Frenkie de Jong

Dutch association football player

Frenkie de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɛŋki də ˈjɔŋ];[4] born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.

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) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Barcelona
Number 21
Youth career
2003–2005 ASV Arkel
2005–2009 RKC
2005–2015 Willem II
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Willem II 1 (0)
2015–2017 Jong Ajax 46 (8)
2015Willem II (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2019 Ajax 57 (4)
2019– Barcelona 138 (11)
National team
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)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up 2019
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:55, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:22, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Career statistics

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As of match played 25 November 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Willem II 2014–15 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 1 0
2015–16 Eredivisie 1 0 1 0 2 0
Total 2 0 1 0 3 0
Jong Ajax 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 15 2 15 2
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 31 6 31 6
Total 46 8 46 8
Ajax 2016–17 Eredivisie 4 1 3 0 4[b] 0 11 1
2017–18 Eredivisie 22 0 2 1 2[c] 0 26 1
2018–19 Eredivisie 31 3 4 0 17[c] 0 52 3
Total 57 4 9 1 23 0 89 5
Barcelona 2019–20 La Liga 29 2 3 0 9[c] 0 1[d] 0 42 2
2020–21 La Liga 37 3 5 3 7[c] 0 2[d] 1 51 7
2021–22 La Liga 32 3 2 0 12[e] 1 1[d] 0 47 4
2022–23 La Liga 33 2 2 0 6[f] 0 2[d] 0 43 2
2023–24 La Liga 7 1 0 0 1[c] 0 0 0 8 1
Total 138 11 12 3 35 1 6 1 191 16
Career total 243 23 22 4 58 1 6 1 329 29
  1. Includes KNVB Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
  5. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 10 September 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2018 5 0
2019 10 1
2020 7 0
2021 16 0
2022 12 1
2023 4 0
Total 54 2
As of match played 10 September 2023[6]
Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Jong goal.
List of international goals scored by Frenkie de Jong
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 6 September 2019 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany 10   Germany 1–1 4–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying [7]
2 29 November 2022 Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar 48   Qatar 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup [8]

Honours

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Ajax

Barcelona

Netherlands

Individual

References

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  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 16 de agosto de 2019, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the Match held on 16 August 2019, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. UEFA.com. "Frenkie de Jong | Netherlands | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. "Frenkie de Jong". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. "DE JONG LEARNS BARÇA ANTHEM!!!". Youtube. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "F. De Jong: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Frenkie de Jong at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "Germany 2–4 Netherlands". BBC Sport. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  8. "Netherlands 2–0 Qatar". BBC Sport. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  9. "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017.
  10. "FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!". FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023.
  11. Lowe, Sid (17 April 2021). "Messi stars as Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao to lift Copa del Rey". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  12. Baynes, Ciaran (15 January 2023). "Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona: Gavi stars as Barca dominate to win Spanish Super Cup". Euro Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  13. Hafez, Shamoon (9 June 2019). "Portugal 1–2 Netherlands". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  14. "Proud of you lads!". Twitter.com.
  15. "Frenkie de Jong en Steven Bergwijn Speler en Talent van de Maand december". www.foxsports.nl. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  16. "Frenkie de Jong opnieuw uitgeroepen tot Speler van de Maand | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  17. 17.0 17.1 "Frenkie de Jong Eredivisie Player of the Season 2018/2019". Eredivisie. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  18. "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. 2 June 2019.
  19. "Frenkie De Jong: Champions League Midfielder of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  20. "De Jong named Eredivisie talent of the year". RTL Nieuws. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  21. "Bernardo Silva and Frenkie de Jong honoured". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  22. "UEFA Nations League Finals: Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  23. "VAN DIJK AMONG FOUR DEBUTANTS IN MEN'S WORLD 11". FIFPro World Players' Union. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  24. "IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – THE IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2019". IFFHS. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  25. "UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year 2019 revealed". UEFA. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  26. "Frenkie de Jong and Aitana Bonmatí win Barça Players Award20/21". www.fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.