Julian Jenner

Early career

Jenner started playing football at amateur club DVV Delft. Afterwards, he played for one year at Feyenoord, before returning to DVV and later playing for TONEGIDO. Jenner then moved to the youth academy of DHC, where his father was a coach. He was part of a talented team at DHC, and was invited to trials with Ajax and NAC Breda, eventually choosing to join the latter. He progressed through several youth teams there, and eventually reached the second team, Jong NAC.

Breakthrough

Towards the end of the 2003–04 season, Jenner had the opportunity to play in the first team. Due to many injuries in the squad, the then head coach Ton Lokhoff decided to add him to the bench in the match against AZ on 1 May 2004. After 83 minutes, Anouar Diba was taken off the pitch and Jenner made his professional debut. He later recalled that he was tackled harshly by AZ legend Barry van Galen, whom he later befriended. The game ended in a 2–2 draw. In the following season, Jenner was unable to make a definitive break through and he only played 5 games in which he managed to score once. In the 2005–06 season, Jenner was able to consolidate himself as a starter for NAC. He played alongside Pierre van Hooijdonk and Johan Vonlanthen in attack, among others. In the summer of 2006, Jenner left for AZ, a team coached by Louis van Gaal, where he was seen as the replacement of Stein Huysegems who had moved to Feyenoord. In the 2006–07 season, Jenner came on as a substitute…

In 2007, Jenner was called up by Jong Oranje coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands. Jenner participated in both of their first round group matches against Israel (1–0 win) and Portugal (2–1 win) to secure a semi final spot and to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later the final was reached with a 1–1, 13–12 win after a penalty shootout with 32 penalty kicks taken against England. The Dutch went on to retain their 2006 title by beating Serbia 4–1 in the final.

A technically gifted winger, Jenner was famous for his step over. He learned the dribbling move by watching video tapes of Dennis Bergkamp in his childhood.

Ferencváros

Hungarian League Cup: 2012–13 Netherlands U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2007