Darl Douglas

{{short description|Surinamese footballer (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Darl Douglas | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Paramaribo, Suriname | height = 1.72 m | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = DWS | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Ajax | years1 = 1999–2003 | clubs1 = Ajax | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = → RBC (loan) | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2001–2003 | clubs3 = → Haarlem (loan) | caps3 = 65 | goals3 = 11 | years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = Heracles Almelo | caps4 = 33 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2004–2007 | clubs5 = Utrecht | caps5 = 69 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2007 | clubs6 = Marítimo | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2007–2008 | clubs7 = Willem II | caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2008–2012 | clubs8 = Heracles Almelo | caps8 = 114| goals8 = 8 | totalcaps = 323 | totalgoals = 34 }}

'''Darl Douglas''' (born 5 October 1979) is a Surinamese former professional footballer who played as a winger.

==Club career== After coming through the Ajax' youth system, Douglas played professionally for RBC, Haarlem,<ref>{{cite web |title=Valse start HFC Haarlem |url=http://www.ajax.nl/streams/ajax-actueel/valse-start-hfc-haarlem.htm |website=Ajax |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729011212/http://www.ajax.nl/streams/ajax-actueel/valse-start-hfc-haarlem.htm |archive-date=29 July 2017 |language=nl |url-status=dead}}</ref> Heracles and FC Utrecht,<ref>{{cite news |title=Darl Douglas akkoord met FC Utrecht |url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/darl-douglas-akkoord-met-fc-utrecht |work=Voetbal International |date=1 April 2004 |language=nl}}</ref> before moving abroad to join Portuguese side Marítimo. He returned to Holland after only a few months and played for Willem II,<ref>{{cite news |title=Darl Douglas laatste aanwinst van Willem II |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/darl-douglas-laatste-aanwinst-van-willem-ii~b1561aea/ |work=Trouw |date=1 September 2007 |language=nl-NL}}</ref> before finishing his career after a second spell with Heracles Almelo.<ref>{{cite news |title=Heracles haalt Darl Douglas terug naar Almelo |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/heracles-haalt-darl-douglas-terug-naar-almelo~b15a8d3c/ |work=Trouw |date=29 August 2008 |language=nl-NL}}</ref>

==Personal life== Douglas built his own music recording studio next to his house and owned a record label, Dredda Records.<ref>{{cite news |title=Darl Douglas treedt in de voetsporen van Bob Marley |url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/darl-douglas-treedt-in-de-voetsporen-van-bob-marley |work=Voetbal International |date=9 March 2011 |language=nl}}</ref> In summer 2014, he moved back to Suriname with his record label.<ref>{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Teenie |title=Darl Douglas schijnt door in reggae-platenlabel |url=https://dagbladdewest.com/2015/01/17/darl-douglas-schijnt-door-reggae-platenlabel/ |work=DE WEST |date=18 January 2015 |language=nl}}</ref> He produces under his alter ego ''Jah Decko''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reggae artiest Jah Decko lanceert 2 nummers |url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/03/25/reggae-artiest-jah-decko-lanceert-2-nummers/ |work=Dagblad Suriname |date=25 March 2020 |language=nl}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Utrecht''' *Johan Cruyff Shield: 2004

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==External links== * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=18668/typeofpage=40054/sc=3a1af0 Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Darl}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Paramaribo Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Surinamese men's footballers Category:21st-century Surinamese musicians Category:Dutch men's footballers Category:Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands Category:AFC DWS players Category:AFC Ajax players Category:RBC Roosendaal players Category:HFC Haarlem players Category:Heracles Almelo players Category:FC Utrecht players Category:C.S. Marítimo players Category:Willem II Tilburg players Category:Eredivisie players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Reggae record producers