Facts about Frenkie de Jong, The future of FC Barcelona

Frenkie de Jong's first season at Barcelona has had a bitter-sweet taste. De Jong joined

after a sensational season with Ajax Amsterdam in which he won the domestic double and reached Uefa Champions League semi-final.

After the heartbreaking loss to Tottenham, the promising holding midfielder joined his long-time favorite club, Barcelona. Yet in his first season at the Camp Nue, Barcelona experienced one of its worst seasons in recent memory.  Frenkie de Jong Injury caused him a dip of form in the latter stages of the season. Brcelona lost La Liga to Real Madrid and had humiliating exits in Copa Del Rey and the Champions League. The latter with a nightmare 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munchen.

Moreover, Barcelona changed their coach three times during the season and Frenkie de Jong position was changed by Ernesto Valverde and his successor, Quiqe Setien. Still, with the appointment of Netherland's former coach and Barcelona legend,

as the new manager the future looks bright for the youngster as Koeman has shown that he can get the best out of Frenkie in the national team.

So although de Jong came to Barcelona in the time its golden generation has been shown the end of their era, looking at Frenkie de Jong age, he sure is going to be a key member in Barcelona's new project. Here are all the interesting facts about Frenkie de Jong you would probably enjoy to read.

Top facts about Frenkie de Jong you might want to know

Known for his incredible passing ability, Frenkie de Jong is a good dribbler as well. A combination that makes him one of the hottest talents in the world of football. His talent in reading the game and make crucial interceptions has been praised almost by all of his coaches.

Frenkie had the most successful year of his career in 2018-2019 in which he won the domestic treble with Ajax and reached the semi-final of the

. First we will take a look at some general information about the Dutch midfielder and then we preset you with some of the most interesting

facts about Frenkie de Jong

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• Full Name:

  Frenkie de Jong

• Nicknames:

  Fatty; El Futuro

• Date and Place of Birth:

  May 12, 1997, Gorinchem, Netherlands

• Height & Weight:

  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 74 kg

• Family Members:

  John de Jong (Father), Marjon Schuchhard-De Bruijn (Mother), Youri de Jong (brother)

• Marital Status:

  Single

• Girlfriend:

  Mikky Kiemeney

• Jersey Number:

  21

• Zodiac Sign:

  Taurus

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Frenkie de Jong Birthday, Zodiac Sign and nationality

Frenkie de Jong Nationality is Dutch. he was born in 12th of May. Among the interesting facts about Frenkie de Jong birthday is that he was born two days before his current team, Barcelona won the

for the fourth time. Frenkie de Jong Zodiac sign is Taurus. He shares his birthday with many great legends in football and other fields. Some of the most important figures who were born on 12th of May are:

• Footballers:

  Marcelo (Real Madrid's Brazilian Left-back)

• Actors and Actresses:

  Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Katharine Hepburn

• Singers:

  Vanessa A. Williams

Frenkie De Jong Childhood and Parents 

Frenkie de Jong childhood was all about football. Many members of de Jong Family either have or had a background in football. His father John de Jong played for ASV Arkel at the amateur level. His mother and his grandfather also played football, but not in a professional way. His brother is following Frenkie's footsteps and is playing for ASV's football academy. His long-time Girlfriend Mikky Kiemeney was a professional hockey player and is passionate about football as well.

Frenkie was an obvious talent from an early age. And according to his father, scouts were at their door when Frenkie was 5 years old. By the time he turned seven his father arranged two trials for him, one with

II and the other with Feyenoord, the club his family has always been a supporter of.

 Frenkie passed both tests with ease, but decided to join Willem II, much to the surprise of his parents. He had no problem moving up through Willem's academy ranks and in 2015 he reached the best cornerstone of his career by joining Ajax Amsterdam. Coincidentally de Jong played his debut for Ajax against his childhood club, Willem II.

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De Jong was bought for €1 and was sold for 75 million Euros by Ajax

Frenkie arrived at Barcelona from Ajax, but while the latter is renowned for its youth system he actually came through the ranks at Willem II, joining Ajax for the symbolic fee of just €1. In exchange for allowing the budding star to leave on a free, Willem II were promised 10 percentage of any sell-on transfer fee and cashed in when de Jong made a big money move to Barcelona in 2019.

Frenkie signed a four-year deal with top Dutch club, Ajax in the summer transfer window of 2015. He moved to

for €1 million and a 10% payment for a future sale of Frenkie was agreed.

Frenkie de Jong religion

Frenkie is a Christian and has stated in many interviews that he holds the religion close to his heart but does not consider himself to be highly religious. 

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Frenkie de Jong Net worth, Salary and Market Value

Frenkie de Jong net worth is 12 Million Euro (10 Million Pound) and according to Frenkie de Jong Transfermarket, his market value is 90 Million Euro (80 Million Pound).

According to wtfoot website Frenkie de Jong salary in 2019 was 16 Million Euro (14.3 Million Pound) per year.

Frenkie de Jong Transfermarket

Looking at Frenkie de Jong stats in his career we see that He has played a total of 180 games for three clubs, Barcelona, Ajax Amsterdam and Willem II and has scored 15 goals. On the international level, de Jong has 15 caps for N

and one goal. (a 4-2 win against Germany in Euro 2020 Qualifiers). .

