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Donny van de Beek ( [ dɔniː vɑn də beːk ] ; born 18 April 1997 ) is a dutch professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team. He joined the Ajax academy in 2008. In 2015, Van de Beek made his competitive debut for the club in a UEFA Europa League couple against scottish club Celtic. In the 2016–17 season, Ajax progressed to the Europa League Final, but lost to Manchester United. During the 2017–18 temper, Van de Beek established himself as a key player in Ajax ‘s starting eleven. Following the 2018–19 campaign, in which Ajax reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Van de Beek was listed among the 30-man short list for the Ballon d’Or. With Ajax, he won the Eredivisie title, KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield. In international football, Van de Beek has represented the Netherlands at youth level. In November 2017, he made his senior external introduction against Romania. In 2019, he was part of the team that reached the first always UEFA Nations League Final, but lost to Portugal .
early life [edit ]
Van de Beek was born in Amersfoort, Utrecht. [ 4 ] His parents are André and Gerdina van de Beek. [ 5 ] André is a patron of Ajax and took Donny to their stadium at the age of five. [ 6 ] Donny ‘s younger brother Rody played for Veensche Boys. [ 7 ]
Club career [edit ]
early years [edit ]
Van de Beek began his career as a boy with the local Veensche Boys ‘ academy where his founder, André, once played. [ 6 ] In August 2014, he joined the Ajax young academy signing a three-year contract, [ 8 ] and was assigned to the D-team. He progressed further through the academy and featured in the A1 team Supercup victory against the Feyenoord A1 team. [ 9 ] On 27 January 2015, he signed a compress annex, to keep him at the clubhouse until mid-2018. [ 10 ] Van de Beek made his debut for Jong Ajax ( the Ajax reserve team ) in the Eerste Divisie against Sparta Rotterdam in January 2015. [ 11 ] Two months late, director Frank de Boer called him to the senior team for a league match against ADO Den Haag as an injury surrogate. [ 12 ] however, he was an idle substitute in that meet. [ 13 ] At the end of the 2014–15 temper, he won the AFC Ajax Talent of the Future award. [ 14 ] In November 2015, Van de Beek was called to the elder team for a UEFA Europa League match against scottish baseball club Celtic. [ 15 ] He made his european debut in the equal, which Ajax won 2–1. [ 16 ] He termed his debut as “ beautiful ” and added : “ I have taken my duels well. It was of course unmanageable because the game went back and forth continuously. But I think I did fine. ” [ 16 ] Three days late, Van de Beek made his first team debut in a 2–0 league victory against PEC Zwolle. [ 17 ] In the following month, he scored his first goal for Ajax in a 1–1 draw against norwegian club Molde FK. [ 18 ] As he scored the goal, his fountainhead collided with opposition player Joona Toivio ‘s causing his exit eyebrow to bleed. [ 19 ] Commenting on the goal, he said that he would not soon forget it. [ 20 ] The goal besides won him the club ‘s Goal of the Month award. [ 21 ] Voetbal International reported in January 2016 that director De Boer was impressed by Van de Beek and said he would continue to play with the first team “ until far notice ”. [ 22 ] After the departures of John Heitinga and Yaya Sanogo, he was formally promoted to the first base team on 16 February. [ 23 ] Media reports in March suggested that german club Bayern Munich was concerned in signing him. [ 24 ] By the end of the 2015–16 season, he cemented his position with the first team, and was besides playing regularly for the Ajax under-19 team in the UEFA Youth League. [ 13 ] [ 25 ] spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo reported that Barcelona was considering options to secure his services. [ 25 ]
ajax [edit ]
At the begin of the 2016–17 season, fresh director Peter Bosz included Van de Beek in the Ajax police squad for the UEFA Champions League qualification match against Greek club PAOK for a couple of reasons : Bosz was impressed by Van de Beek ‘s performance during pre-season friendlies in Austria, Riechedly Bazoer was injured and Nemanja Gudelj was suspended. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] On 26 July, he made his Champions League debut against PAOK, starting in the 1–1 draw. [ 13 ] [ 28 ] While playing for the reserves during the season he and Abdelhak Nouri were the lone players who were given more than a seven rat on average by Voetbal International. [ 29 ] In November, he was included in the Europa League Team of the Week for his operation against Panathinaikos. He was a part of a midfield trio with Nouri and Lasse Schöne. [ 30 ] Van de Beek replaced Schöne in the seventieth moment of the Europa League final examination against Manchester United, with Ajax losing the match 2–0. [ 31 ] Commenting on Van de Beek ‘s 2017–18 pre-season matches, the dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad wrote that he had successfully filled the null created by the passing of Davy Klaassen who had recently moved to English club Everton. [ 32 ] In October, English club Tottenham Hotspur scouted him in the Netherlands. [ 33 ] He scored a goal in both legs of the Champions League modifier against french club Nice. In the first leg, he scored an equalizer in the 36th minute of the 1–1 absorb ; taking an advantage of an mistake made by enemy goalkeeper Yoan Cardinale. [ 34 ] In the second leg, he found the internet in the first half of the 2–2 puff. [ 35 ] On 18 November, Van de