Mitchell Dijks

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Mitchell Dijks
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Clement Dijks
Date of birth (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Purmerend, Netherlands
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Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 35
Youth career
000?–2009 Volendam
2009–2012 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Ajax 6 (0)
2013–2014 → Heerenveen (loan) 24 (0)
2014–2015 Willem II 28 (0)
2015– Ajax 29 (0)
International career‡
2009 Netherlands U16 1 (1)
2010–2011 Netherlands U18 6 (0)
2012 Netherlands U19 3 (0)
2012–2013 Netherlands U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:05, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Mitchell Dijks (born 9 February 1993 in Purmerend) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left back for AFC Ajax in the Eredivisie and for Netherlands U21.

Career

AFC Ajax

Born in Purmerend, Dijks was recruited into the youth ranks of then AFC Ajax partner club FC Volendam in 2009.[2] While playing for the Ajax A1 youth squad in 2011–12, Dijks helped his side to win the Nike Eredivisie league title,[3] as well finishing as runners-up to Inter Milan in the NextGen Series (the Champions League equivalent for under-20 teams) after losing on penalties (5–3) following a 1–1 deadlock after extra time.[4]

Dijks made his first team debut on 5 August 2012 against PSV in the Johan Cruyff Shield in which he played 76 minutes in before being subbed off for Dico Koppers and he also received a yellow card.[5] Ajax lost the match 4–2.[5] Dijks then made his league debut with Ajax on 19 August 2012 against NEC, playing 79 minutes before being replaced by Joël Veltman.[6] The match ended 6–1 in favor of Ajax.[6] He made a total of 6 league appearances playing in the Left back position. playing in a KNVB Cup match as well, all while helping Ajax to win the Eredivisie title in his debut season, making it the team's 32nd Dutch league title overall.

sc Heerenveen (loan)

For the 2013–14 Eredivisie season, Dijks signed on loan with fellow Dutch top-tier club SC Heerenveen for the whole season.[7] On 3 August 2013 in the season opener against AZ, Dijks was sent off in his first match for his new club. Dijks was ejected following a reckless tackle in the 71' minute of the match, which ended a 4–2 victory at the Abe Lenstra Stadion.[8]

Willem II

On 28 August 2014 it was announced that Mitchell Dijks had signed a 2-year contract with Eredivisie side Willem II.[9]

Return to Ajax

On the 26th of June 2015, Ajax announced they had re-signed Dijks from Willem II. As part of the deal Ajax youngsters Richairo Živković, Ruben Ligeon and Lesly de Sa will head the other way on loan.[10]

International

Dijks has represented the Netherlands at under-18, under-19, and the under-21 level. He was selected in the final Dutch under-19 squad for the elite stage of the 2012 Euro U19 qualification. He started and played in the team's first match of the elite stage against Norway U19 and lasted the full 90 while he gained a yellow card in the 54th minute as the Dutch won 2–1.[11] He then played in the Netherlands last match of qualifiers against France U19 coming on a substitute in the 20th minute for Mats van Huijgevoort.[12] The match ended in disaster for Dijks and the Dutch as they lost 6–0 and thus lost out European U19 qualification.[12] Then on 15 August 2012 Dijks made his debut for the Dutch under-21 team in a friendly against Italy U21, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Johan Kappelhof as the Dutch lost 3–0.

Dijks received his first call up to the senior Netherlands team in March 2016 for friendlies against France and England.[13]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
2012–13 Ajax Eredivisie 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2013–14 SC Heerenveen (loan) 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2014–15 Willem II 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2015–16 Ajax 29 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 39 0
Total Netherlands 70 0 6 0 9 0 0 0 85 0
Career total 70 0 6 0 9 0 0 0 85 0
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 8 May 2016.[14][15]

Honours

Club

Ajax A1 (under-20)
Ajax

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ajax.nl/ajax-1/selectie/speler/mitchell-dijks.htm
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