Jaeremi Drijvers

{{short description|Sint Maarten footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jaeremi Drijvers

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Centre forward

| currentclub = VV Gestel

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| youthyears1 = 2015–2018

| youthclubs1 = MPC

| years1 = 2017

| clubs1 = Funmakers

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 10

| years2 = 2018

| clubs2 = Woenselse Boys

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| years3 = 2018–2019

| clubs3 = SV Red-White Veldhoven

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| years4 = 2019–2020

| clubs4 = VV WODAN

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| years5 = 2021–

| clubs5 = VV Gestel

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| nationalyears1 = 2018

| nationalteam1 = Sint Maarten U20

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| nationalyears2 = 2019–

| nationalteam2 = Sint Maarten

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 5

| nationalteam-update = 13 May 2025 (UTC)

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Jaeremi Drijvers (born 12 November 1999) is a Sint Maartener footballer who plays for Dutch club VV Gestel and the Sint Maarten national team.

Youth career

As a youth Drijvers played for Milton Peters College and was one of the most prolific scorers in the Sint Maarten Soccer Association high school league in 2015.{{cite web |title=High School Soccer Competition starts with an Impressive Fourteen Teams |url=https://www.721news.com/2015/11/high-school-soccer-competition-starts-with-an-impressive-fourteen-teams/ |publisher=721news.com |access-date=3 November 2021}} As a senior in 2018, his team won the league championship while Drijvers was the league's top scorer.{{cite web |title=MPC GIRLS AND BOYS CROWNED CHAMPIONS. MPC WINDS FOR THE 3RD TIME |url=https://www.soualiganewsday.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=20442:mpc-girls-and-boys-crowned-champions-mpc-winds-for-the-3rd-time&Itemid=518 |publisher=soualiganewsday.com |access-date=3 November 2021}}

Club career

Drijvers played club football in the Netherlands with Woenselse Boys and SV Red-White Veldhoven before joining VV WODAN in May 2019.{{cite web |title=Dino Peljto, Dittgher Aarsen en Jaeremi Drijvers naar Wodan |url=https://www.ed.nl/amateurvoetbal/dino-peljto-dittgher-aarsen-en-jaeremi-drijvers-naar-wodan~a17c307f/ |publisher=ed.nl |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=Dutch}}{{cite web |last1=Snijders |first1=Pascal |title=Patrick Kraker, Hicham Hilali, Haitam Hilali en Rachid Mouroua naar Wodan |url=https://www.ed.nl/amateurvoetbal/patrick-kraker-hicham-hilali-haitam-hilali-en-rachid-mouroua-naar-wodan~a8007b8c/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |publisher=ed.nl |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=Dutch}} That September he scored as the team put in a dominant performance against VV Hulsel{{cite web |title=Dommelen heer en meester maar heeft penalty nodig voor drie punten, Wodan kent makkelijke middag tegen Hulsel |url=https://www.ed.nl/amateurvoetbal/dommelen-heer-en-meester-maar-heeft-penalty-nodig-voor-drie-punten-wodan-kent-makkelijke-middag-tegen-hulsel~a48986bf/ |publisher=ed.nl |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=Dutch}} and a victory over ZSC Westerhoven.{{cite web |title=Verslag ZSC 1 – Wodan 1 2-3 |url=https://www.zscwesterhoven.nl/113/762/uitslagen/wedstrijd-details/?tab=3 |publisher=ZSC Westerhoven |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=Dutch}} By 2021 he had returned to the Netherlands, joining VV Gestel.{{cite web |last1=Vd Week |first1=Wedstrijd |title=GESTEL DOET ZICHZELF TE KORT TEGEN STERK SPELEND UNITAS’59 |url=https://amateurvoetbaleindhoven.nl/gestel-doet-zichzelf-te-kort-tegen-sterk-spelend-unitas59 |publisher=amateurvoetbaleindhoven.nl |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=Dutch}} He scored the club's game-winning goal in a 3–2 victory over Wilhelmina Boys in Week 2 of the season.{{cite web |title=Overzicht 3D Zuid 1: PSV AV klopt DBS in venijnige stadsderby met vier rode kaarten; SBC wint derby tegen Nijnsel |url=https://www.ed.nl/amateurvoetbal/overzicht-3d-zuid-1-psv-av-klopt-dbs-in-venijnige-stadsderby-met-vier-rode-kaarten-sbc-wint-derby-tegen-nijnsel~a0aaa7d5/ |publisher=ed.nl |language=Dutch}}

International career

In summer 2018 Drijvers represented Sint Maarten in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He went on to score three goals in four appearances.{{cite web |title=Soccerway profile |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/jaeremi-drijvers/575699/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=3 November 2021}} His goals came against Antigua and Barbuda,{{cite web |title=Benna boys thrash St. Maarten in Under-20 opening campaign |url=https://antiguaobserver.com/benna-boys-thrash-st-maarten-in-under-20-opening-campaign/ |publisher=The Antigua Observer |access-date=3 November 2021}} Belize,{{cite web |title=Belize registers first ever CU20 win by topping Sint Maarten |url=https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-men/article/belize-registers-first-ever-cu20-win-by-topping-sint-maarten/ |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=3 November 2021}} and the Dominican Republic.

In May 2018 Drijvers was called up for an unofficial friendly against Saint Barthélemy. Despite Drijvers scoring a hattrick, Sint Maarten were defeated 3–5 after conceding three penalty kicks within the final ten minutes of the match.{{cite web |title=3 penalties in 10 minutes |url=https://www.thedailyherald.sx/sport/local-sports/3-penalties-in-10-minutes |publisher=The Daily Herald |access-date=3 November 2021}} He went on to make his official senior international debut on 25 July 2018 in a friendly against the British Virgin Islands. He scored his first two senior goals in the eventual 2–3 defeat.{{cite web |title=NFT profile |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/71517/Jeremy_Drijvers.html |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=3 November 2021}} He was soon after included in Sint Maarten's roster for 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.{{cite web |title=Sint Maarten 4 Saint Martin 3 |url=https://www.kicker.de/sint-maarten-gegen-saint-martin-2019-concacaf-nations-league-qualifikation-4547187/schema |publisher=Kicker |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=German}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Sint Maarten's goal tally first.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.rowspan=3| 26 May 2018rowspan=3| Stade de Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean, Saint Barthélemyrowspan=3| {{fb|Saint Barthélemy|local}}align=center| 1–0rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 3–5rowspan=3| Friendly
2.align=center| 2–0
3.align=center| 3–1
4.rowspan=2| 25 July 2018rowspan=2| Raoul Illidge Sports Complex, Philipsburg, Sint Maartenrowspan=2| {{fb|BVI}}align=center| 1–2rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 2–3rowspan=2| Friendly
5.align=center| 2–2
colspan="7"|Last updated 3 November 2021

=International career statistics=

{{updated|match played 14 October 2019.}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Sint Maarten national team

YearAppsGoals
201855
Total||5||5

=Youth international goals=

:Scores and results list Sint Maarten's goal tally first.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 November 2018rowspan=3|IMG Academy, Bradenton, Florida, United States{{fbu|20|ATG}}align=center| 1–2style="text-align:center;" | 1–6rowspan=3| 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2.5 November 2018{{fbu|20|BLZ}}align=center| 2–4style="text-align:center;" | 2–4
3.7 November 2018{{fbu|20|DOM}}align=center| 1–12style="text-align:center;" | 1–12
colspan="7"|Last updated 3 November 2021

Athletics

Drijvers has also represented Sint Maarten in athletics at the CARIFTA Games.{{cite web |title=2016 CARIFTA GAMES - RESULTS |url=https://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=65246.60 |publisher=socawarriors.net |access-date=3 November 2021}}

References

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