{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Cody Claver |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|2|df=y}} |birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands |height = 1.80m<ref name = "WF"/> |position = Left back |currentclub = Spakenburg |clubnumber = 4 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Haaglandia |youthyears2 = 2013–2015 |youthclubs2 = ADO Den Haag |youthyears3 = 2015 |youthclubs3 = Haaglandia |youthyears4 = 2015–2016 |youthclubs4 = Sparta Rotterdam |youthyears5 = 2016–2017 |youthclubs5 = Cambuur |years1 = 2017–2019 |clubs1 = Cambuur |caps1 = 2 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2019–2025 |clubs2 = AFC |caps2 = 160 |goals2 = 9 |years3 = 2025– |clubs3 = Spakenburg |caps3 = 32 |goals3 = 0 |club-update = 24 May 2026 }}
'''Cody Claver''' (born 2 November 1996) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left-back for Tweede Divisie club Spakenburg.
==Early and personal life== Born in The Hague, Claver is of Surinamese descent.<ref name = "WF">{{Worldfootball.net|cody-claver|new_id=pe407124}}</ref> His father is Surinamese and his mother is Dutch.<ref name = "AFC">{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.nl/nieuws?c=2&id=5958|title=In de schijnwerper Cody Claver!|date=30 January 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|author=Michael van Os|publisher=Amsterdamsche FC}}</ref> His family lived in Zoetermeer.<ref name = "LC"/> He was a childhood friend of Omar el Baad, who played with him at Cambuur and suggested he join the club. Whilst with the club the two shared a house in Leeuwarden.<ref name = "LC"/>
==Career== Claver began his career with Haaglandia, and he then spent two years at ADO Den Haag before returning to Haglandia.<ref name = "LC"/> He also played for the youth teams of Sparta Rotterdam and SC Cambuur.<ref name = "WF"/><ref name = "LC"/> He joined the Cambuur senior team for the 2017–18 season,<ref name = "SW">{{Soccerway|cody-claver/501816|accessdate=5 February 2019}}</ref> making his professional debut in April 2018, playing as a right back rather than in his usual position of left back.<ref name = "LC">{{cite web|url=https://www.lc.nl/sport/Backs-willen-graag-in-Leeuwarden-blijven-spelen-23065090.html|title=Backs willen graag in Leeuwarden blijven spelen|date=6 April 2018|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|author=Johan Stobbe|publisher=Leeuwarder Courant}}</ref>
In January 2019 he moved to AFC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cambuur.nl/nieuws/rutger-etten-en-cody-claver-naar-tweede-divisie/|title=RUTGER ETTEN EN CODY CLAVER NAAR TWEEDE DIVISIE|date=24 January 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=SC Cambuur}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl/afc-trekt-voormalig-liverpool-talent-vincent-weijl-en-cody-claver-cambuur-aan/|title=AFC trekt voormalig Liverpool-talent Vincent Weijl en Cody Claver (Cambuur) aan|date=24 January 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voetbal247.nl/op-de-man-af-cody-claver-afc-mijn-beste-tegenstander-abdelhak-nouri-of-frenkie-de-jong/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115151919/https://www.voetbal247.nl/op-de-man-af-cody-claver-afc-mijn-beste-tegenstander-abdelhak-nouri-of-frenkie-de-jong/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 November 2020|title=Op De Man Af | Cody Claver (AFC): 'Mijn beste tegenstander? Abdelhak Nouri of Frenkie de Jong'|date=November 17, 2020|website=Voetbal247.nl}}</ref> He stated his intention to resume studies for his HBO qualification alongside his football career.<ref name = "AFC"/>
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==External links== * [https://www.ererat.nl/asp/eersterat_spelerpaspoort.asp?spelerid=9705&inclEre=1 Cody Claver] at Eersterat {{in lang|nl}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Claver, Cody}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from The Hague Category:Dutch people of Surinamese descent Category:Sportspeople of Surinamese descent Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Dutch men's footballers Category:VV Haaglandia players Category:ADO Den Haag players Category:Sparta Rotterdam players Category:SC Cambuur players Category:SV Spakenburg players Category:Amsterdamsche FC players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Tweede Divisie players Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen