Joel Ivo Veltman is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Netherlands national team.
A product of the Ajax youth academy, Veltman made 246 appearances for the Amsterdam club before moving on to Brighton in July 2020 for a £900,000 fee on a three-year deal.
Veltman has made over 20 caps for the Netherlands national team since his debut in November 2013.
Veltman was named in the Dutch 34-man preliminary squad for Euro 2020 on 14 May 2021, with the 26-man squad to be announced on 26 May. The tournament which is taken place in the summer of 2021 due to the previous year's postponement as a result of Coronavirus. He was included in the final 26-man squad on 26 May.<\/P>","165A9E64AAEECF036C1B6B6A72794204F7BF560594F29F16":"1","F849A024F3C8AF1B2C4A709B4C92BB0F":"2020-7-29","519F480A5D95AABEE231AFCBBAB20A94":"","9B962DAE9CDB1287":"73kg","AA81248D0821D00F0BA9BCB533E2881F":"Ajax Amsterdam","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"
CLUB
<\/U><\/STRONG>Ajax<\/STRONG>
Eredivisie: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19
KNVB Cup: 2018–19
Johan Cruyff Shield: 2013, 2019
UEFA Europa League runners-up: 2016–17
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Netherlands<\/STRONG>
FIFA World Cup third place: 2014
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Eredivisie Team of the Year:
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