Ryan Jiro Gravenberch (born 16 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Netherlands national team.
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Full name | Ryan Jiro Gravenberch[1] | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 20) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||
Number | 38 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Zeeburgia | ||||||||||||
2010–2018 | Ajax | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2018–2020 | Jong Ajax | 44 | (8) | ||||||||||
2018–2022 | Ajax | 72 | (7) | ||||||||||
2022– | Bayern Munich | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||
2018 | Netherlands U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018–2020 | Netherlands U19 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||
2020 | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||
2021– | Netherlands | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:21, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022 (UTC) |
Gravenberch joined the Ajax Youth Academy in 2010, and worked his way up through the junior levels.[3] On 7 June 2018, he received the first ever "Abdelhak Nouri Trofee", which recognizes the best talent in the Ajax academy.[4] He signed his first professional contract with Ajax that same day, keeping him at the club until 2023.[5] Gravenberch made his professional debut with Jong Ajax in a 5–2 Eerste Divisie win over FC Dordrecht on 24 August 2018.[6]
Gravenberch made his senior debut with Ajax on 23 September 2018, in a 3–0 Eredivisie loss to PSV.[7] Gravenberch became the youngest ever Ajax player to play in the Eredivisie at 16 years and 130 days, surpassing the record of 16 years and 242 days set by Clarence Seedorf.[8]
On 25 November 2020, Gravenberch scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–1 win over Midtjylland in the 2020–21 season.[9]
On 18 April 2021, Gravenberch scored the first goal in a 2–1 win over Vitesse in the 2021 KNVB Cup Final.[10]
On 13 June 2022, Gravenberch signed for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on a five-year contract.[11] The transfer fee paid to Ajax was a reported €18 million, with an additional €5 million in variables.[12] On 31 August 2022, he scored his first goal and provided an assist in a 5–0 win over Viktoria Köln in the DFB-Pokal.[13]
Gravenberch is a youth international for the Netherlands. At the age of 16, he represented the Netherlands U19s in a friendly 4–1 loss to the England U19s on 5 September 2018.[14]
He was called up to the senior Netherlands squad in November 2020.[15] He made his debut on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Turkey. On 6 June 2021, Gravenberch scored in an international friendly game against Georgia where the Netherlands won 3–0.[16][11]
Gravenberch was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.[17] Gravenberch's older brother, Danzell Gravenberch, is also a professional footballer.[18]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Ajax | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 27 | 2 | — | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | 17 | 6 | — | — | — | 17 | 6 | |||||
Total | 44 | 8 | — | — | — | 44 | 8 | |||||
Ajax | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |
2019–20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
2020–21 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 47 | 5 | |||
2021–22 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
Total | 72 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 12 | ||
Bayern Munich | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Career total | 126 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 21 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2021 | 10 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 6 June 2021 | De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands | 5 | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Ajax[21]
Bayern Munich
Netherlands U17[21]
Individual
FC Bayern Munich – current squad | |
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Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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Awards | |||||||||||||||||
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