Luuk de Jong (; born 27 August 1990) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

and the Netherlands national team. De Jong previously played for DZC '68,

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. ...

Twente Twente ( nl, Twente , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Ge ...

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

and

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, before joining PSV in 2014. He played over 200 games for the club, scoring over 100 goals, and helped them win the

three times in his five-season stay. In 2019, he joined

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, before going out on loan to

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in 2021. He re-joined PSV in 2022.

Early life

De Jong was born in

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, Switzerland.

Club career

Twente

On 20 August 2011, de Jong scored his first

goal of the 2011–12 season in a 5–1 demolition of

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

. The following week, on de Jong's 21st birthday, he found the back of the net two more times as

smashed

VVV Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

4–1. De Jong scored two goals against

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on 21 January 2012 – a tap in to an open goal and a

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– as Twente ran out 5–0 winners. In Twente's following fixture against

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on 29 January, de Jong netted a

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, each goal coming off an assist from

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, and provided an assist for

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, as his side won 4–1 and climbed to second place in the league table. On 10 February, de Jong found the back of the net two more times, but Twente missed the chance to go top of the league table, as they lost 3–2 at home to

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. De Jong's two goals meant he had scored seven times in the past three Eredivisie fixtures. On 8 March, in a Europa League match against

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, de Jong was the protagonist of a controversial penalty decision that resulted in a red card for Schalke defender

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, and a penalty kick which he himself successfully converted, to ensure the win for his side by 1–0. However, Twente ended up falling out of the competition, losing 4–1 in the second leg in Germany, as de Jong's fellow Dutchman

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netted a hat-trick. De Jong scored twice in two minutes on 14 April to put his side 2–1 up away to

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, but an injury-time strike from

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denied Twente the chance to close the gap on title rivals

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. He finished the season with 25 goals on a joint-second place, seven behind top-scorer Bas Dost. At the end of the 2011–12 season, De Jong announced his decision to leave the club. Having attracted the interest of several clubs around Europe, including

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side

, de Jong accused the club's chairman Joop Munsterman of increasing the asking price for him. In response, the Munsterman and

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expressed dismay over de Jong's comments.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 18 July 2012, de Jong signed for

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side

on a five-year deal, with a fee of €15 million (£12.6m), having stated it was his dream to join. Eight months later after the move, de Jong stated the Bundesliga was "a great place to develop as a player". He made his debut with Mönchengladbach in a match against Munich 1860; his team ended up winning 4–2, however, de Jong was quite anonymous during his first match, failing to score or assist any goals. On 21 August, he started his first European game for Mönchengladbach and in the process scored an

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from a free kick in a 3–1 defeat at the hands of

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during the Champions League Qualifiers. On 15 September, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat to 1. Nürnberg, converting a tap in after a cross from Patrick Herrmann. However, later in the season, De Jong's first team opportunities soon faded after falling out with manager

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, and only made 23 appearances, scoring six times. Towards the end of the season, De Jong reiterated he was confident he could prove himself as the best striker. However, in the 2013–14 season, De Jong's first team place remained limited, as his playing minutes significantly decreased and made 14 appearances in the first half of the season.

Newcastle United (loan)

On 29 January 2014, de Jong completed a loan signing with

side

until the end of the 2013–14 season. He made his debut on 1 February in the

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against

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. In May 2014, it was announced that de Jong would be returning to Borussia Mönchengladbach after he failed to score in any of his twelve appearances for Newcastle.

PSV

On 12 July 2014, de Jong signed a five-year deal with PSV for a fee of €5.5m. Following his move to PSV, De Jong said he felt he had made a mistake by moving to Germany. De Jong made his official debut for the club, where he scored in both legs, as PSV beat

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4–2 on aggregate in the third round of Europa League. It took until 31 August 2014 for De Jong to score his first league goal for the club, in a 2–0 win over Vitesse Arnhem. On 17 December 2014, de Jong scored his first hat-trick for the club in a 4–3 home win over

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, and his second on 13 February 2015 in a 4–2 away win over

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. He also scored twice on 18 April, as the team defeated Heerenveen 4–1 for their 22nd Eredivisie title and first since 2008. On 2 August 2015, de Jong scored a double to help PSV clinch the

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Sevilla

On 1 July 2019, de Jong signed a four-year contract with Spanish club

. On 16 August 2020, de Jong scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over

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in the semi-finals of the

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. On 21 August, he scored twice in a 3–2 win over

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in the

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, whilst being named the

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. With his performance in the Europa League, he subsequently was named in the Squad of the Season. On 28 October 2020, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against

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in the

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group stage.

Barcelona (loan)

On 31 August 2021, de Jong joined

on a season-long loan until 30 June 2022. On 23 September, he made his debut in a goalless draw against

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, starting and playing 67 minutes before being substituted for

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. Three days later, he scored his first goal for the club, assisted by

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, in a 3–0

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victory over Levante.

Return to PSV

On 2 July 2022, de Jong rejoined PSV from Sevilla on a three-year contract.

International career

De Jong received his first call-up for the Netherlands senior team for a friendly against

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on 9 February 2011, making his debut in the same match, replacing Dirk Kuyt. He scored his first international goal on 6 September 2011, in a 2–0 win during the

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game against

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that secured the Netherlands qualification to the finals. On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for

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manager

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. He was one of the 23 players chosen to represent the team in the tournament, but did not make any appearances.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first.''

Honours

Twente *

: 2009–10 *

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 ...

: 2010–11 * Johan Cruyff Shield:

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PSV *Eredivisie: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 *Johan Cruyff Shield:

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Sevilla *

: 2019–20 Individual * Eredivisie Top Scorer: 2018–19 (shared with

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) *Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19 *UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2019–20

References

External links

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Netherlands U19 stats
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Netherlands U21 stats
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