Valery Sedoc

Valery Sedoc

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-09-04) 4 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	AFC
	Ajax
	ASC Waterwijk
	Omniworld
2001–2003	Groningen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2006	Groningen	7	(0)
2006–2007	Harkemase Boys
2007–2014	Velocitas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valery Sedoc (born 4 September 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He most notably played for Eredivisie club Groningen between 2003 and 2006, making 7 appearances.

Career

Sedoc grew up in a family of athletes. His father Roy Sedoc is a Dutch former athlete who became multiple Dutch champion in the long jump and triple jump disciplines. His brothers Gregory, Jermaine, Randy are also athletes.^[2]

Sedoc played professionally for Groningen where he made his debut on 9 May 2004 in a 2–0 away loss to Utrecht.^[3] Before that he played in the youth academies of Omniworld and Ajax.^[4] He played a total of seven Eredivisie matches at Groningen in three seasons,^[1] struggling to gain playing time due to being a backup to Groningen key player, Bruno Silva.^[4]

After his professional career ended he played for a number of amateur clubs. First a season with Hoofdklasse club Harkemase Boys before moving to Velocitas, where he played until 2014.^[5][6]

Sedoc later became a youth coach, and established the Sedoc Voetbalschool in Groningen.^[4]

References

1. "Valéry Sedoc". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
2. "ATHLETE PROFILE GREGORY SEDOC - Honours". www.iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
3. "FC Utrecht - FC Groningen 2:0". worldfootball. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
4. "Valery Sedoc: 'Sedoc Voetbalschool is mijn passie'". Amateurgras (in Dutch). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
5. "Sedoc nei Harkemase Boys". Omrop Fryslân (in Western Frisian). 1 June 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
6. "Valéry Sedoc hoofd jeugdopleidingen" (in Dutch). Velocitas. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.