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{{Short description|Curaçaoan footballer (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Prince Rajcomar
| image          = Prince Rajcomar.jpg
| upright        = 0.9
| fullname       = Prince Linval Reuben Rajcomar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/prince-rajcomar/|title=Prince Rajcomar|publisher=Worldfootball.net}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1985|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Maastricht]], Netherlands
| height         = 1.87 m
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub    = [[Kozakken Boys]]
| clubnumber     = 7
| years1 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = [[Fortuna Sittard]]                             | caps1 = 50 | goals1 =  8
| years2 = 2004–2005 | clubs2 = [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]]                          | caps2 = 26 | goals2 =  6
| years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = [[FC Den Bosch|Den Bosch]]                      | caps3 = 37 | goals3 = 18
| years4 = 2006–2009 | clubs4 = [[Breiðablik UBK|Breiðablik]]                   | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 25
| years5 = 2009      | clubs5 = [[Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur|KR Reykjavík]]   | caps5 = 15 | goals5 =  7
| years6 = 2009–2012 | clubs6 = [[Zalaegerszegi TE|Zalaegerszeg]]               | caps6 = 37 | goals6 =  19
| years7 = 2011–2012 | clubs7 = → [[MVV Maastricht]] (loan)                     | caps7 = 33 | goals7 = 22
| years8 = 2012–2013 | clubs8 = [[Fortuna Sittard]]                             | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 11
| years9 = 2013–2014 | clubs9 = [[VVV-Venlo]]                                   | caps9 = 33 | goals9 = 14
| years10 = 2015     | clubs10 = [[BEC Tero Sasana F.C.|BEC Tero Sasana]]       | caps10 = 10| goals10 = 6
| years11 = 2015–2016| clubs11 = [[MVV Maastricht]]                             | caps11 = 9 | goals11 = 4
| years12 = 2016     | clubs12 = [[ACS Poli Timișoara|Poli Timișoara]]          | caps12 = 5 | goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2017     | clubs13 = [[KFC Oosterzonen Oosterwijk|Oosterzonen]]     | caps13 = 11| goals13 = 7
| years14 = 2018–2020| clubs14 = [[K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen|Patro Eisden]]  | caps14 =   | goals14 = 7
| years15 = 2020     | clubs15 = [[Kozakken Boys]]                              | caps15 = 4 | goals15 = 0 
| years16 = 2022–    | clubs16 = Wilhelmina '08                                 | caps16 =   | goals16 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2006     | nationalteam1 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands 14-21]] |nationalcaps1 = 16 |nationalgoals1 = 16
| nationalyears2 = 2014–2015 | nationalteam2 = [[Curaçao national football team|Curaçao]] |nationalcaps2 = 9 |nationalgoals2 = 6
| club-update = 15:17, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
}}

'''Prince Linval Reuben Mathilda Rajcomar''' (born 25 April 1985) is a Curaçaoan professional [[association football|footballer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.indianfootball.com/features/interview/interview32.html |title=Interview: Bob Houghton |publisher=Indianfootball.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812023246/http://old.indianfootball.com/features/interview/interview32.html |archivedate=12 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/reviving-international-level-soccer-in-india |title=Reviving international-level soccer in India |publisher=Ultra Brown |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127171242/http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/reviving-international-level-soccer-in-india |archivedate=27 November 2007 }}</ref> who plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Tweede Klasse]] club Wilhelmina '08. At international level, he represented the [[Curaçao national football team|Curaçao national team]], scoring three goals in nine appearances.

==Club career==

===Early career===
Prince made his debut for [[Fortuna Sittard]] against [[FC Eindhoven]] on 16 August 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ronaldzwiers.0catch.com/Spelers/R/Rajcomar,%20Prince/Prince%20Rajcomar.htm|title=Prince Rajcomar profile|publisher=Ronald Zwiers}}</ref> He then went on to play for [[FC Utrecht]] and [[FC Den Bosch|Den Bosch]].

