 Hasselbaink was born on 27 March 1972 in Paramaribo , Suriname ( then part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ) to Frank Ware and <unk> Hasselbaink ; he was the youngest of six children . At the age of three Hasselbaink was run over by a moped which broke his right leg . In October 1978 , his mother took him and three siblings to live in <unk> , Netherlands ; his father remained in Suriname and rarely contacted the family . The next year Hasselbaink began playing youth football for <unk> <unk> <unk> ( <unk> ) , initially as a goalkeeper . He later played for <unk> Football club ( <unk> ) and <unk> as a right winger . He joined a street gang as a teenager and spent three months in a youth detention facility for stealing . After his release he joined the youth team at DWS , but was dismissed from the club for stealing the watch of a first @-@ team player . He began his senior career with Telstar , while still a gang member , and had disciplinary issues at the club due to his persistent lateness . He made his Eerste Divisie debut on 27 October 1990 , in a 2 – 0 defeat at VVV @-@ Venlo . Head coach Niels <unk> sacked him after he turned up late to a match . 
