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>","F27CBDD6332F20A59321B0F4E9CF2AB8":"34","A7F9B63E25A659E5":"Joel Ivo Veltman","DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"Netherlands","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"Ajax Amsterdam,Jong Ajax Amsterdam,Ajax Amsterdam(U19)","82CBDCB828DBDF896209A361CA981BCF":"","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Ajax Amsterdam","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.","C6E00DEB351621C4":"254334","FA149E2002A43ED77C24C62CDFF094A5":"2","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"
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:
<\/STRONG>2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16<\/P>","30A86FC0880FF75E":"184cm","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1992-1-15","18E9F76C307DDD99":"507","4678B5349347B7EB":"73kg","e_index":1};