Luuk de Jong
Dutch footballer (born 1990)
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- Luuk de Jong ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlyɡ də ˈjɔŋ] ; born 27 August 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto.
- He played over 200 games for the club, scoring over 100 goals, and helped them win the Eredivisie three times in his five-season stay.
- He re-joined PSV in 2022.
- Early life De Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland to Dutch professional volleyball players George de Jong and Loekie Raterink.
- Club career De Graafschap De Jong joined the youth academy of De Graafschap at the age of 10, before making his professional debut for the club at the age of 18 in a 2–0 loss to NAC Breda in the Eredivisie on 7 November 2008.
Luuk de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlyɡ də ˈjɔŋ]; born 27 August 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto.
De Jong previously played for DZC '68, De Graafschap, Twente, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Newcastle United, before joining PSV Eindhoven in 2014. He played over 200 games for the club, scoring over 100 goals, and helped them win the Eredivisie three times in his five-season stay. In 2019, he joined Sevilla, before going out on loan to Barcelona in 2021. He re-joined PSV in 2022.
A former Dutch international, De Jong represented the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Early life
De Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland to Dutch professional volleyball players George de Jong and Loekie Raterink. When he was four years old, the family relocated to Doetinchem, Netherlands, where Luuk grew up along with his older brother Siem.
Club career
De Graafschap
De Jong joined the youth academy of De Graafschap at the age of 10, before making his professional debut for the club at the age of 18 in a 2–0 loss to NAC Breda in the Eredivisie on 7 November 2008. He scored his first career goal against FC Twente on 8 February 2009.
On 6 April, De Jong announced he had signed a three-year contract with Twente, whom he would join for the start of the 2009–10 season.
In De Jong's final appearance for De Graafschap, the club was relegated to the Eerste Divisie, losing 1–0 to RKC Waalwijk in a play-off on 3 June.
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