Florian Jozefzoon

Florian Marc Jozefzoon (born 9 February 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. Born in French Guiana, he represented the Suriname national team.

He is a product of the Ajax Youth Academy and won ten caps for the Netherlands at youth level. He has also won the Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven in 2014–15 and 2015–16. Whist in the Netherlands he had a loan spell at NAC Breda, from Ajax and also played for RKC Waalwijk in between his spells at Ajax and PSV.

In 2017, Jozefzoon moved to England where he played in the Championship for Brentford and Derby County, as well as having a loan spell at Rotherham United. He ended his career across Europe with short spells at Quevilly-Rouen in France, rejoining RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands, Bandırmaspor in Turkey before playing his last professional football at Intercity in 2025. In February 2026, Jozefzoon announced his retirement from professional football.

Club career

Ajax A winger and attacking midfielder, Jozefzoon began his career with spells at CTO '70 and AFC. He joined the Ajax Youth Academy in 2006 and signed a three-year professional contract in June 2008. Jozefzoon won his maiden call into the first team squad for the opening match of the 2010–11 Eredivisie season versus FC Groningen and remained an unused substitute during the 2–2 draw. He made his senior debut six days later, He scored his only goal for the club in a 5–0 KNVB Beker third round win over MVV Maastricht on 22 September 2010. but spent the 2011–12 season away on loan and was released at the end of the season. He made 17 appearances and scored no goals during his spell. Despite making 25 appearances and scoring four goals during his debut season, he failed to fully break into the first team at the Philips Stadion. Jozefzoon left the club in January 2017.

Despite the departure of Jota and Sergi Canós suffering an injury, the signing of Ollie Watkins and the form of Josh Clarke meant that Jozefzoon failed to make the right wing berth his own during the early months of the 2017–18 season. Injury to Rico Henry in September saw Josh Clarke move to left back as cover, which allowed Jozefzoon to establish himself as a first choice wide option. on 18 July, a follow-up bid of £2.75 million was accepted from Derby for the player. On 19 July, Brentford also accepted a matching rival bid for the player from Leeds United. He signed for Derby on 20 July 2018. He made his debut on 11 August in a 1–4 loss against Leeds United.

On 15 October 2020, he joined Rotherham United on loan for the remainder of the season.

On 14 June 2021, it was announced that he would leave Derby at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.

Later career He signed for French club Quevilly-Rouen in September 2021.

After a successful trial, Jozefzoon returned to his former club RKC Waalwijk on 4 August 2022, signing a one-year contract.

He signed for Spanish club Intercity in January 2025.

In February 2026, Jozefzoon announced his retirement from professional football.

International career Jozefzoon won ten caps for the Netherlands at U19 and U21 level. He was part of the Netherlands squads at the 2010 European U19 Championship and 2013 European U21 Championship finals. In June 2021 Josefzoon was named to the Suriname squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Personal life Jozefzoon was born in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana and moved with his Surinamese parents, six brothers and two sisters to the Netherlands at age two.

2017–18

2018–19 Championship

2019–20 Championship

2020–21 Championship

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PSV Eredivisie: 2014–15, 2015–16