Jorrit Petrus Carolina Hendrix (born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch professional
footballer who plays as a
defensive midfielder for German club
Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Club career
PSV
Hendrix started playing youth football at hometown club SV Panningen. From there, he joined the youth academy of
PSV Eindhoven in 2004. Hendrix made his professional debut as a
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 ...
player in the second-tier
Eerste Divisie on 3 August 2013 against
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 ...
. A week later, he made his
Eredivisie debut against
NEC in a 5–0 home win. He replaced
Karim Rekik after 86 minutes. Ten days after his official debut, Hendrix signed a new contract with PSV, which tied him to the club until 2017. On 31 August 2013, he made his first start against
Cambuur at home. Hendrix scored the first goal for the PSV first team on 26 October 2014. That day, he scored the 3–0 in the 25th minute of a league match against
Utrecht. Hendrix won his first league title with PSV on 18 April 2015, after the club had kept a table lead since the second matchday of the season. A 4–1 victory at home against
Heerenveen on matchday 31 ensured the title. As a result, Hendrix made his debut in the
UEFA Champions League main tournament on 15 September 2015. That day, PSV beat
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
2–1 at home, with Hendrix playing the entire game.
Hendrix scored the only goal of the game on 5 December 2015 during a 1–0 competition match against
Vitesse. By doing this, he ensured that PSV scored at least one goal for the 42nd league game in a row, a new record in the Eredivisie. This record eventually rose to 54 league games. On 18 December 2015, Hendrix extended his contract with PSV until 2020. He won the league title with PSV for the second time in a row on 8 May 2016. The club started the last matchday of the season with the same number of points as rivals
Ajax, but with a negative six goal difference. PSV beat
PEC Zwolle 1–3 that day, while Ajax drew 1–1 at
De Graafschap
VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...
. Hendrix saw this happen from the stands, as he missed the last four games of the season due to an injury.
Hendrix started the 2016–17 season as a starter. Upon midfielder
Stijn Schaars' departure, Hendrix was given the number 8 shirt. During a Champions League match against
FC Rostov in late September, he left the pitch with a knee injury. This injury kept him sidelined until he made his comeback on 14 January 2017, in a league game won at home over
Excelsior. He did not return as a starter that year, with fellow midfielders
Andrés Guardado and
Davy Pröpper
David Petrus Wenceslaus Henri Pröpper (born 2 September 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Vitesse.
Early and personal life
Pröpper was born in Arnhem and his brothers ...
almost always preferred, and
Siem de Jong, newcomer
Bart Ramselaar
Bart Ramselaar (born 29 June 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie.
Club career
Ramselaar came off the bench on 15 April 2018 as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Er ...
and especially
Marco van Ginkel
Marco Wulfert Cornelis van Ginkel (; born 1 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Vitesse. He can also play as a defensive or attacking midfielder.
Van Ginkel began his career in the y ...
competing heavily for the spot in midfield. Hendrix returned as a starter for the 2017–18 season from the first matchday. In that role, he won the national title with PSV for the third time that year, with the team beating Ajax 3–0 on 15 April 2018 en route to clinch the championship. Hendrix signed a one-and-a-half-year contract extension with PSV on 14 January 2019 until mid-2021. That season, he faced competition for his position from
Michal Sadílek
Michal Sadílek (; born 31 May 1999) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Twente and the Czech Republic national team.
Club career
Sadílek made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong P ...
, who already knew his new head coach
Mark van Bommel from his time as the PSV U19 coach.
From his first 100 matches playing for PSV, they won 78. This places him in the top ten of players with the most Eredivisie victories in their first one hundred games. It is an illustrious list which includes
Johan Cruijff,
Johan Neeskens,
Ruud Krol,
Arie Haan, and
Edwin van der Sar. Former Ajax player
Horst Blankenburg leads the way with 83 victories in his first 100 games.
Spartak Moscow
On 12 January 2021, with less than six months left on his contract with PSV, Hendrix moved to Russian club
Spartak Moscow on a deal worth
€500,000. On 16 January 2021, Spartak confirmed that he signed a long-term contract with the club. On 17 January 2021, he held his first training session with Spartak at the winter training camp in
Dubai. He made his debut for the club on 20 February 2021 in the starting lineup of the away match of the
Russian Cup against
Dynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...
, a 0–2 loss. On 28 February, he made his league debut in the 0–2 home loss to
Rubin Kazan.
Loan to Feyenoord
On 26 January 2022, he joined
Feyenoord on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season, with an option to buy.
Fortuna Düsseldorf
On 11 August 2022, Hendrix signed a one-season contract with
Fortuna Düsseldorf in Germany.
International career
Hendrix was called up to the senior
Netherlands squad to face
Greece and
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
in August 2016.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
PSV
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Eredivisie:
2014–15,
2015–16,
2017-18
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Johan Cruyff Shield
The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...
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2015
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2016
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Maspalomas Cup:
2015
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Feyenoord
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UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up:
2021–22
Netherlands
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UEFA U-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain is the most successful team in this ...
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2012
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References
External links
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Voetbal International profile
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1995 births
Living people
Dutch footballers
Netherlands youth international footballers
Netherlands under-21 international footballers
Netherlands international footballers
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Russian Premier League players
PSV Eindhoven players
Jong PSV players
FC Spartak Moscow players
Feyenoord players
Fortuna Düsseldorf players
People from Peel en Maas
Association football central defenders
Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)
Dutch expatriate footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany