Luuk de Jong
Dutch footballer (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luuk de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlyɡ də ˈjɔŋ]; born 27 August 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker and captains Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.
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Full name | Luuk de Jong[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-08-27) 27 August 1990 (age 33)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Aigle, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | PSV | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
DZC '68 | |||||||||||||||||
2001–2008 | De Graafschap | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | De Graafschap | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Twente | 75 | (39) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 36 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | PSV | 159 | (94) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Sevilla | 69 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Barcelona (loan) | 21 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | PSV | 58 | (43) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Netherlands U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Netherlands U21 | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2022 | Netherlands | 39 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 |
De Jong previously played for DZC '68, De Graafschap, Twente, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Newcastle United, before joining PSV in 2014. He played over 200 games for the club, scoring over 100 goals, and helped them win the Eredivisie three times in his five-season stay. In 2019, he joined Sevilla, before going out on loan to Barcelona in 2021. He re-joined PSV in 2022.
A former Dutch international, De Jong represented the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.