Frenkie de Jong

Frenkie de Jong

De Jong playing for Barcelona in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Frenkie de Jong[1]
Date of birth	(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth	Gorinchem, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
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	151	(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	54	(2)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Netherlands UEFA Nations League Runner-up 2019 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:22, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Frenkie de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɛŋki də ˈjɔŋ];^[2] 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. Considered as one of the best midfielders in the world, de Jong is known for his vision, passing, dribbling, attacking prowess and technique.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

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.