Cody Claver (born 2 November 1996) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for

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Early and personal life

Born in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's ad ...

, Claver is of Surinamese descent. His father is Surinamese and his mother is Dutch. His family lived in

Zoetermeer Zoetermeer () is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950. By 2013 this had grown to 123,328 ...

. He was a childhood friend of

Omar el Baad Omar el Baad (born 1 February 1996) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Excelsior Maassluis. He also holds Moroccan citizenship. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eredivisie for SC Cambuur on 27 November 2015 in a game against D ...

, who played with him at Cambuur and suggested he join the club. Whilst with the club the two shared a house in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of ...

Career

Claver began his career with

Haaglandia VV Haaglandia was an association football club from Rijswijk, Netherlands. The club was established on 1 July 2005 through a merger of amateur sides RVC/Rijswijk (who merged years earlier themselves) and FC Kranenburg. It later played in the Hoofd ...

, and he then spent two years at

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

before returning to Haglandia. He also played for the youth teams of

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...

and

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 ...

. He joined the Cambuur senior team for the 2017–18 season, making his professional debut in April 2018, playing as a right back rather than in his usual position of left back. In January 2019 he moved to

. He stated his intention to resume studies for his HBO qualification alongside his football career.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Claver, Cody 1996 births Living people Dutch men's footballers VV Haaglandia players ADO Den Haag players Sparta Rotterdam players SC Cambuur players Amsterdamsche FC players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Men's association football fullbacks Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Footballers from The Hague