Tijjani Reijnders (born 29 July 1998) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for AZ Alkmaar.

Personal life

Reijnders is the son of

Martin Reynders Martin Reijnders ( anglicised to Martin Reynders; born 11 April 1972) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Netherlands, Finland and the United States. Career Reynders began his career with PEC Zwolle, graduat ...

, and the brother of Eliano Reijnders who are also professional footballers. Reijnders is of Indonesian descent through his mother. He was born in Zwolle on 29 July 1998.

Club Careers

Tijjani Reijnders' role in the football scene started at a young age, where he started his career with the FC Twente youth team. It's just that he played at FC Twente until the U-17 team before being released to CSV '28 and playing for one year from 2015 to 2016. In 2016, Tijjani Reijnders joined his homeland team PEC Zwolle U-19 where he then moved up the level and appeared in the Eredivisie club's first team. Even at PEC Zwolle Reijnders only played one year. In 2017, he crossed over to AZ Alkmaar's Under-21 team and moved up to the first team in 2018. In 2020, he was loaned to RKC Waalwijk for six months, from January to June. After that the son of former FC Zwolle striker, Martin Reijnders, returned to AZ Alkmaar and played in the first team.

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1998 births Living people Dutch people of Indonesian descent Sportspeople from Zwolle Dutch footballers Footballers from Overijssel Association football midfielders Netherlands youth international footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players AZ Alkmaar players Jong AZ players RKC Waalwijk players PEC Zwolle players {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub