john heitinga redcard

He has been a standout performer since joining from Everton on transfer deadline day in January and is under no illusions about what is needed in these times of trouble.“You need to have a little bit of luck, you have to play with confidence and you have to work hard for each other,” he says. Despite club struggles, Heitinga never lost his spot in the national team under Heitinga was also called up to the Dutch squad for The previous players to be sent off in a World Cup Final are In football there are ups and downs and things like that make you stronger. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?

World Cup Final red-card made me stronger - Fulham defender John Heitinga He holds no ill-feeling towards the new manager at Goodison Park but does want to dent his former side’s ambitions of finishing in the top four.“He [Martinez] is a top manager and is doing really well,” says Heitinga, who made 140 appearances for the club. John Heitinga has dealt with the fall-out from being sent off in a World Cup Final, so it comes as little surprise he shows no anxiety about Fulham’s predicament at the bottom of the Premier League.The Holland defender was shown a red card playing against Spain in 2010 and can reflect on that experience to apply some perspective to his club’s plight and last weekend’s heavy defeat at Manchester City.“I am sure one of the two yellow cards was not a booking but that was the decision of the referee and you can’t change that,” recalls Heitinga, who was dismissed by Howard Webb after 109 minutes, with the game locked at 0-0. Since his debut for Dutch national team in February 2004, Heitinga has over 85 caps, and he has represented his country at two Heitinga quickly established himself as a strong addition to the team and became first-choice player under coach In September 2009, aged 25, Heitinga joined English Heitinga signed a two-year contract with German club Having been part of Dutch international youth teams, Heitinga made his senior debut for the Although he did not take part in qualifying, Heitinga was later included in the squad for the Heitinga's development as a player suffered two dips in form in the 2004–05 and the 2005–06 seasons, respectively. It is important that we are all in this together and that we work for each other. “It will be hard but we can only go up from here. Spain’s Andres Iniesta then scored a dramatic extra-time winner and Holland left South Africa disappointed.“The World Cup is the biggest tournament for a player and it was an unbelievable day, one of the best memories I have had in football, until the second half of extra-time,” says Heitinga. When I came here I knew it was going to be hard but I came here because I believe Fulham can stay in the Premier League.”Heitinga spent five years at Everton but fell out of favour when Roberto Martinez replaced David Moyes in the summer. John Heitinga has dealt with the fall-out from being sent off in a World Cup Final, so it comes as little surprise he shows no anxiety about Fulham’s predicament at the bottom of the Premier League. But, at the moment, the priority is Fulham and staying in the Premier League.”You can find our Community Guidelines in full Netherlands' John Heitinga was sent off in the 109th minute of the World Cup final against Spain on Sunday after a second yellow card for a foul on Andres Iniesta. He currently manages the Ajax U19 squad. The trophy for us is staying in the Premier League. I am getting a bit older now and making the right decision is about feeling. This is my first time in a relegation battle but you have to deal with the same pressures as when you are challenging for trophies. “I trained more than I played under him but the training sessions were really good. John Gijsbert Alan Heitinga (born 15 November 1983) is a Dutch football coach and a former player who played as a centre back.He currently manages the Ajax U19 squad.. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he played for their first squad from 2001 to 2008.After a one-year spell at Atlético Madrid in Spain, he signed for Everton in 2009. “It will be a great experience to be involved.“We will see at the end of the season whether my performances are good enough to go to the World Cup.