===Years in Iceland===
On 27 February 2007, Rajcomar signed a one-year contract with Icelandic club [[Breiðablik UBK|Breiðablik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?id=45080|title=Prince Rajcomar í Breiðablik (Staðfest) (Prince signs for Breiðablik)|language=Icelandic |publisher=Fotbolti.net|date=27 February 2007}}</ref> At the end of the 2007 season he signed a two-year contract extension with Breidablik. [[Valur men's football|Valur]], then champions of Iceland, made an approach to sign Rajcomar during the 2008 [[transfer window]], but Breiðablik declined, saying he was not for sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?id=64094|title=Breiðablik hafnaði ósk Vals um að fá Prince Rajcomar (Breiðablik reject approach for Rajcomar) |publisher=Fotbolti.net|language=Icelandic|date=15 July 2008}}</ref>

Rajcomar lost his place in the Breiðablik side in the second half of the [[Úrvalsdeild 2008|2008 season]], and has been linked with a move away from the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?id=67845|title=Prince Rajcomar vill yfirgefa Breiðablik (Rajcomar want to leave Breiðablik) |publisher=Fotbolti.net|language=Icelandic|date=11 October 2008}}</ref>

In October 2008, he joined Swedish club [[Örebro SK]] for a trial, hoping to secure a transfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?id=68505|title=Prince Rajcomar til reynslu hjá Örebro (Rajcomar joins Örebro on trial) |publisher=Fotbolti.net|language=Icelandic|date=29 October 2008}}</ref>

Rajcomar was released by Breiðablik on 2 February 2009, and signed for Icelandic club [[Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur|KR Reykjavík]] on 5 February. He signed a two-year contract with KR Reykjavík. Rajcomar was released from his contract with KR before the closing of the transfer window in August 2009.

He was due to go on trial with English [[Football League One|League One]] side [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] having been recommended to the [[Essex]] side,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/ReserveNewsDetail/0,,10444~1797344,00.html|title=Prince in trial to become King|publisher=Southend United FC|date=15 September 2009|access-date=15 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925020616/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/ReserveNewsDetail/0,,10444~1797344,00.html|archive-date=25 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> however he missed his flight from Germany to the UK after turning up at the wrong airport and missed out on the opportunity.

===Later career===
On 7 September 2009, Rajcomar signed a contract with Hungarian outfit [[Zalaegerszegi TE]] after missing the opportunity to play in England for Southend United. In his first match for Zalaegerszeg, he caused a sensation by scoring a goal, and being booked with a red card.

He later played for a number of clubs outside the Netherlands, including [[K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen|Patro Eisden Maasmechelen]].<ref>[http://torgranate.de/artikel/basler-bekommt-zwei-exotische-neuzugaenge/ Basler bekommt zwei exotische Neuzugänge]‚ torgranate.de, 25 October 2017</ref> 

In August 2020, Rajcomar returned to the Netherlands, signing with [[Tweede Divisie]] club [[Kozakken Boys]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajcomar maakt transfer naar Kozakken Boys |url=https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20200820_00172369 |accessdate=6 November 2020 |work=De Limburger |date=20 August 2020 |language=Dutch}}</ref> In 2022, he moved to lower division club Wilhelmina '08.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buschmann |first1=Frank |title=Rajcomar kent nu ook de donkere kant van het leven: Ik wil anderen niet lastigvallen met mijn verdriet |url=https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20221201_95527151 |access-date=22 June 2023 |work=De Limburger |date=1 December 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

==International career==
Prince was part of the [[2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#Netherlands|Netherlands squad]] for the [[2005 FIFA World Youth Championship]].

In September 2014, Rajcomar was called up for the first time to the senior [[Curaçao national football team|Curaçaoan national team]], to take part at the [[2014 Caribbean Cup qualification|Caribbean Cup qualification campaign]]. He scored his first goal on 3 September 2014 against [[Puerto Rico national football team|Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ffk.cw/season/season2014/third-division/news/140/puerto-rico-vs-curacao-ends-in-draw |title=Puerto Rico vs Curacao ends in draw |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011161305/http://www.ffk.cw/season/season2014/third-division/news/140/puerto-rico-vs-curacao-ends-in-draw |archive-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><!-- Referred as Prince Mathilda -->

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Curaçao's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rajcomar goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Prince Rajcomar<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/57252/Prince_Rajcomar.html|title=Rajcomar, Prince|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 3 September 2014 || [[Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium]], [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]], Puerto Rico || {{fb|PUR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[2014 Caribbean Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 5 September 2014 || Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico || {{fb|GRN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 13 November 2014 || [[Montego Bay Sports Complex]], [[Montego Bay]], Jamaica || {{fb|CUB}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || [[2014 Caribbean Cup]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Utrecht'''
*[[Johan Cruyff Shield]]: [[2004 Johan Cruyff Shield|2004]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/prince-rajcomar.htm Voetbal International profile] {{in lang|nl}}
* {{UEFA|74107}}
* {{Soccerway|prince-linval-reuben-mathilda-rajcomar/9875}}

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