Gerald Sibon
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerald Sibon | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Emmen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Twente | 3 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | VVV-Venlo | 53 | (34) |
| 1996–1997 | Roda JC | 34 | (13) |
| 1997–1999 | Ajax | 24 | (4) |
| 1999–2002 | Sheffield Wednesday | 129 | (36) |
| 2002–2004 | Heerenveen | 38 | (19) |
| 2004–2006 | PSV | 21 | (7) |
| 2006–2007 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Heerenveen | 84 | (24) |
| 2010–2011 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Heerenveen | 14 | (2) |
| Total | 437 | (149) | |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Netherlands U-23 | 4 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gerald Sibon (born 19 April 1974) is a retired Dutch football player.
He featured for FC Twente in the 1993–94 season as a substitute but could only string together three games before deciding to sign for VVV-Venlo of the Eerste Divisie in the following season. After two successful seasons playing for VVV where he scored 34 goals, he joined Roda JC in 1996 and impressed with 13 goals back in the top-flight.
Sibon moved to Ajax Amsterdam in 1997 but was frustrated and hampered by a lack of first team action, having been relegated to the bench by the likes of Wamberto, Shota Arveladze, Georgi Kinkladze and crowd favourite Brian Laudrup. An offer by English Premiership club Sheffield Wednesday prompted Sibon to transfer to the Yorkshire club in 1999 for the price of £2 million. Joining him at Sheffield Wednesday were Dutch international Wim Jonk and the Belgian Gilles De Bilde.
After spending four seasons with Sheffield Wednesday, where he scored 43 goals overall for the club and was the club's highest goal scorer for three consecutive seasons, also winning two consecutive player of the year awards, he decided to return to the Eredivisie and joined SC Heerenveen in 2002. He featured for Heerenveen in 38 matches and scored 19 goals in two seasons before signing for PSV in 2004. He won the Dutch Eredivise title in 2004–05, contending with Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Robert for a first team spot. In July 2006 he joined Bundesliga side Nürnberg on a free transfer. He left the club one year later, signing a two-year contract with his old team Heerenveen.
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