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Frenkie de Jong girlfriend, Relationships and Martial Status

One of the most interesting facts about Frenkie de Jong is that he has been in a relationship with his girlfriend, Mikky Kiemeney since they were both teenagers. They met at the time Frenkie was playing for Willem's academy and kept their love going to this day. They live together in Barcelona.

Frenkie de Jong girlfriend is also a professional football player and had a career spell as a Hockey player as well. She and Frenkie met in high school. By that time Frenkie was playing for Willem and Mikky was a Hockey player for Dutch side

. Mikky is also a professional Model and was once on the cover of Glamor Magazine. 

Mikky has always been supportive of each other. When Frenkie signed for Barcelona Milky wrote the following heartfelt message on her Instagram account:

 "23rd January 2019: The day that you can tell the world you're going to play for your dream club. You made that big dream reality. I can't wait to enjoy every minute of it together. We're going to live your dream."

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De Jong is the twentieth Dutch player to play for FC Barcelona

Among the most interesting facts about Frenkie de Jong career in Barcelona is his new club history with Dutch players.

and Dutch football players have had a long history of interest in each other. From the time Johan Cruyff arrived in Barcelona and helped them to become an all-conquering team, Dutch players were welcomed in Barcelona and some of them had wonderful career spells there. Cruyff revolutionized football with his new and eye-catching system known as Total Football. For him the first line of attack should be started with the goalkeeper and the first line of defense should be the strikers.

In this system the goalkeeper and the defenders are responsible for building up attacks from the back and forwards have to constantly press the opposition defense line when the team doesn't have the ball. High pressing, passing and team play is of utmost importance and both Barcelona and Ajax Amsterdam teach the same system in their Academies.

Since the golden era of Cruyff, Barcelona has been playing the same kind of football as the other Cruyff's club,

. Through the years many Dutch and non-Dutch players has come to Barcelona from Ajax Amsterdam. Among the most successful ones are:

 Ronald Koeman (former player and present coach of Barcelona), Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars and the De Boer Brothers. While some other Dutch footballers like Bogarde and Michael Reizeiger did not enjoy the success which they expected at the club. De Jong is now Barcelona's 20th Dutch player and hopes to write his own story with his beloved club.

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Some short interesting facts about Frenkie de Jong

• De Jong (meaning Young in English), is the most used surname in Netherlands as there are almost a hundred thousand people of that name.

• Frenkie de Jong Height is 180 Cm and Frenkie de Jong Weight is 74 kg.

• His hometown Arkel, a city of just 4 thousand population in the south of Netherlands. Frenkie had a habit of visiting Arkel at least once a week when he was playing at Willem and Ajax.

• Although Frenkie de Jong position on the field is central midfielder, he has played as central defender, attacking midfielder and left-wing in Barcelona and Ajax.

At the moment there are our players with the surname de Jong active in world top leagues: Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Luuk de Jong (

), Nigel de Jong (Al-Ahli) and Siem de Jong (Sydney FC).

• Ronald Koeman, the present coach of Frenkie de Jong at Barcelona is the player who scored blaugrana's winning goal against Sampdoria in the final of 1992 Uefa Champions League. He was also de Jong's coach in the national team until he signed for Barcelona.

• Nouri, the Ajax player who fell in a coma in 2017 is a close friend to Frenkie. They were best friends and moved through the Ajax academy ranks together. By the time Nouri was out of coma, Frenkie was on the verge of completing his move to Barcelona. Upon hearing the news from Frenkie, Nouri raised his eyebrow which Frenkie took as a sign of luck in his new path.

• Frenkie de Jong number is 21 and young de Jong has an emotional history with it. His grandfather, Hans who influenced his grandson was born on 21th of April and died at the day Frenkie  turned 21. Frankie de Jong number both at Ajax and Barcelona has been 21.

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Frenkie de Jong quotes

One of the most amusing parts of SportMob's article on facts about Frenkie de Jong is a look back at his most interesting and controversial quotes about himself and other players.

Upon the chances of joining Barcelona and playing alongside Lionel Messi:

"Of course I love to play with

, but I have to hurry up because he is already 31 years old"

"When I was a kid, my grandfather gave me a green Barcelona shirt with Messi's name on the back of it. I kept wearing the shirt until it was got too small"

"I like to watch the great players, the ones who are technically good and understand the game. I try to see how they move."

About his secret in playing simple yet eye-catching football:

"I try to have a picture when I receive the ball and know where everyone is. That's one of the most important things for a midfielder."

"I like to watch the great players, the ones who are technically good and understand the game. I try to see how they move."

About the role of intuition in his playing style:

"When I am on the pitch, I play on intuition, but I think a lot about the game as well."

"My quality is my intuition. I can't just ignore that, can I? Then I'd be a player of whom there are a thousand of my age."

Frenkie de Jong achievements

We round up our article on the top facts about Frenkie de Jong with a list of his most notable achievements at club and international level.

Eredivisie title: 2018–19

UEFA Europa League (2016-17) and UEFA Nations League runner-up (2018-2019), Uefa Champions League Semi-Finalist (2018-2019)

Eredivisie Player of the Month (2 Times), Eredivisie Player of the Season, UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season, UEFA Midfielder of the Season, Dutch Football Talent of the Year, UEFA Nations League Finals Young Player of the Tournament and FIFA FIFPro World11 (all in 2018-2019)

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