Cedric van der Gun

Ajax and loan spells

Born in The Hague, Van der Gun started his professional football at Ajax when he first joined at fifteen years old. Van der Gun was part of the senior squad of the club in the 1998–99 season, but did not play. He then joined Den Bosch in the 1999–2000 season and made his debut in the Eredivisie. In the summer of 2000, Van der Gun was brought back to Ajax, where he made the breakthrough, and was given a number twenty shirt. Van der Gun made his debut for the club, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute, in a 5–0 win against Fortuna Sittard in the opening game of the season. Since returning from injury, he found his playing time, coming from the substitute bench. Van der Gun scored his first goal for Ajax in the first leg of the UEFA Cup first round, in a 6–0 win against Genk on 12 September 2000. In the return leg, he scored twice for the club, in a 3–0 win to advance to the next round of the tournament. On 9 November 2000, Van der Gun scored his third goal in the UEFA Cup against Lausanne in the second leg of the tournament second round, as Ajax lost 3–2 on aggregate following a 2–2 draw. Three days later on 12 November 2000, he scored his first league goals for Ajax, in a 4–1 win against De Graafschap A month later on 3 December 2000, Van der Gun scored another brace, in a 6–2 win against SC Heerenveen. He then scored his fifth league goal for the club, in a 3–0 win against Fortuna Sittard on 16 February 2001. Two weeks later, on 4 March 2001,…

Van der Gun represented the youth levels of Netherlands. In August 2000, he was called up to the Netherlands U21 squad for the first time. Van der Gun scored on his U21 national team debut, in a 2–0 win against Republic of Ireland on 1 September 2000. He then scored his second goal for Netherlands U21, in a 4–2 win against Cyprus U21 on 24 April 2001. Van der Gun went on to make five appearances and scoring two times for the U21 national team.

Following his retirement from professional football, Van der Gun, along with John Heitinga, were added to Ajax's backroom staff and was appointed as the club's trainer. He previously worked as a youth trainer at ADO Den Haag.