Nonke: Vurnon Anita’s Dream

Vurnon Anita returns to Curaçao. During a road trip across the island, the former Ajax player visits his parents’ plantation, where he is reunited with his family after a long time. He also returns to his former primary schools, gives a clinic at his former football club C.V.V. Willemstad and meets up with his friend Willem de Bruin of The Opposites. The documentary was produced in collaboration with the Curaçao Tourist Board.

Date: 12.11.2026

Photographer: AFC Ajax

Anita was born in Willemstad in 1989. When he was eight months old, he moved to the Netherlands with his family. The family later returned to Curaçao, where a young Vurnon played both football and baseball. His parents recognised their son’s talent and decided to move back to the Netherlands to give him the opportunity to pursue his football dream.

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That dream came true at an early age. On 19 March 2006, Anita made his debut for Ajax’s first team at the age of sixteen. At the time, that made him the youngest debutant in the club’s history after Clarence Seedorf. In Amsterdam, he developed into a versatile player and won, among other honours, two league titles and three Dutch Cups.

The place where it all started
But before he broke through in Amsterdam as a young footballer, his story began in Curaçao. In Nonke: Vurnon Anita’s Dream, he returns to the place where it all started.

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