honour to be part of the squad given the
status of the Jong Oranje."
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