Justin Dean Kluivert (born 5 May 1999) is a Dutch professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger for
La Liga
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club
Valencia
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, on loan from
Serie A
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club
Roma
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Places Australia
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** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
. He also represents the
Netherlands national team.
The son of former Dutch international football player
Patrick Kluivert
Patrick Stephan Kluivert (; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch former football player, coach and sporting director. He played as a striker, most notably for AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.
He was part of Ajax's Golden Gen ...
, and grandson of former Surinamese football player
Kenneth Kluivert
Kenneth Ramon Kluivert (born 26 August 1941) is a Surinamese former footballer who played as a left winger for S.V. Robinhood in the SVB Hoofdklasse, and for the Suriname national football team.
He is the father of former Dutch International f ...
, Justin Kluivert began his career at
Ajax
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Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
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, coming through the youth system. After playing for two seasons with the Dutch side, in 2018 Kluivert moved to Italian side Roma for €18.75 million. He also represented the Netherlands internationally, first at youth level from 2013, before making his senior debut in 2018.
Club career
Ajax
Born in
Amsterdam
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, Kluivert came through the
AFC Ajax
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youth program, and had his first professional contract with
Ajax
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Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...
. He made his
Eerste Divisie
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debut with
Jong Ajax on 16 September 2016 in a game against
MVV, replacing
Vince Gino Dekker in the 67th minute, in a 1–0 away loss.
He also played in the
2016–17 UEFA Youth League
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Chelsea were the title holders after winning the previous two editions. However, since the UEFA Youth Le ...
, in which he scored in a 2–0 group stage win at
PAOK on 2 November.
Kluivert made his first team debut in the
Eredivisie
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on 15 January 2017 in a 1–3 away win against
PEC Zwolle
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, when he replaced
Amin Younes
Amin Younes (born 6 August 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch club Utrecht, on loan from Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq, and the Germany national team.
Younes started his youth career at SG Unterrath, bef ...
in the 39th minute. He scored his first Eredivisie goal on 19 March in an away match against
SBV Excelsior
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, exactly 10 years and one day after his father's last career goal. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. He made six appearances in the
2016–17 UEFA Europa League, and was an unused substitute in the
final
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, a 2–0 loss to
Manchester United in
Stockholm.
On 26 November 2017, Kluivert opened his account for the season with a hat-trick in a 5–1 home win over
Roda JC
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi ...
.
Roma
On 12 June 2018, Kluivert moved to Italian club
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
, following a telephone call made by Roma legend
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played solely for Roma and the Italy national team. He is often referred to as ''Er Bimbo de Oro'' (The Golden Boy), ''L'Ottavo Re di Roma'' (The Eig ...
to his father, for €18.75 million. He became the fifth Dutch player ever to represent the Italian side.
Kluivert chose the number 34 shirt number at Roma as a support for his good friend and former teammate
Abdelhak Nouri
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A youth product of Eredivisie club Aja ...
, who wore it at Ajax; Nouri suffered a career-ending
cardiac arrhythmia
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attack in 2017.
Kluivert became the youngest Roma player to score in the
UEFA Champions League
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after scoring the fourth goal in 5–0 home victory against
Viktoria Plzeň
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on 3 October 2018. It was his first goal for the ''Giallorossi'', and he dedicated it to Nouri. On 16 December, he scored for the first time in the
Serie A
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in a 3–2 home win over
Genoa
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.
For the
2019–20 season, Kluivert changed his shirt number to 99, representing the year he was born.
Loan to RB Leipzig
On 5 October 2020, Kluivert joined
Bundesliga
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club
RB Leipzig
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on a
season
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-long loan. On 5 December, he scored his first
Bundesliga
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goal in a 3–3 away draw against
Bayern Munich. On 8 December, he scored a goal in a 3–2 win over
Manchester United in the
2020–21 UEFA Champions League
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Chelsea defea ...
.
Loan to Nice
On 20 July 2021, Kluivert joined French
Ligue 1 club
Nice
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on season-long loan with an option to buy.
Loan to Valencia
On 1 September 2022, Kluivert signed for Spanish club
Valencia
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on loan for the 2022–23 season. A few days earlier, he was denied a work permit in England which canceled his transfer to
Fulham.
International career
At the
2016 Under 17 Euros held in
Azerbaijan
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, Kluivert played throughout the tournament in which
the Netherlands
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reached the semi finals.
Kluivert earned his first full international call-up in
Ronald Koeman
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’s first
Netherlands national football team
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in March 2018 for the friendlies against
England
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and
Portugal
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. He made his senior debut on 26 March, in a 3–0 win over the reigning European champions Portugal, at the
Stade de Genève
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Overview
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, replacing
Memphis Depay
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Memphis began his professional career with PSV Ein ...
for the final 12 minutes of the match.
Personal life
Justin Kluivert is the son of former Dutch international football player
Patrick Kluivert
Patrick Stephan Kluivert (; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch former football player, coach and sporting director. He played as a striker, most notably for AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.
He was part of Ajax's Golden Gen ...
, and grandson of former
Surinamese football player
Kenneth Kluivert
Kenneth Ramon Kluivert (born 26 August 1941) is a Surinamese former footballer who played as a left winger for S.V. Robinhood in the SVB Hoofdklasse, and for the Suriname national football team.
He is the father of former Dutch International f ...
.
He is also of
Curaçaoan descent through his paternal grandmother. Kluivert has four brothers, including footballer
Ruben Kluivert who is currently playing for
FC Utrecht.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Ajax
*
UEFA Europa League
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runner-up:
2016–17
Nice
*
Coupe de France
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runner-up:
2021–22
Individual
*
AFC Ajax Talent of the Future (Sjaak Swart Award): 2016–17
References
External links
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1999 births
Living people
Justin
Justin may refer to: People
* Justin (name), including a list of persons with the given name Justin
* Justin (historian), a Latin historian who lived under the Roman Empire
* Justin I (c. 450–527), or ''Flavius Iustinius Augustus'', Eastern Rom ...
Footballers from Amsterdam
Dutch footballers
Association football wingers
Jong Ajax players
AFC Ajax players
A.S. Roma players
RB Leipzig players
OGC Nice players
Valencia CF players
Eerste Divisie players
Eredivisie players
Serie A players
Bundesliga players
Ligue 1 players
La Liga players
Netherlands youth international footballers
Netherlands under-21 international footballers
Netherlands international footballers
Dutch expatriate footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Dutch people of Curaçao descent
Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent