John Heitinga
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Johnny Gijsbert Alan Heitinga is a Dutch football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach at Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.
Heitinga as manager of Ajax in 2023
Heitinga (right, with Urby Emanuelson, Wesley Sneijder, Maarten Stekelenburg, and Zdeněk Grygera) played for Ajax from 2001 to 2008.
Heitinga (left) with Michael Owen.
Heitinga playing for the Netherlands.
2010 FIFA World Cup final
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The final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 19th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams, was played at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11 July 2010. It was contest
John Heitinga
…caps and represented his country at two World Cups (2006 and 2010) and three European Championships (2004, 2008, and 2012). He helped the Dutch to the World Cup final in 2010, in which he was sent off in a loss to Spain. In 2008, he was named Dutch Footballer of the Year. Heitinga was born in Alphen aan den Rijn…
The final was played at Johannesburg's Soccer City
An example of the Adidas Jabulani/Jo'bulani (gold colored Jabulani) ball used in the match
Howard Webb was the final's referee
South African president Jacob Zuma and other dignitaries shaking hands with the lined-up teams before kick-off.