Chovanie Amatkarijo

Chovanie Amatkarijo
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Liepāja
Number 31
Youth career
HVV Laakkwartier
2014–2019 ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 ADO Den Haag 1 (0)
2016–2019 Jong ADO 23 (8)
2017–2018 → RKC (loan) 27 (0)
2019 TOP Oss 0 (0)
2020 Scheveningen 9 (2)
2021 IF Karlstad 28 (14)
2022–2023 Östersund 40 (11)
2023 Istra 1961 2 (0)
2023–2025 GAIS 44 (3)
2025 → Östersund (loan) 15 (3)
2026– Liepāja 16 (1)
International career‡
2023– Sint Maarten 17 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 November 2025

Chovanie Amatkarijo (born 20 May 1999) is a footballer who plays for Latvian side Liepāja. Born in the metropolitan Netherlands, he plays for the Sint Maarten national team.

Club career

The Netherlands

Amatkarijo joined ADO Den Haag as a teenager and first played for the U21s as a 16 year old in a match vs SC Heerenveen U21, coming on as a substitute for Maarten Rieder on 9 May 2016, scoring his first goal in the process.[1]

Amatkarijo made his professional debut at 18 years of age in the Eredivisie for ADO Den Haag on 29 January 2017 in a game against AFC Ajax.[2]

He did not appear for the first team again but continued to impress for Jong ADO, scoring a hat-trick against Jong Vitesse.[3] After starting against Willem II in Ricardo Kishna's comeback game, he scored another hat-trick against Heracles, linking up well with Johnny Reynolds and Tyrone Owusu.[4]

He was loaned to RKC Waalwijk for the 2017–18 season in the Eerste Divisie.

On 2 September 2019, Amatkarijo joined TOP Oss on an amateur contract.[5] However, the club announced on 17 October 2019, that Amatkarijo alongside two other players, had left the club for personal reasons.[6]

Amatkarijo joined SVV Scheveningen in January 2020.[7]

Sweden

In January 2021, he moved to Swedish club IF Karlstad, who compete in the third-tier Ettan.[8][9]

On 9 March 2022, Amatkarijo signed a two-year contract with Östersunds FK in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.[10]

After spending only two months in Croatia for Istra 1961, Amatkarijo signed for Superettan side GAIS, on 30 August 2023, on a contract until the end of 2026.[11]

International career

International goals

Scores and results list Sint Maarten's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 March 2023Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands Bonaire3–06–12022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C
2.7 August 2023Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca, Willemstad, Curaçao Saint Lucia1–21–52023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B
Last updated 25 March 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Chovanie Amatkarijo Profiel". voetbal.com. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 January 2017.
  3. ↑ ADO Den Haag PRIMA OEFENZEGE ADO DEN HAAG 2 OP VITESSE, ADODenHaag.nl, 15 January 2019.
  4. ↑ ADO Den Haag AMATKARIJO MAAKT HATTRICK IN RIANTE ZEGE BELOFTEN OP HERACLES ADODenHaag.nl, 11 February 2019.
  5. ↑ TOP Oss slaat vlak voor het sluiten van de transfermarkt toe: twee versterkingen, bd.nl, 2 September 2019
  6. ↑ Drie spelers vertrekken bij TOP Oss; Ioannidis is nieuw, toposs.nl, 17 October 2019
  7. ↑ "Chovanie Amatkarijo sluit per direct aan bij Scheveningen" (in Dutch). Tweede Divisie. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Välkommen Chovanie Amatkarijo". Karlstad Fotboll (in Swedish). 22 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Adamsson, Mikael (18 January 2021). "Karlstad Fotboll värvar ny nederländare". NWT (in Swedish).
  10. ↑ "CHOVANIE AMATKARIJO SKRIVER PÅ FÖR ÖSTERSUNDS FK" (Press release) (in Swedish). Östersunds FK. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Chovanie Amatkarijo är klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). GAIS. Retrieved 7 September 2023.