That year, De Jong also won his first prizes: the cup and the national title with Ajax. Frenkie recovers the ball an average of 11. Coming on as a half-time substitute for , De Jong scored the Dutch's first two goals, with both goals having been assisted by leading to a 3—0 win. . Imagine him higher up the pitch and closer to goal!? In the , De Jong often found himself playing as a striker due to several injuries to the natural strikers on the Ajax roster.
But still, even with this fact under his belt, the system will more often than not fail to register actions that include bursting in-between two or even three players to win space or set up a play. This means that he makes 1. This has come to fruition due to some new players arriving at the club, most notably, Daley Blind from Manchester United in the late summer transfer window. On 16 January, just before turning 19, he extended his contract with Ajax to June 2013. Here, Frenkie receives the ball, relieved off any pressure, and decides to pull the trigger and make a run forward, beating his man, and then making a line-breaking pass to find his teammate, who is now, thanks to de Jong, completely unmarked.
The percentage of successful dribbles remains high up, as can be seen in the chart below. His debut was also as a substitute, away at , where he scored an injury-time equaliser. Following his signing for the club, De Jong was named as a vice-captain by manager. De Jong scored both goals against on 2 May 2012, helping Ajax retain the Eredivisie title. When we say that Frenkie de Jong feels no pressure we really, really mean it.
De Jong played three more games for the under-21 team, but they failed to qualify for the. Master on and off the ball, creator, defender, attacker, you name it and he has probably done it. Archived from on 2 October 2008. He scored in the qualifying campaign for the once in his debut game in 83rd minute against 2—0 win. Archived from on 17 January 2008. On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for by Netherlands manager. Still, as of this moment, de Jong has been played all over midfield and in the backline for Ajax.
He also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with that club, beating Real Madrid and Juventus, among others. Conclusion The fact that it is so difficult to pinpoint Frenkie de Jong and to completely grasp everything he does on the pitch makes for a great argument why every single big club is waiting in line for his signature. Archived from on 7 July 2014. His long passes are also at a relatively high 65. Only last season, Frenkie completed 54 out of 58 dribblings which resulted in an unreal rate of 3.
Following a three-year spell with side and a loan spell with , De Jong returned to Ajax in 2017. Because of his injury in March, he missed the qualifying game against and was replaced by. In the next qualifying campaign, he was more successful, playing three games and scoring in two of them. De Jong was recalled for the and scored the opening goal against in a 3—0 win. He recovered from this injury in early April, returning fit for the match against De Graafschap. This made him miss all the games from 16 March onward, including matches against , and.
The Dutch production line never sleeps and the latest generation of super talents is the definite proof of that thesis. He played three games there, but the did not qualify for the. De Jong was due to make his return to the Newcastle first team in February 2015, but he was sidelined for a further eight weeks due to a collapsed lung, a condition he had previously experienced while at Ajax. It has to be noted that he achieves these high stats while mostly playing in defensive roles. When we take a look at his overall career dribbling, it still stays incredibly high at 87. After recovering from his injury in April, De Haan recalled him but De Jong failed to make the final squad for the. What is actually most frightening is that he is only, 21, which means that his prime is still far away down the line.
Last season, the Dutch titan has preferred two system to all others: 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3. If the media is to be believed, are still in the driving seat as the Catalan capital is the dream destination for this Dutch wunderkind but just who exactly is Frenkie de Jong and what kind of a player is he? Overall, he sends a total of 66. Archived from on 15 November 2014. Frenkie de Jong, a 21-year old midfielder leads the line as he is already approached by most of the biggest who look to secure his signature. Another thing that has to be noted, which is also an off the ball category, is his defending.
General source: Discrepancies are noted individually. Here, he receives the ball when pinned down to the sidelines with a marker on his back. With Ajax 1, he played, among other games, in the Europa League final against Manchester United. He was in fine form in the , scoring once at home to English Champions and scored twice away from home in the same fixture on 6 November 2012. Still, being compared with Leo when it comes to dribbling is already a huge success. We already established that he loves his line-breaking passes but that is just an understatement. He can use the safe route to his backline but instead, he opts for a slight body-feint, followed by a quick survey of his surroundings to find a pass to a free player now not too far away from him.