Gleofilo Vlijter

Youth career

Vlijter started his career with S.V. Robinhood of the SVB Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. He was with the club since at least December 2013. In May 2014, he was invited to a football clinic in Suriname sponsored by Chelsea. In January 2015, while a member of the Phoenix All Stars Football Academy in Jamaica, Vlijter traveled to Europe for the first time as he was invited to a trial with Belgian top-division club Genk. At that time, he received a letter of recommendation from the club to apply for a visa. However, a deal with that club and another with KV Oostende fell through and the player returned to Suriname. In October 2016 it was announced that Vlijter and fellow Surinamese youth international Ayad Godlieb were on trial with Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Dutch Eredivisie. It was expected that they would be signed to a contract with the club's academy in January 2017 if they could acquire work visas. The pair of players first trialed with the club in September 2016 while still playing for S.V. Robinhood in Suriname. On 9 January 2018 he signed for the youth team of Ironi Kiryat Shmona for the remainder of the season with a club option for further three years.

Senior career

After one season with the Israeli club in which he was primarily a member of the reserve team he signed for FC Torpedo Kutaisi of the Georgian Erovnuli Liga. He joined as the team was preparing to enter the preliminary round of the 2018–19 UEFA…

Vlijter represented Suriname at the U15 and U16 levels. During a U15 tournament held in French Guiana in late 2013, he was identified by the coaching staff as one of four players who impressed the most. He made his senior international debut at age 15 on 30 April 2015 in a friendly against Guyana. Vlijter won the Golden Boot Award for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League after scoring ten goals in six matches in League B. In June 2021 Vlijter was named to Suriname's 23-man squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. On 16 July 2021 he scored Suriname's first-ever CONCACAF Gold Cup goal in a 1–2 defeat to Costa Rica. On 15 October 2023, Vlijter tied Stefano Rijssel's goal scoring record by netting his fourteenth goal for Suriname in a 4-0 win against Grenada during 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A. On 11 October 2024, during a 1-1 draw with Costa Rica in the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League, he scored his 15th international goal to become Suriname’s sole top goalscorer.

Club

As of match played 20 September 2026

International

As of match played 5 October 2026

Scores and results list Suriname's goal tally first.

Gleofilo is the cousin of Surinamese internationals Nigel Hasselbaink and Roscello Vlijter. His dad also played in the SVB Hoofdklasse.