Personal Life
De Jong is of Surinamese-Indonesian descent; Surinamese parentage from his father and Ambonese from his mother.
De Jong is married to Winonah, with whom he has two children. His father is former Dutch international Jerry de Jong, who abandoned Nigel's mother when Nigel was about to move to the Ajax academy, leaving her with the responsibility to bring Nigel up in council housing.
He owns a specialist car dealership operating in Europe and the Middle East.
De Jong is addicted to the popular game Angry Birds and plays it in the dressing room before games.
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