Diego Biseswar

Youth career

Biseswar's first football club was amateur club DWS. He joined Ajax after a year. After five seasons with Ajax, he was deemed "unmanageable" and was released. Bisewar has stated that he was happy to leave Ajax, saying that "Ajax thought I wasn't good enough and I wanted to leave myself. I didn't feel at ease, many friends were leaving and my relationship with the coach wasn't optimal. It was unfortunate, but there were no dreams in tatters." Biseswar returned to former club DWS, before leaving again to play for Telstar. After one season, Biseswar was asked to join the Feyenoord youth academy, a move he was happy to make: "I visited them a few times and was quickly convinced. I had no difficulty to join Feyenoord as a boy from Amsterdam. And why? Ajax was far behind me and I always had a special feeling for Feyenoord." After playing for Feyenoord U15 for one season, Biseswar was promoted to Feyenoord U17, in which he played for two seasons. At the end of the last season, Biseswar made his debut with Feyenoord's first team.

Feyenoord

Early years

On 29 October 2004, Biseswar signed his first professional three-year contract with Feyenoord, at the age of 16. However, later that year, Biseswar was suspended by the KNVB for a month after he "played in a competition match, under a different name, in the first team of an amateur club from Amsterdam but was quickly picked out during the game as player of Feyenoord." On 22 May 2005, Biseswar…

Biseswar played for the Netherlands at under-16, under-17, under-19, under-21 and B-international level. Biseswar played at the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Italy, scoring a late group stage winner against Israel. The goal took the Netherlands through to the semi-final against hosts Italy. Biseswar was mentioned in the team of the tournament, but couldn't save his team from losing in the final to Turkey. With a second place, the Netherlands U17 qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru. Biseswar's team finished third after losing the semi-final against eventual winners Mexico U17 (0–4), but winning the third place play-off match against Turkey U17 (2–1). In October 2008, Biseswar was called up to the Netherlands U21 squad for the first time, but was not used. He made his Netherlands U21 debut on 11 August 2009, starting in a 0–0 draw against England U21. Biseswar then scored his first Netherlands U21 goal on 4 September 2009, in a 2–0 win over Finland U21. On 3 March 2010, he scored twice, in a 3–2 win over Poland U21. Biseswar went on to make nine appearances and scoring three times for the Netherlands U21 side. Despite this, he reflected about his time, playing for the Netherlands youth team, quoting: "I still think it is an honor to play for the highest youth team of the KNVB." In March 2009, Biseswar was called up by Manager Johan Neeskens for the B-international squad. He made his Netherlands B debut on 3 June 2009, where he…

Biseswar was born in Amsterdam to Surinamese parents. His father was a bus driver in Amsterdam. Growing up, his only passion was football.

Biseswar's parents are from Suriname, although he was once (incorrectly) thought to be eligible for Trinidad and Tobago citizenship. He has one older sister and one younger brother, who is named Romario. The Biseswar boys were named after football icons Maradona and Romário. Despite growing up in Amsterdam, Bisewar's family are fans of the Rotterdam-based Feyenoord club. Biseswar is a father of three sons and is married.