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Jan 18, 2024 · Watch the best skills, goals, and tackles from rising soccer star Tijjani Reijnders in this Ultra HD highlight video. See why he's one to watch for in 2024 a...
- Early Life
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- International Career
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Born in Zwolle, Reijnders is the son of Martin Reijnders, and the brother of Eliano Reijnders who are also professional footballers.Reijnders is of Moluccan descent through his mother, Angelina Lekatompessy. Despite not having any Nigerian ancestry, he is named after Nigerian footballer Tijani Babangida.
Early career
Reijnders' role in the football scene started at a young age, where he started his career with the FC Twenteyouth team. It's just that he played at FC Twente until the U-17 team before being released to CSV '28 and playing for one year from 2015 to 2016. In 2016, Reijnders joined his homeland team PEC ZwolleU-19 where he then moved up the level and appeared in the Eredivisie club's first team. Even at PEC Zwolle, Reijnders only played one year.
AZ Alkmaar
In 2017, development of his career accelerated rapidly. From working at a local Aldi supermarket and training in Zwolle, he crossed over to AZ's Under-21 team and moved up to the first professional team in 2018. In 2020, he was loaned to RKC Waalwijk for six months, from January to June. Afterwards, Reijnders returned to AZ and became part of the first team, in which he managed to play in the 2022–23 Europa Conference Leaguesemi-finals.
AC Milan
On 19 July 2023, Reijnders joined Serie A club AC Milan, signing a five-year contract until June 2028. On 21 August, he made his first competitive start for Rossoneri in a Serie A match against Bologna. On 11 November, in a Serie A match against Lecce at Stadio Via del mare, Reijnders scored his debut goal for Milan.
As a result of his family background, Reijnders was eligible to represent Indonesia or the Netherlands. On February 2022, it was reported that the head coach of the Indonesia national football team at that time, Shin Tae-yong, had tried to call him up, but he declined the opportunity. In June 2023, Reijnders received his first official call-up to t...
Reijnders is a mobile central midfielder with the penchant for going forward into the final third and the opposition's penalty area, to either make attempts at scoring or to press opponents. Upon his transfer to Milan, he was immediately integrated into the team's starting XI by manager Stefano Pioli as a left-sided central midfielder, known as mez...
Club
1. As of match played 25 May 2024
International
1. As of match played 10 June 2024 Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first.
Tijjani Reijnders – UEFA competition record (archive)Jun 16, 2024 · Tijjani Reijnders played the entire opening game for the Netherlands in the 2024 Euros, helping them clinch an important 2-1 win against Poland. Indeed, the AC Milan man was crucial in the build-up for the winner.
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Mar 22, 2024 · The Netherlands have taken the lead against Scotland in their international friendly. In the 40th minute, Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders opened the scoring with a spectacular long-range...
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Jul 21, 2023 · Tijjani Reijnders is getting to know the Rossonero world at the moment, which he will experience more and more from now on. The 24-year-old Dutchman is finally an AC Milan player and now, whilst we wait to see him on the pitch, let's get to know him better through five fun facts.
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