Ramon Stanley Remy Leeuwin (; born 1 September 1987) is a

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

se professional

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who plays as a

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for

SV TEC Sportvereniging Tielse Eendracht Combinatie, more commonly known as SV TEC or simply TEC (), is a football club based in Tiel, Gelderland. Formed on 1 June 1924, it plays in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system ...

. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Suriname national team.

Career

Leeuwin is a defender who was born in Amsterdam and made his debut in professional football for

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

in the 2006–07 season. He later played for AGOVV,

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 f ...

and

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

before returning to Utrecht in June 2014. In August 2018, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Danish Superliga club OB. Following his stint in Denmark, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract at AZ. On 1 July 2021, Leeuwin joined

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and hosts home matches ...

, where he signed a one-year deal. After one season, he left professional football and joined

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

club TEC.

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Leeuwin is of Surinamese descent. In March 2021, he has been called up to the national squad of Suriname by coach Dean Gorré after receiving the green light from FIFA to call-up Dutch origin players including several that currently play in the Netherlands. He made his debut for Suriname national football team on 24 March 2021 in a

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against the Cayman Islands.

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* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Surinamese men's footballers Suriname men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Men's association football defenders Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Danish Superliga players FC Utrecht players AGOVV players ADO Den Haag players SC Cambuur players Odense Boldklub players AZ Alkmaar players Almere City FC players SV TEC players Surinamese expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Surinamese expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub