Ruben Ewald Ligeon (born 24 May 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back for NAC Breda.[3] Before moving to Slovakia where he featured for Slovan Bratislava and AS Trenčín, he played for Ajax Amsterdam, NAC Breda, Willem II and Utrecht in the Netherlands.[4]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ruben Ewald Ligeon[1] | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 30)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | NAC Breda | ||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| De Meteoor | |||||||||||||
| OSV | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2011 | Ajax | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Ajax Amsterdam | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | → Jong Ajax | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2015 | → NAC Breda (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2015 | → Willem II (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2016 | → Utrecht (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Slovan Bratislava | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2019 | → De Graafschap (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | AS Trenčín | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||
| 2021– | NAC Breda | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands U17 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Netherlands U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Netherlands U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:32, 4 May 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
Ligeon played for De Meteoor and OSV in his early career before joining the youth ranks of Ajax. He made his debut for the first team in a home draw against AZ on 15 October 2011, replacing André Ooijer in the 45th minute. He scored his first goal in the 41st minute of an 8–0 pre-season friendly match win over Noordwijk on 16 July 2012. He scored his second goal in a pre-season friendly encounter the next season against Waalwijk on 13 July 2013, scoring the fourth goal just before half-time in the 5–1 win.[5] On 18 August 2013, Ligeon started in his first ever Klassieker match against arch-rivals Feyenoord, when he replaced the suspended Ricardo van Rhijn in the starting line-up. His cross in the 37th minute led to Kolbeinn Sigþórsson's header and his second goal in the 2–1 home win.[6]
On 27 January 2015, it was announced that Ligeon would spend the rest of the season on loan with NAC Breda.[7]
On 22 June 2015, it was announced that Ligeon was sent on loan at Willem II, together with Lesly de Sa and Richairo Zivkovic.[8]
Ligeon left Slovan Bratislava on 31 August 2017. Ligeon then trained with the Danish Superliga-club AGF in December 2017.[9]
On 16 January 2018, Ligeon signed a contract for 2.5 years with Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle.[10]
On 6 July 2019, Ligeon moved to Slovak side AS Trenčín on a free transfer.[11]
Born in the Netherlands, Ligeon is of Surinamese descent.[12] He is a younger brother of American international player Maurice Ligeon.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ajax | 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 19 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| NAC Breda (loan) | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Willem II (loan) | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| FC Utrecht (loan) | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2016–17 | Slovak Super Liga | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| PEC Zwolle | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| De Graafschap (loan) | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Trenčín | 2019–20 | Slovak Super Liga | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
| NAC Breda | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 154 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 5 | ||
Ajax
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