Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel (born 27 October 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Championship club Middlesbrough.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-10-27) 27 October 1996 (age 25)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Middlesbrough | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nike Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Charlton Athletic | 41 | (1) |
| 2019– | Middlesbrough | 83 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 17 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 7 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
Born in Amsterdam,[3] Dijksteel started his career in the youth team at Amsterdamsche FC before moving to England to play for the Nike Academy.[4]
He signed for Charlton Athletic development squad in January 2016, having played against the side in a friendly whilst playing for the Nike Academy.[4] He remained with the development squad until the end of the season before being promoted to the first team on a number of occasions during the 2016–17 season.[2] After impressing for Jason Euell's side he was rewarded in February 2017 with a new three-and-a-half contract extension.[5] In August 2017, he finally made his first team debut for the Addicks in a 2–1 victory over Exeter City in the EFL Cup.[6] He scored his first goal on Easter Monday, 22 April 2019, opening the scoring against Scunthorpe United in a 4–0 Charlton win.[7]
On 7 August 2019, he was signed by Championship rivals Middlesbrough for £2m.[8]
Dijksteel was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.[9] In March 2016, he received a call-up to the Netherlands under-20 side for a friendly against Portugal.[5] He went on to start in the match which finished as a 1–1 draw.[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 2015–16[10] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016–17[11] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[6] | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[12] | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20[13] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlton Athletic total | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 59 | 1 | ||
| Middlesbrough | 2019–20[13] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2020–21[14] | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[15] | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[16] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Middlesbrough total | 83 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 124 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 150 | 1 | ||
Charlton Athletic
Middlesbrough F.C. – current squad | |
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