He plays football in Australia, and is 1.84 m tall.

The Vietnam U.17 team is preparing to assemble its squad for the 2025 U.17 Asian Championship qualifiers. Among the players called up, coach Cristiano Roland has included a rather unusual name: Maxwell James Peereboom.

Maxwell James Peereboom was born in 2008 in Ho Chi Minh City, holds Vietnamese citizenship, and currently lives with his parents in Australia. Maxwell began his football career with local youth teams in Queensland before joining the Gold Coast Knights youth team, one of the top clubs in the National Premier Leagues Queensland (Queensland's top league and part of the Australian national championship).

Vietnam U.17 prepares for Asian qualifiers.

The 1.84m tall player plays as a central defender and is considered to have good ball control and creativity in his playing style. However, due to his young age, information about Maxwell is still limited. This is also why Coach Roland wants to directly assess this player's abilities during the upcoming training camp before making a decision on the Vietnam U17 squad for the 2025 U17 Asian Championship qualifiers.

Besides the notable inclusion of Maxwell James Peereboom, coach Roland Cristiano also gave opportunities to several newcomers such as goalkeeper Phan Đình Bách of PVF, midfielder Nguyễn Lê Quang Khôi of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu and midfielder Chu Ngọc Nguyễn Lực of Hà Nội .

The remaining players are all names who participated in the recent training camp as well as competing in the Peace Cup 2024 international football tournament, which took place from August 16th to 20th in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China.

In this tournament, despite a poor start with a 0-4 loss to host China U16, the Vietnam U16 team delivered impressive performances in the remaining two matches, winning 3-0 against Uzbekistan U16 and 1-0 against Japan U16, thus securing the runner-up position overall.

Vietnam U.17 will face Kyrgyzstan U.17, Myanmar U.17, and Yemen U.17.

According to the plan, the Vietnam U17 team will train at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center from September 16th to 29th, then travel to Japan for training and friendly matches from September 30th to October 9th. On October 10th, Coach Roland and his team will return to Vietnam to finalize their preparations before participating in the 2025 U17 Asian Championship qualifiers.

In order to create more favorable conditions for the Vietnam U.17 team to compete for a spot in the continental finals and with the trust of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Vietnam Football Federation has decided to host the group stage of the Vietnam U.17 team in the 2025 AFC U17 Asian Championship qualifiers.

Specifically, the Vietnam U.17 team will host Group I, taking place at Viet Tri Stadium, Phu Tho province from October 23rd to 27th. Coach Roland's team will successively host the Kyrgyzstan U.17 team (October 23rd), Myanmar U.17 team (October 25th), and Yemen U.17 team (October 27th).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/u17-viet-nam-trieu-tap-ngoi-sao-cuc-chat-choi-bong-o-uc-cao-184-m-185240913124126891.htm