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BIOGRAPHY

Frenkie De Jong

EREDIVISIE

2019

KNVB

CUP

2019

EUROPA

LEAGUE

runner-up

2017

UEFA

NATIONS

LEAGUE

runner-up

2019

Feyenoord seemed the better option:

a bigger, more established organisation

which was closer to home. And just to

make the decision easier, the De Jong

family were fans of the Rotterdammers.

Frenkie, however, was allowed to make

his own mind up. He preferred Willem.

Throughout his life, total dedication to

football has been the name of the game.

For him, every sacrifice was worth it to

make his soccer dream come true.

“Frenkie is about peace, propriety and

regularity,” his mother, Marjon, told NRC.

“Early to bed, no parties, healthy eating

and no alcohol.”

Thom Van der Laan, a friend from his

schooldays, painted the same type of

picture, saying: “As a teenager he wasn’t

interested in clothes or expensive cars. It

was football, football, football. I never

knew him without a ball.”

During a family holiday to the Costa

Brava six years ago, Frenkie and his

father visited Camp Nou, Barcelona’s

iconic stadium.

The reaction of junior? “Dad, I want

to play there one day.”

Wish granted.

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Barca boy...in the Champions League

HONOURS

UEFA MIDFIELDER OF THE SEASON

DUTCH FOOTBALL TALENT OF THE YEAR (U21)

CAPS

GOALS

1

12

HOLLAND

2016–17

Luka Modric

(Real Madrid)

2018–19

Frenkie

De Jong

(Ajax)

2017–18

Luka Modric

(Real Madrid)

2014–15

MEMPHIS

DEPAY

(PSV)

2015–16

VINCENT

JANSSEN

(AZ)

2016–17

KASPER

DOLBERG

(Ajax)

2017–18

MATTHIJS

DE LIGT

(Ajax)

2018–19

FRENKIE

DE JONG

(Ajax)

GAMES GOALS 

WILLEM II AJAX BARCELONA

(up to & inc 23.10.19)

JONG AJAX