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Frenkie de Jong
b. 1997
Dutch association football player (born 1997)
- Born
- 12 May 1997 · Arkel
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 12 May 1997BornBorn in Arkel
- 2015 – 2016TeamJong Ajax
- 2015 – 2016TeamNetherlands national under-19 football team
- 2015TeamWillem II
- 2016 – 2019TeamAFC Ajax
- 2017TeamNetherlands national under-21 football team
- 2018TeamNetherlands national association football team
- 2019TeamFC Barcelona
- 2026Took part2026 FIFA World Cup
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1997 – today).
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Frenkie de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɛŋki də ˈjɔŋ]; born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.
De Jong began his professional career at Willem II in 2015. He transferred to Ajax for a symbolic fee of €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 World 11 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, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2026 World Cup.
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