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>","EBC62A89E472008E22ACFCF9251EA2ED":"","C3DE130B7D4AB7DB":"Joel Ivo Veltman","4FB95329DB27F065AB688F47FF3E7436":"2020-7-29","EDBF020A791C65EC6DC356F5C22437AB":"34","2278C81F60D7F1ECF170F6DDE4B76865":"Ajax Amsterdam","B6B40535701B4CD0DB864915DEF06E2A":"
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>","e_index":5};