In this Dutch name, the surname is de Jong, not 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)[2]
Place of birth
Gorinchem, Netherlands
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)
Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Barcelona
Number
21
Youth career
1999—2002
VV Vianen
2005–2009
RKC
2005–2015
Willem II
2003—2005
ASZ Arkel
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:[ˈfrɛŋkidəˈjɔŋ];[4] born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays primarily 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.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
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.
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^"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.
^"Top 50 Best Center Midfielders". FootballCritic. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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^Staff (21 April 2021). "TOP 10 DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW". Sports Khabri. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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