_34.jpg) De Jong playing for Barcelona in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Frenkie de Jong[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gorinchem, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | ASV Arkel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2015 | Willem II/RKC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Willem II | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Jong Ajax | 46 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Willem II (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Ajax | 57 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Barcelona | 155 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Netherlands U19 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Netherlands U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Netherlands U21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Netherlands | 55 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 16 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Frenkie de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɛŋki də ˈjɔŋ];[3] born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. Regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, de Jong is known for his vision, passing, dribbling, attacking prowess and technique.[4][5][6][7]
De Jong began his professional career at Willem II in 2015. He transferred to Ajax for a fee worth €1 a year later. The fee was symbolic and offset by a sell-on clause. At Ajax he established himself as one of the best young midfielders in Europe, after winning a domestic double and reaching the Champions League semi-finals. De Jong won the Eredivisie and KNVB Cup, was Eredivisie player of the season, and was an instrumental part of Ajax's first UEFA Champions League semi-final appearance in 22 years, in a breakthrough 2018–19 season.
During his breakthrough season, De Jong agreed to sign for Barcelona in January 2019, leading him to be signed for the club in July, for a fee worth €75 million. De Jong was selected to the 2019 FIFA FIFPro World11 and was one of three Dutch players to feature in it for the first time in five years.
De Jong made his senior international debut for the Netherlands in September 2018. He became a starter in the inaugural UEFA Nations League, in which Netherlands finished runners-up. He also represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ a b "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "De Jong | FC Barcelona Official website". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "DE JONG LEARNS BARÇA ANTHEM!!!". Youtube. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ Bosher, Luke. "Xavi: De Jong 'one of the best in the world'". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Ranked! The 10 best central midfielders in the world". FourFourTwo. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Lane, Barnaby. "The 10 best midfielders in world soccer right now". Insider. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The 100 best male footballers in the world 2022". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2023.