Jeffrey Virgil Neral (born 9 December 1997) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a right-back for VVSB.
Club career As a youth, Neral played for a number of football academies, including those of Feyenoord, Excelsior and Sparta Rotterdam. He signed a professional contract with the latter in 2015, and made his debut on 18 October 2015 in a match vs. FC Oss. He won the Eerste Divisie trophy in 2016 and celebrated the club's promotion to the top flight. He then was assigned to the reserve team, Jong Sparta, where he played the remainder of his contract in the Tweede Divisie. In January 2018 he was released from his contract.JEFFREY NERAL VERTREKT BIJ SPARTA, sparta-rotterdam.nl, 24 January 2019
In November 2018, Neral joined amateur Derde Divisie side SteDoCo, but left the club after making two appearances to undergo trial with Slovak side AS Trenčín,Jeffrey Neral alweer weg bij SteDoCo, regio-voetbal.nl, 12 December 2018 without however signing a contract with the club.Trenčín avizuje útok na šestku, Cifranič: Potrebujeme impulz , profutbal.sk, 12 February 2019 Neral returned to the Netherlands to again undergo a trial period at Excelsior Maassluis, but did not play for the remainder of the 2018−19 season. In June 2019, he joined Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport.
During the summer transfer window of 2020, Neral left his home country and joined Greek second-division club Ergotelis on a free transfer. After playing for Belgian club Rupel Boom in the 2022–23 season, he returned to the Netherlands to sign for Kozakken Boys in September 2023.
Personal life Born in the Netherlands, Neral is of Surinamese descent.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSparta Rotterdam2015–16Eerste Divisie1000—102016–17Eredivisie0000—00Total1000—10Jong Sparta2016–17Tweede Divisie210——2102017–18Tweede Divisie30——30Total240——345SteDoCo2018–19Derde Divisie20——20Helmond Sport2019–20Eerste Divisie6000—60Ergotelis2020–21Super League 290——902021–22Super League 221000—210Total30000—300Rupel Boom2022–23National Division 130000—300Kozakken Boys2023–24Tweede Divisie15010—160Career total108010—1090
Honours Sparta Rotterdam Eerste Divisie: 2015–16
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