Dirk Abels (born 13 June 1997) is a Dutch professional

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who plays for

Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...

side

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

as a right back.

Club career

Abels made his professional debut for

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively for ...

in the Eerste Divisie on 9 August 2014, the opening matchday of the 2014–15 season, against

Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse. The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and MV ...

. In June 2016, he signed a contract extension with PSV until 2018. He made his first team debut on 30 October 2018, in a 3–2 loss at home to RKC Waalwijk in the

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

after extra time. Abels signed with

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

in January 2019, where he won promotion to the Eredivisie via play-offs in his first six months. On 17 July 2023, he signed with

in the

. He joins them with a two-year contract with a one-year option to extend.

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Dirk Abels
at Sparta Rotterdam 1997 births Living people People from Udenhout Men's association football fullbacks Dutch men's footballers Swiss Super League players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Jong PSV players PSV Eindhoven players Sparta Rotterdam players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Footballers from North Brabant Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub