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Frenkie de Jong
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Arkel, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 AFC Ajax
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2015 Willem II
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Willem II 2 (0)
2015–2017 Jong Ajax 46 (8)
2016– Ajax 42 (5)
International career‡
2012 Netherlands U15 1 (0)
2014–2015 Netherlands U18 5 (1)
2015–2017 Netherlands U19 6 (0)
2017 Netherlands U21 2 (0)
2018– Netherlands 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:16, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:35, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Frenkie de Jong (born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AFC Ajax.

Club career

A youth product of Willem II, de Jong played though the entire youth system of the club. On 10 May 2015, de Jong made his Eredivisie debut against ADO Den Haag coming off the bench to replace Terell Ondaan in a 1–0 home win.[3]

In the summer of 2015, de Jong joined AFC Ajax on a four-year contract.[4] He then helped take Ajax to the 2017 Europa League final.[4] De Jong's feats throughout the 2016–17 season for Jong Ajax saw him being awarded the Jupiler League's Talent of the Season award.[5]

International career

Youth

De Jong made 22 appearances for various Netherlands youth teams. On 10 July 2015, de Jong made his international debut for the Netherlands U-19 team against Germany U-19.[6]

Senior

On 9 June 2018, De Jong made his senior international debut in a friendly win against Peru.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 January 2019[1]
Club Season League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Willem II 2014–15 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Willem II 2015–16 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Jong Ajax 2015–16 Jupiler League 15 2 — 15 2
2016–17 31 6 — 31 6
Total 46 8 1 0 — — 46 8
Ajax 2016–17 Eredivisie 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 11 1
2017–18 22 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 26 0
2018–19 16 4 0 0 11 0 0 0 25 2
Total 42 5 5 0 17 0 0 0 64 5
Career total 85 11 7 0 17 0 0 0 109 11

1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

2 Includes Johan Cruijff Shield and Eredivisie playoffs matches.

International

As of 19 November 2018[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands
2018 5 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "F. de Jong". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Frenkie de Jong - English". AFC Ajax. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Willem II vs. ADO Den Haag - 10 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  4. ^ a b "EUROPE'S RISING STARS: FRENKIE DE JONG". Football Whispers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Proud of you lads!". Twitter.com.
  6. ^ "Voetbalzone - Live: Germany U19 - Netherlands U19, Vrijdag 10 juli 2015". Voetbalzone. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  7. ^ "Netherlands vs Peru - Match report". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.


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