Jeffrey Dennis Talan (born 29 September 1971) is a Dutch professional
football
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coach and former
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who is the assistant coach of
Bali United
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. He gained 8
caps
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for the
Netherlands national football team
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, in which he scored once.
Club career
Den Haag
Talan began playing youth football for
VV Katwijk
Voetbal Vereniging Katwijk () is a Dutch association football club based in the town of Katwijk. Founded in 1939, the team competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. Katwijk plays its home games at Sportpa ...
, before moving to
FC 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 f ...
. There, he made his debut in the
Eredivisie
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FC Volendam
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as a late substitute for Emiel van Eijkeren. He scored his first professional goal on 22 September 1991, opening the score in a 2–2 draw against
FC Groningen
Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...
. After two seasons at the highest level in which Talan made 17 appearances, the club which at that point had changed its name to ADO Den Haag suffered relegation to the
Eerste Divisie
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after losing to
Go Ahead Eagles
The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...
in the relegation play-offs.
Heerenveen
After impressing at the second level with ADO for three seasons, Talan signed with Eredivisie club
SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...
in the summer of 1995 after a deal with Swiss club
Grasshoppers
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fell through. He made his debut on 15 July 1995 in the
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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match against Hungarian club
Békéscsaba
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, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute for
Johan Hansma
Johan Hansma (born 11 June 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for PEC Zwolle and SC Heerenveen.
Playing career
Hansma played youth football for hometown club SVM Marknesse. He made his debut with PEC Zwo ...
. He scored his first goal for the club on 4 October in a 3–1 away win over
NEC
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. In Heerenveen, Talan soon became a starter and as a right winger he scored regularly. On 6 April 1996, he scored his first hat-trick in a 4–2 win over
FC Utrecht
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.
Talan made his first appearance in the
UEFA Champions League
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on 12 September 2000, after Heerenveen had qualified for the tournament by finishing second in the Eredivisie in the 1999–2000 season. In a 3–1 loss in the first group stage game to
Lyon
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, Talan also scored his first and only goal in the competition; a
chip
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over goalkeeper
Grégory Coupet
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after a through-ball by
Daniel Jensen
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. In played in all six group stage games, as Heerenveen finished bottom.
He retired from professional football in December 2002 due to a lingering injury to his right knee. He managed a total of 201 appearances for Heerenveen, scoring 47 goals. After retiring, he played shortly for
Derde Klasse
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Peru
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after receiving his first call-up by new coach
Frank Rijkaard
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. Thereby, he became the third ever Heerenveen player to appear for the national team after
Abe Lenstra
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and
Germ Hofma
Gerben 'Germ' Hofma (19 April 1925 – 14 October 2018) In the run-up to the
UEFA Euro 2000
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hosted by the Netherlands and Belgium, he made five appearances for the national team. During the Euros, however, Talan was sidelined with a serious knee injury. After the tournament, new coach
Louis van Gaal
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called up Talan for three
2002 FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers in which he scored once.
Style of play
Talan has been described as "real, almost orthodox"
right winger
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, who was able to beat defenders one-on-one. Growing up, he modelled his play after
Gerald Vanenburg
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...
.
Coaching career
Talan became youth coach with SC Heerenveen in 2010 and in 2016 he became head of the club's youth academy. From the 2019–20 season, he became assistant coach of the first team. He left the club in June 2021, after his contract expired.
On 27 June 2022, Almere City appointed Talan as assistant coach to
Alex Pastoor
Alexander Anton Aiko Pastoor (; born 26 October 1966) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of the Indonesia national team.
Career
A former midfielder, Pastoor spent most of his career at FC Volendam, playing ...
, replacing
Tim Bakens
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Club career
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.
Personal life
Born in the Netherlands, Talan is of Indonesian descent, his father was from
Banda Neira
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Eredivisie
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title with
AZ '67
Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest ...
in 1981. He died in September 2015 at age 54 from a
brain tumor
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Talan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Netherlands goal.''