Van der Gun loaned out to ADO Den Haag for rest of season
03 September: Cedric van der Gun moves back to his native
city of The Hague, to the club he played for as a junior: ADO
Den Haag. Ajax coach Ronald Koeman sees no future for Van der
Gun in his squad. Ajax and ADO Den Haag agreed on a loan for
the remainder of the season, for an - as usual - undisclosed
fee.
It is the third time for Van der Gun (born 05 May
1979) to be loaned out by Ajax. After having spent a short
spell at FC Den Bosch in the last months of the 1999-2000
season (10 Eredivisie games) he was loaned out again last
season, this time to Eredivisie side Willem II. He played 30
Eredivisie games and scored six goals for the Tilburg club.
In between he returned to the Amsterdam ArenA on instigation
of head-coach Co Adriaanse. He made all of his 35 Ajax-1
appearances in total during the latter's reign. Van der Gun
contributed nine goals to Ajax's production. His 'European'
productivity is remarkable: Van der Gun played only three UEFA
Cup games for Ajax, but scored four goals in them. The The
Hague native also played 39 games for Dutch national youth
teams, in which he netted eleven times in total.
This summer Ajax coach Ronald Koeman announced that he was
going to give Van der Gun another chance to convince him of his
qualities. Van der Gun was injured when Koeman arrived to
Amsterdam in late 2001 and was loaned out the next season. Van
der Gun played several games in Ajax's pre-season campaign of
this summer, but failed to live up to Koeman's expectations and
dropped back to Young Ajax.
Van der Gun started playing football in The Hague at local
amateur side HVV, but was soon discovered by ADO Den Haag
scouts. He played in the youth system for several years, after
which he made the big move from The Hague's Zuiderpark to Ajax.
He won the trophy for 'The Hague's Sportsman of the Year' in
2000, the year in which he made his Ajax-1 and Holland U-21
debuts - and scored several goals for both teams. (MP)
Source: Ajax.nl
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