Career
He played for seven different clubs (one in France) during a seventeen-year professional career, including PSV Eindhoven. Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, de Jong started off his career in the second division, where he played for Telstar and South Carolina Heerenveen. He earned a reputation as a tough tackler, and his performances did not go unnoticed by top flight clubs, as he joined Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven in the summer of 1989.
At Eindhoven, de Jong"s career never really picked up, due to the stiff competition for a starting line-up berth, and after having played only 51 games in five years, which included a short loan spell at Football Club Groningen, he was eventually let go.
However, during his time at PSV, he was capped three times for the Netherlands, making his debut on 21 November 1990 against Greece in a Union of European Football Associations Euro 1992 qualifying match. His last international match was on 17 April 1991 against Finland, for the same competition.
In 1994 de Jong moved to France, signing with Ligue 1 side Master of Science Caen. After an uneventful season (only 15 matches, relegation), he returned home, playing for lowly Football Club Eindhoven and MVV Maastricht.
He retired at almost 37, eventually losing the vast majority of his fortune to gambling.