Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel (born 27 October 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a right-back for Championship club

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Club career

Born in

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, Dijksteel started his career in the youth team at

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before moving to England to play for the

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Charlton Athletic

He signed for

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development squad in January 2016, having played against the side in a friendly whilst playing for the Nike Academy. He remained with the development squad until the end of the season before being promoted to the first team on a number of occasions during the 2016–17 season. After impressing for

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's side he was rewarded in February 2017 with a new three-and-a-half contract extension. In August 2017, he finally made his first team debut for the Addicks in a 2–1 victory over

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in the

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. He scored his first goal on Easter Monday, 22 April 2019, opening the scoring against

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in a 4–0 Charlton win.

Middlesbrough

On 7 August 2019, he was signed by Championship rivals

for £2m.

International career

Dijksteel was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent. In March 2016, he received a call-up to the Netherlands under-20 side for a friendly against

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. He went on to start in the match which finished as a 1–1 draw.

Career statistics

Honours

Charlton Athletic *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dijksteel, Anfernee 1996 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Association football midfielders Charlton Athletic F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Netherlands youth international footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Nike Academy players