Cody Claver
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|2|df=y}}
|birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands
|position = Left back
|currentclub = AFC
|clubnumber = 5
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Haaglandia
|youthyears2 = 2013–2015
|youthclubs2 = ADO Den Haag
|youthyears3 = 2015
|youthclubs3 = Haaglandia
|youthyears4 = 2015–2016
|youthclubs4 = Sparta Rotterdam
|youthyears5 = 2016–2017
|youthclubs5 = Cambuur
|years1 = 2017–2019
|clubs1 = Cambuur
|caps1 = 2
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2019–
|clubs2 = AFC
|caps2 = 126
|goals2 = 6
|club-update = 15:11, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
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Cody Claver (born 2 November 1996) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left-back for Tweede Divisie club AFC.
Early and personal life
Born in The Hague, Claver is of Surinamese descent.{{Worldfootball.net|cody-claver}} His father is Surinamese and his mother is Dutch.{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.nl/nieuws?c=2&id=5958|title=In de schijnwerper Cody Claver!|date=30 January 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|author=Michael van Os|publisher=Amsterdamsche FC}} His family lived in Zoetermeer. He was a childhood friend of Omar el Baad, who played with him at Cambuur and suggested he join the club. Whilst with the club the two shared a house in Leeuwarden.
Career
Claver began his career with Haaglandia, and he then spent two years at ADO Den Haag before returning to Haglandia. He also played for the youth teams of Sparta Rotterdam and SC Cambuur. He joined the Cambuur senior team for the 2017–18 season,{{Soccerway|cody-claver/501816|accessdate=5 February 2019}} making his professional debut in April 2018, playing as a right back rather than in his usual position of left back.{{cite web|url=https://www.lc.nl/sport/Backs-willen-graag-in-Leeuwarden-blijven-spelen-23065090.html|title=Backs willen graag in Leeuwarden blijven spelen|date=6 April 2018|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|author=Johan Stobbe|publisher=Leeuwarder Courant}}
In January 2019 he moved to AFC.{{cite web|url=http://cambuur.nl/nieuws/rutger-etten-en-cody-claver-naar-tweede-divisie/|title=RUTGER ETTEN EN CODY CLAVER NAAR TWEEDE DIVISIE|date=24 January 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=SC Cambuur}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl/afc-trekt-voormalig-liverpool-talent-vincent-weijl-en-cody-claver-cambuur-aan/|title=AFC trekt voormalig Liverpool-talent Vincent Weijl en Cody Claver (Cambuur) aan|date=24 January 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.voetbal247.nl/op-de-man-af-cody-claver-afc-mijn-beste-tegenstander-abdelhak-nouri-of-frenkie-de-jong/|title=Op De Man Af | Cody Claver (AFC): 'Mijn beste tegenstander? Abdelhak Nouri of Frenkie de Jong'|date=November 17, 2020|website=Voetbal247.nl}} He stated his intention to resume studies for his HBO qualification alongside his football career.
References
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:VV Haaglandia players
Category:Sparta Rotterdam players
Category:Amsterdamsche FC players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Tweede Divisie players
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent