Anfernee Dijksteel
Personal information
Full name Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-27) 27 October 1996[2]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender / midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
Number 15
Youth career
Nike Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Charlton Athletic 41 (1)
2019– Middlesbrough 101 (0)
International career‡
2016 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
2023– Suriname 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel (born 27 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Championship club Middlesbrough. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Suriname national team.

Club career

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]

Charlton Athletic

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]

Middlesbrough

On 7 August 2019, he was signed by Championship rivals Middlesbrough for £2m.[8]

International career

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]

On 9 March 2023 Dijksteel received his first international call up to Suriname.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Charlton Athletic 2015–16[11] Championship 0000000000
2016–17[12] League One 0000000000
2017–18[6] 10010206[lower-alpha 1]0190
2018–19[13] 30130105[lower-alpha 2]0391
2019–20[14] Championship 1000000010
Charlton Athletic total 4114030110591
Middlesbrough 2019–20[14] Championship 160001000170
2020–21[15] 290002000310
2021–22[16] 340400000380
2022–23[17] 20000101[lower-alpha 3]0220
2023–24[18] 2000100030
Middlesbrough total 10104050101110
Career total 142180801201701
  1. ↑ Five appearances in the EFL Trophy and one in the League One play-offs
  2. ↑ Two appearances in the EFL Trophy and three in the League One play-offs
  3. ↑ One appearance in the Championship play-offs

Honours

Charlton Athletic

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Anfernee Dijksteel". 11v11. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Anfernee Dijksteel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 Youlton, Clive (9 May 2017). "Everton and Ajax wanted him – now Charlton Athletic ace will push for first team place". Kent Live. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Groom, Olly (9 May 2017). "Anfernee Dijksteel commits future to Charlton". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Charlton Athletic 4-0 Scunthorpe United". 22 April 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
  8. ↑ Wilson, Scott (7 August 2019). "Middlesbrough agree £2m deal for Anfernee Dijksteel". Northern Echo. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Anfernee Dijksteel". worldfootball.net.
  10. ↑ "Suriname vs. Mexico - 24 March 2023 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Anfernee Dijksteel in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  19. ↑ Law, James (26 May 2019). "Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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