Jürgen Locadia

Jürgen Locadia

Locadia with PSV in July 2014
Personal information
Full name	Jürgen Locadia
Date of birth	(1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 23)
Place of birth	Emmen, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker / Winger
Club information
Current team	PSV
Number	19
Youth career
1998–2001	VV Bargeres
2001–2008	FC Emmen
2009	RKSV Sarto
2009–2010	Willem II
2010–2012	PSV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–	PSV	110	(36)
National team‡
2009–2011	Netherlands U17	11	(8)
2010	Netherlands U18	1	(1)
2010–2012	Netherlands U19	13	(3)
2012	Netherlands U20	3	(0)
2013–2014	Netherlands U21	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:40, 28 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:22, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Jürgen Locadia (born 7 November 1993) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a striker or left winger for PSV Eindhoven.

Locadia, who is of Curaçao descent, was born in Emmen, Netherlands, and began playing football with the club VV Bargeres, before being discovered by the youth team of FC Emmen. When he was offered to play for Willem II, he and his whole family settled in Tilburg. In 2010, he moved on to PSV, and in 2012 at the age of 18 he was offered a professional contract.

On 21 September 2011, Locadia made his first appearance for PSV in a KNVB Cup match against VVSB. He entered as a substitute for Tim Matavž in the 72nd minute. In the 80th minute, he scored PSV's sixth goal in the 8–0 win. Locadia made his first start for PSV in the following round against FC Lisse on 27 October 2011.

At the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Locadia was handed the shirt number 19 for the first team. He made his first appearance of the season as a starter in a KNVB Cup match against Achilles'29 on 27 September 2012. He scored the second goal in the 3–0 win over the third tier team. On 30 September 2012, Locadia made his Eredivisie debut against VVV-Venlo. He entered the pitch in Venlo as a substitute in the 68th minute, and with only 22 minutes left in the game he managed to score three goals in the 6–0 win over VVV-Venlo. He became the first player to score a hat-trick in his Eredivisie debut since Harald Berg scored three goals in his debut game on 10 August 1969. A week after his debut hat-trick, Locadia was promoted to the first team and signed a new five-year contract with PSV which will keep him at the club until 2017.