Dutch football player

Donyell Malen ( yield 19 January 1999 ) is a dutch professional football player who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Netherlands national team. Malen has besides featured at youth floor for Ajax and Arsenal. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Wieringen, Hollands Kroon, Malen began his career with Ajax in 2007. Despite a great deal of resistance coming from Ajax, in 2015 he left Ajax to join english cabaret Arsenal. Malen joined up due to Arsenal being the english of his heroes Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp. [ 2 ] [ 6 ]

arsenal [edit ]

Malen whilst featuring for Arsenal Malen began playing for the young teams of Arsenal in the Youth Premier League together with the FA Youth Cup, and the UEFA Youth League in the 2015–16 season. He began to display his impressive talent during his debut season for the Gunners. [ 3 ] He scored in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final away to Coventry City which Arsenal won on penalties. [ 7 ] Coming off the bench, he scored against Manchester City in the semi-final of the 2016 FA Youth Cup at the Emirates Stadium. [ 8 ] and played 30 times during the season, scoring 14 goals. [ 3 ] During the 2016–17 season, Malen was used a great share on the wing, [ 9 ] and was included in the cabaret ‘s 2017–18 pre-season tour of Australia and China. [ 10 ] He made his senior debut for Arsenal in a 2–0 succeed over Sydney on 13 July. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

PSV [edit ]

Malen was sold by Arsenal to PSV Eindhoven in deep August 2017. [ 13 ] Malen went on to play as a winger for Jong PSV. [ 14 ] On 24 November Malen scored a brace in Jong PSV ‘s 6–0 thump of Telstar. [ 15 ] He again netted in PSV II ‘s 3–0 winnings over FC Oss on 27 November. [ 16 ] Malen scored and picked up an assist in PSV II ‘s 2–3 personnel casualty to Fortuna upon 4 December. [ 17 ] He again scored in a 1–1 draw off to Go Ahead Eagles on 12 December. [ 18 ] Malen went on to be named in Voetbal International ‘s Jupiler League team of the workweek a day late. [ 19 ] Malen was awarded the Bronze Bull for being the Best endowment for the second period of the 2017–18 Jupiler League on 29 January 2018. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He went to make his debut for PSV in a 4–0 Eredivisie succeed over PEC Zwolle on 3 February. [ 5 ] Malen went on to win the 2018 Eredivisie title with PSV. [ 22 ] He besides ended the 2017–18 season as Jong PSV ‘s topscorer. [ 23 ] On 14 September 2019, Malen scored all 5 goals for PSV as they thrashed Vitesse. [ 24 ] On 29 October 2020, he scored a brace in a 2–1 away win over AC Omonia in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. [ 25 ] Malen had his most generative campaign for PSV during the 2020–21 season, scoring 19 goals in 32 matches as his club finished second in the Eredivisie. [ 26 ] He added a far 8 goals across Europa League and KNVB Cup rival and he besides registered 10 assists, displaying his characteristics as a multi-faceted forward. [ 26 ]

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

On 27 July 2021, Malen completed a move to Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, signing a five-year deal. [ 26 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

Malen in March 2017 whilst playing for the Netherlands

Born in the Netherlands, Malen is of Surinamese descent. [ 27 ] At the 2016 Under 17 Euros held in Azerbaijan, Malen played throughout the tournament where the Oranje got to the semitrailer finals. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] He went on to feature for the Netherlands under-18 team. [ 31 ] He besides was called up, in December 2016, for the Dutch team for the 2017 UEFA european Under-19 Championship [ 32 ] [ 4 ] [ 31 ] In March 2017 Malen scored in the 86th minute of an U18 game against Austria to equalise for the Dutch in an eventual 1–1 draw. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] He was part of the Dutch police squad which took separate in a four-team tournament, scoring a 90th minute equalizer against Portugal and then scored a brace in a 9–0 rout of Finland. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] During an U19 Euro qualifier on 7 October, Malen netted for Netherlands ‘s U19s to cap off a 2–0 victory at home against Hungary. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Malen two days late scored in extra time to secure a 2–2 draw with Slovenia, meaning Netherlands finished top of the group and qualified for the 2018 U19 Euros. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] With the score locked at 1–1 in a friendly against Italy U19 ‘s, Malen hit a free bang to score the winning goal on 9 November. [ 42 ] Malen then scored a pair for the Netherlands in a friendly off to Serbia U19 ‘s. [ 43 ]

elder [edit ]

Malen made his senior international debut for the Netherlands on 6 September 2019, in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Germany in Hamburg. He came off the bench in the 58th moment and scored his team ‘s third goal in a 4–2 victory. [ 44 ]

style of shimmer [edit ]

Malen is a enormously quick player who possesses bang-up dribbling skills and an aptitude for prolific finish scoring. Malen has been likened by ex-Ajax youth coach Brian Tevreden to Chilean ahead Alexis Sánchez. [ 45 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 15 December 2021[46]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong PSV 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 22 13 — — — 22 13
PSV Eindhoven 2017–18 Eredivisie 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2018–19 Eredivisie 31 10 2 0 8[a] 1 1[b] 0 42 11
2019–20 Eredivisie 14 11 0 0 10[c] 6 1[b] 0 25 17
2020–21 Eredivisie 32 19 3 1 10[d] 7 — 45 27
Total 81 40 5 1 28 14 2 0 116 55
Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Bundesliga 15 3 1 0 6[a] 3 1[e] 0 23 6
Career total 118 56 6 1 34 17 3 0 161 74

International [edit ]

As of match played 13 November 2021[47]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2019 4 1
2020 2 0
2021 11 3
Total 17 4
Scores and results list the Netherlands’ goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Malen goal.[47]

Honours [edit ]

PSV
Individual

References [edit ]