Beek scored a hat-trick in an 8–0 league victory against NAC Breda. [ 36 ] Ajax captain Joël Veltman hailed the feat as “ excess nice ”. [ 37 ] He featured 34 times in the league and scored 11 times, besides adding six assists. In July 2018, he rejected an offer made by italian club Roma citing that “ Ajax is the right identify for his development ”. [ 38 ] Van de Beek played a pivotal function as the attacking midfielder for Ajax in the 2018–19 season, starting about every match in all competitions, as the team won their first league title in five years and surprisingly qualified for the semi-final of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. Van de Beek scored against Juventus on 16 April in the second leg of the quarter-final to help his team bump out the italian champion with a 3–2 on aggregate. On 7 May, he scored against Tottenham Hotspur in the first leg of the semi−final which resulted in a 1–0 aside victory for Ajax. Nonetheless, Ajax did not manage to advance to the final examination, losing the tie on away goals after a 2–3 get the better of at home. In the 2019–20 Champions League season, Van de Beek scored against Valencia in a 3–0 away acquire, and Chelsea in a 4–4 attract ; however, Ajax lost 1–0 at home to Valencia to be eliminated from the group stage. [ 39 ]
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manchester United [edit ]
On 30 August 2020, Ajax reached an agreement with English Premier League club Manchester United for the transfer of Van de Beek. [ 40 ] The transfer was completed three days late with Van de Beek signing a five-year contract for a reported £35 million plus £5 million in add-ons. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Van de Beek chose to wear the number 34 jersey as a protection to erstwhile Ajax teammate Abdelhak Nouri, who collapsed during a friendly in 2017 and went into an induce coma. [ 43 ] Van de Beek had little interest during his first gear season at Manchester United, starting only four Premier League matches. [ 13 ] [ 44 ] He made his debut in a friendly against Aston Villa on 12 September, before making his competitive debut as a substitute in the club ‘s opening Premier League fixture at home to Crystal Palace on 19 September ; he scored United ‘s only goal in a 3–1 frustration. [ 45 ]
International career [edit ]
On 11 September 2013, Van de Beek made his debut for the Netherlands under-17 team against Germany. [ 46 ] He was part of the squad that managed to reach the final examination of the 2014 UEFA european Under-17 Championship after defeating Scotland in the semi-final. [ 47 ] however, they finished runner-up to England. [ 48 ] On 14 November 2017, Van de Beek made his senior international debut against Romania in a friendly match. [ 49 ] He appeared in both games in the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals as a substitute, as the Netherlands defeated England 3–1 but lost to Portugal in the final 1–0. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] He scored his first international goal on 14 October 2020 in a 1–1 aside hook against Italy in the UEFA Nations League. [ 52 ] On 8 June 2021, Van De Beek was forced to withdraw from the Netherlands ’ team for the Euro 2020 campaign just days before the tournament got under way. It was disclosed by the Dutch FA that Van de Beek had been battling through injury and as a result, he had trained away from the main team. It was confirmed that he could not recover in time and would withdraw from the Netherlands ’ squad entirely. [ 53 ]
manner of play [edit ]
At Ajax, Van de Beek played as a cardinal midfielder. The spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo writes that he plays a more unsavory character compared to his counterparts on early teams. [ 54 ] According to erstwhile Ajax director Frank de Boer, Van de Beek plays best at the issue six position. [ 24 ] Goal.com described Van de Beek as a player who has “ excellent control and a big eye for a fall as he links up with the approach and is dangerous as he makes runs into the box ”. [ 55 ] While playing for the Ajax academy, he was compared with Davy Klaassen. however, Van de Beek rejected the comparison and said that he was a musician who wanted to keep the ball at his feet. [ 9 ] Former Ajax captain Joël Veltman described Van de Beek as a player who “ works very hard and can play between the lines ”. [ 37 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 2 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Jong Ajax
2014–15[13]
Eerste Divisie
6
0
—
—
—
—
6
0
2015–16[13]
Eerste Divisie
13
2
—
—
—
—
13
2
2016–17[13]
Eerste Divisie
16
6
—
—
—
—
16
6
Total
35
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
8
Ajax
2015–16[13]
Eredivisie
8
0
0
0
—
2[a]
1
—
10
1
2016–17[13]
Eredivisie
19
0
2
0
—
11[b]
0
—
32
0
2017–18[13]
Eredivisie
34
11
1
0
—
4[c]
2
—
39
13
2018–19[13]
Eredivisie
34
9
5
4
—
18[d]
4
—
57
17
2019–20[13]
Eredivisie
23
8
3
0
—
10[e]
2
1[f]
0
37
10
Total
118
28
11
4
0
0
45
9
1
0
175
41
Manchester United
2020–21[56]
Premier League
19
1
4
0
4
0
9[g]
0
—
36
1
2021–22[57]
Premier League
5
1
0
0
1
0
3[d]
0
—
9
1
Total
24
2
4
0
5
0
12
0
0
0
45
2
Career total
177
38
15
4
5
0
57
9
1
0
255
51
International [edit ]
- As of match played 30 March 2021[58]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Netherlands
2017
1
0
2018
4
0
2019
5
0
2020
7
2
2021
2
1
Total
19
3
- As of match played 30 March 2021
- Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each van de Beek goal[58]
Honours [edit ]
Ajax
Manchester United
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2020–21[63]
Netherlands U17
Individual