Background
The son of a Moluccan father and a Dutch mother, he made his professional first team debut in 2007 with Eredivisie side Football Club Groningen under long-time head coach Ron Jans, where he currently plays.
The son of a Moluccan father and a Dutch mother, he made his professional first team debut in 2007 with Eredivisie side Football Club Groningen under long-time head coach Ron Jans, where he currently plays.
Hiarej is also a Dutch youth international. He played a number of matches for several youth teams. He was also part of the Dutch U-17 team, who ended up third in the World Cup for Under 17 in Peru in 2005.
Netherlands U-17 coach, Ruud Kaiser was very impressed by the young defender.
Before the youth Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup in Peru, Kaiser said this about Hiariej: "When Hiariej plays for his club, he plays central defender, but here he plays right-back. He is talented and quick.
He also has the quality"s to come up in attack. He sees the chances" In the match against Nippon Electric Corporation Nijmegen (23 January 2008), Tom Hiariej scored his first top-flight goal foreign