Jasper Cillessen

What I admire about Jasper Cillessen is the shape of his loyalty. He came through NEC's youth ranks in Nijmegen, made his professional debut there in 2010, climbed to Ajax where he won three Eredivisie titles and back-to-back club player-of-the-year honours, and then ultimately returned to the very club that raised him. In modern football, where keepers chase the biggest stages, that homecoming reads as a quiet kind of integrity. At 187 cm he is an imposing presence in goal, but it is his respect for his roots that makes me genuinely fond of his story.

Name (English)

Jasper Cillessen

Name (Japanese)

ヤスパー・シレッセン

Reading

やすぱー・しれっせん

Born

April 22, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Origin

Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Height

187 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 2015 AFC Ajax–player of the year
• 2016 AFC Ajax–player of the year

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jaspercillessen/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper%20Cillessen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128719

Tags

• Gelderland
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.