Etienne Shew-Atjon (born 24 November 1974) is a Dutch former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and current video analyst for

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

. During his eleven years with

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

, they won the

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, twice.

Career

Early career

Shew-Atjon joined the

academy on an early age, but instead of being promoted for the first squad, he was released in early 1996. He then joined amateur club VV Rozenburg, where he played in the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

for two years. He impressed there, and was offered a contract by

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

club

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

in 1998. He made his debut in professional football on 23 August 1998, in a 2–4 away win over

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

. Shew-Atjon started in the starting line-up, but was replaced at half-time for Emmanuel Nwakire.

Professional career

Partly due to injuries, Shew-Atjon never grew into a permanent starter for Utrecht, but nevertheless remained continuously connected to the club. At the end of the 2007–08 season, in which he made only two league appearances due to an achilles tendon injury, his expiring contract did initially not seem to be extended, because he did not feature in the plans of head coach

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. After defender

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moved to

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in the summer break prior to the 2008–09 season, Shew-Atjon was nevertheless offered a one-year contract extension. However, the club continued to look for a permanent replacement for Pieters, and eventually found this in Romanian

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. Shew-Atjon indicated that she was very pleased with the contract, and said "Especially because the club previously indicated that it did not want to continue with me, this is a nice gift. The fact that after my active football career I will continue to work as a scout for FC Utrecht has really been a wish of mine." The one-year contract was since not renewed, and in the spring of 2009, Shew-Atjon joined

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in the second-tier

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

. In the following season, he made 28 appearances for the club in the Eerste Divisie.

Post-retirement

After his season at Dordrecht, Shew-Atjon retired from professional football, and played a season with

RVVH Ridderkerkse Voetbal Vereniging Hercules, known as RVVH is a Dutch football club, based in Ridderkerk. Since 2023, its main male squad competes in the Vierde Divisie. RVVH has a highly successful women's squad. It played most years in the Topklas ...

from Ridderkerk and then for two years with

VV Smitshoek Voetbalvereniging Smitshoek is a football club based in Barendrecht, Netherlands. It was founded in 1960. It plays its home matches at Sportpark Smitshoek. History 20th century The Voetbalvereniging Smitshoek was founded on 23 June 1960. 21s ...

which he combined with a job as scout for Utrecht. Shew-Atjon has been working at the Feyenoord Academy since July 2013; initially as a U15 coach, and from the summer of 2016 as a video and performance analyst for the youth department. In 2020, he was promoted to the main video analyst for Feyenoord and is part of the first-team staff.

Honours

Utrecht *

: 2002–03, 2003–04 *

Johan Cruyff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shew-Atjon, Etienne 1974 births Living people Dutch men's footballers FC Utrecht players FC Dordrecht players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch people of Chinese descent Hakka sportspeople Sportspeople of Chinese descent Men's association football fullbacks Feyenoord players Feyenoord non-playing staff RVVH players VV Smitshoek players FC Utrecht non-playing staff