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Curaçaoans In The Netherlands
Curaçaoans in the Netherlands consist of migrants from Curaçao to the Netherlands and their descendants. Until 2010, Curaçao and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean were called the Netherlands Antilles. As of 2014, figures from Statistics Netherlands showed 142,953 people of Dutch Antillean origin in the Netherlands, which the vast majority are from Curaçao. Notable people *Patrick van Aanholt, football player *Vurnon Anita, football player *Jandino Asporaat, comedian *Enith Brigitha, swimmer * Izaline Calister, singer *Daisy Dee, singer, actress and TV host *Didi Gregorius, baseball player * Rangelo Janga, football player *Andruw Jones, baseball player *D'Angelo Marshall, kickboxer *Churandy Martina, sprinter *Hensley Meulens, baseball player *Cynthia Ortega, politician *Jordann Pikeur, kickboxer *Wendell Roche, kickboxer * Endy Semeleer, kickboxer * Sherman Smith (musician) *Jetro Willems, football player *Errol Zimmerman, kickboxer * Gregory van der Wiel Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, E ..., after its close relatives German language, German and English language, English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andruw Jones
Andruw Rudolf Jones (; born April 23, 1977) is a Curaçaoan former baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Atlanta Braves. Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Jones was a noted defensive specialist for most of his career and won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for outfielders every year from 1998 through 2007. He had a strong throwing arm in addition to his elite fielding. He was an MLB All-Star five times, and he won both the Hank Aaron Award and a Silver Slugger Award for outfielders in 2005. Jones made his MLB debut during the 1996 season with the Atlanta Braves. In the 1996 World Series, he became the youngest player ever to hit a home run in the postseason, and just the second player ever to homer in his first two World Series at-bats. The following s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnic Groups In The Netherlands
This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Netherlands, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the population, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population The Netherlands is the 67th most populated country in the world, and as of March 21, 2016, it has a population of 17,000,000. As of December 31, 2020 the Netherlands has a population of 17,474,677. Between 1900 and 1950 the population doubled from 5.1 to 10.2 million people. From 1951 to 2000 the population increased from 10.0 to 15.9 million people, increasing by a smaller proportion. The Netherlands is the 16th most densely populated country in the world, and the 5th most densely populated country in Europe; the first four are mini states. The 17.4 million Dutch inhabitants are concentrated on an area of including water surface, the land surface being . This means that the country has a population density of . The de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaron Vicario
Jaron Vicario (born 16 August 1999) is a Dutch- Curaçaoan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch club FC Dordrecht. Club career Vicario began his career in the youth set-up at SC Botlek, before moving to VV Spijkenisse. In 2016, Vicario joined Feyenoord, signing his first professional contract with the club on 24 May 2018. On 24 June 2019, Eerste Divisie club FC Dordrecht announced the signing of Vicario. He left the club after his contract expired in June 2021. International career During the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (27th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted at Bradenton, Florida, ..., Vicario made four appearances for Curaçao under-20's, scoring twice. References 2000 births Footballers from South Holland Dutch people of Curaçao descent Living people Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Van Der Wiel
Gregory Kurtley van der Wiel (born 3 February 1988) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a right-back. Born in Amsterdam, Van der Wiel is a product of the AFC Ajax youth system. In 2010, he was awarded the Johan Cruyff Award for " Young Player of the Year" in the Netherlands. He has also played for Paris Saint-Germain, Fenerbahçe, Cagliari and Toronto FC. Van der Wiel made his debut for the Netherlands national team in February 2009 and participated in the Netherlands' runners-up performance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Dutch teammate John Heitinga has labelled him the spiritual successor of Michael Reiziger for the Netherlands. Club career Ajax Van der Wiel started his playing career at RKSV DCG in Amsterdam. At age seven, the young defender was scouted by AFC Ajax and brought to the Ajax Academy at "De Toekomst". In 2002, Ajax sent the player away to HFC Haarlem due to the player having a "mentality problem". Talking about his period at Haarlem, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errol Zimmerman
Errol Zimmerman (born April 20, 1986) is a Curaçaoan- Dutch kickboxer, representing the Hemmers Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam and SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club tournaments champion. Zimmerman is also former Glory Heavyweight Championship and K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship challenger. In 2011 WIPU voted him the Kickboxer of the Year. He has competed in the K-1, It's Showtime, SUPERKOMBAT and GLORY promotions and is currently signed to ONE Championship. Zimmerman has also competed in one Openweight mixed martial arts fight at K-1 Dynamite!! 2008 against the Japanese MMA icon Ikuhisa Minowa. Zimmerman lost the fight by a toe hold, a move that is rarely seen in MMA, to the submission specialist. Career 2001–2005 Zimmerman began training at age of 12 and competing in kickboxing in 2001 at the age of 15. He competed in the under-85 kg division early in his career before moving up, eventually reaching heavyweight. On January 19, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jetro Willems
Jetro Danovich Sexer Willems (born 30 March 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back or left-back. Willems represented the Netherlands national team at UEFA Euro 2012; he played in the Netherlands' opening match of the tournament at the age of 18 years and 71 days, making him the youngest player ever to play in the UEFA European Championship at the time. The record has since been broken by Jude Bellingham, who represented England at UEFA Euro 2020. Club career Sparta Rotterdam Willems began his career with amateur side Spartaan '20 from whom he joined Sparta Rotterdam. During his time with Sparta he progressed through the club's youth academy and made his senior debut on 16 January 2011, in a match against Go Ahead Eagles. He made 16 appearances in the Dutch second division. PSV On 31 August 2011, Willems joined PSV Eindhoven on a three-year contract. He received the number 43 jersey and made his PSV debut on 23 October in a match against Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherman Smith (musician)
Sherman Smith is well-known singer from Curaçao. His music has been in a number of international music charts, and is considered a prominent contributor to Kizomba music. See also * Curaçaoans in the Netherlands Curaçaoans in the Netherlands consist of migrants from Curaçao to the Netherlands and their descendants. Until 2010, Curaçao and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean were called the Netherlands Antilles. As of 2014, figures from Statist ... References External links * Curaçao musicians Living people Kizomba singers Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAm-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endy Semeleer
Endy Semeleer (born 18 November 1995) is a Dutch kickboxer of Curaçaoan descent who competes in the welterweight division of Glory, where he is the reigning welterweight champion. Semeleer is the former three-weight Enfusion champion, having held titles at -77kg, -75kg and -72.5kg. He is ranked as the fifth best welterweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and the fourth best by Beyond Kick as of October 2022. Semeleer has been continually ranked in the Combat Press top ten since January 2018. Kickboxing career Early career In 2016 Endy participated in an eight man King of the Ring tournament. Following a flying knee win over Nicky Lopez and a TKO win over Marcel Verhaar, Semeleer faced Robert Siebenheller in the final match of the tournament. He won the fight by a first round knockout. Enfusion Abu Dhabi Tournament The following year, he was signed with Enfusion. He achieved a four fight winning streak with the organization, with decision wins oveBilal L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendell Roche
Wendell Roche (born August 22, 1970) is a Curaçaoan heavyweight kickboxer. Career Roche was born in Curaçao. On October 16, 2010, he took part in the first round of the Ultimate Glory 2010/11 World Series at ''Ultimate Glory 12'' where defeated Croatian veteran Stefan Leko via technical knockout as Leko retired in the second round. In the semi-finals at ''Ultimate Glory 13'', he faced Turkish fan-favorite Gökhan Saki and was defeated by unanimous decision. In late 2012, he competed on the third season of the '' Enfusion'' reality television show but was eliminated by Franci Grajš after defeating Jake Bostwick. He joined Shogun gym in Beirut, Lebanon as a 1st tier trainer for the Lebanese national team. He lost to Jasmin Bečirović by unanimous decision at ''Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators'' on December 2, 2012 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He beat Moises Ruibal by split decision at '' Enfusion Live 7'' in Tenerife, Spain on July 13, 2013 to win the promotion's -90 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordann Pikeur
Jordann Pikeur (born 1 September 1990) is a Curaçaoan-Dutch kickboxer. He is the current K-1 Krush Super Welterweight champion. He was ranked in the Combat Press featherweight top ten between April 2019 and March 2022, peaking at #2. Kickboxing career Pikeur participated in the 2015 K-1 Super Welterweight Grand Prix. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Daiki Watabe by a second round KO. In the semifinals, he defeated Sanny Dahlbeck, likewise by a second round KO. In the finals, Pikeur faced Marat Grigorian, and lost the fight in the first round, by knockout. During Krush 65, Pikeur was scheduled to fight Hiroki Nakajima for the Krush Super Welterweight title. He won the fight by unanimous decision. He successfully defended his title three months later, during Krush 67, defeating Yoichi Yamazaki by knockout. He defended his title for the second time with a unanimous decision win against Yu Hirono. Pikeur took part in the 2017 K-1 Middleweight Grand Prix. He beat Hinata by un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Ortega
Cynthia Apolonia Ortega-Martijn (born 9 February 1956 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a former Netherlands, Dutch politician. As a member of the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie) she was an MP from November 30, 2006, to September 19, 2012. She focused on matters of economy, economical affairs, social affairs, employment, racial integration, integration, housing and Netherlands Antilles affairs. Ortega obtained a Bachelor of Science, bachelor's degree in labour market policies and human resource policies. At the Open University in the Netherlands she obtained a Master of Science, master's degree in human resource management. References External links *Parlement.com biography 1956 births Living people Christian Union (Netherlands) politicians Dutch civil servants Dutch women civil servants Dutch people of Curaçao descent Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Open University (Netherlands) alumni People from Willemstad United Pentecostal and Evangelical Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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