Frenkie de Jong | Skills and Goals | Highlights
Frenkie de Jong (Dutch. Frenkie de Jong; born May 12, 1997 in Arkel, the Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.
De Jong is a graduate of Willem II, but at the age of 17 he moved to Ajax for 1 euro. In the very first season as part of the Amsterdam team, he was recognized as the main talent of the Eredivisie 2016/17. Since the 2017/18 season, he has been a key player in Ajax, in the 2018/19 season he went with the club from the third qualifying round to the semi-finals of the Champions League. However, already in January he was sold to Barcelona – the deal is estimated at 75 million euros.
For the junior and youth teams of the Netherlands, he played only 22 matches, since from the age of 20 he began to be actively involved in matches for the main team. Helped the Netherlands reach the final of the first-ever UEFA Nations League. Due to his position on the field and his playing style, de Jong has been compared to the legendary Johan Cruyff and Franz Beckenbauer.
“Barcelona”
On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Ajax had reached an agreement with Spanish side Barcelona regarding the transfer of De Jong. According to the agreement, the player joined the club in July 2019, and the transfer cost was 75 million euros. On July 31, 2019, de Jong was shortlisted from ten contenders for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award. On August 16, 2019, he made his debut for Barcelona in La Liga. It was a game of the first round of the championship of Spain against Athletic Bilbao (0:1). De Jong started and played the full 90 minutes.
De Jong most often plays as a central midfielder. He scored one goal and provided one assist in his first 12 domestic league games. Both the goal and the assist came in the first seven minutes of one game against Valencia on 14 September 2019 at Camp Nou.
Frenkie played a key role in the 2021 Copa del Rey final, providing two assists (to Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi) and scoring a goal. In that game, Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-0.
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