var playerInfo={"6F2A70628678CF42F2F15CA1EF3BF952":"\u00a367.50M","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Frenkie de Jong","55115EEDFFE75225FD0E1787F70FC7CB":"2019-7-1","68B71F6A7FE5F18E":"74kg","156AB99B762676230C18DFFD85A3FAED":"<P><STRONG><U>CLUB<BR><BR><\/U><\/STRONG><STRONG>Ajax<\/STRONG><BR>Eredivisie: 2018&#8211;19<BR>KNVB Cup: 2018&#8211;19<BR>UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2016&#8211;17<BR><BR><STRONG>Barcelona<\/STRONG><BR>Copa del Rey: 2020&#8211;21<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INTERNATIONAL<BR><BR><\/U><\/STRONG><STRONG>Netherlands<\/STRONG><BR>UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2018&#8211;19<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INDIVIDUAL<BR><BR><\/U><\/STRONG><STRONG>Eerste Divisie Talent of the Season: <BR><\/STRONG>2016&#8211;17<BR><BR><STRONG>Eredivisie Player of the Month: <BR><\/STRONG>December 2018, February 2019<BR><BR><STRONG>Eredivisie Player of the Season: <BR><\/STRONG>2018&#8211;19<BR><BR><STRONG>Eredivisie Team of the Season: <BR><\/STRONG>2018&#8211;19<BR><BR><STRONG>UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season:<\/STRONG> <BR>2018&#8211;19<BR><BR><STRONG>UEFA Midfielder of the Season: <BR><\/STRONG>2018&#8211;19<BR><BR><STRONG>Dutch Football Talent of the Year: <BR><\/STRONG>2018&#8211;19<BR><BR><STRONG>UEFA Nations League Finals Young Player of the Tournament: <BR><\/STRONG>2019<BR><BR><STRONG>UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: <BR><\/STRONG>2019<BR><BR><STRONG>The Best FIFA Men&#39;s Player: <BR><\/STRONG>2019 (7th place)<BR><BR><STRONG>FIFA FIFPro World11: <BR><\/STRONG>2019<BR><BR><STRONG>IFFHS Men&#39;s World Team: <BR><\/STRONG>2019<BR><BR><STRONG>UEFA Team of the Year:<\/STRONG> <BR>2019<BR><BR><STRONG>Premi Barca Jugadors (Bar&#231;a Players Award):<\/STRONG> <BR>2020&#8211;21<\/P>","826BE2C466376227EC096659909FEBC6":"Ajax Amsterdam,Jong Ajax Amsterdam,Willem II[on loan]","57C2653B331A7DDA71EF0009D79DD15B8B218E4BC397458C":"1","65809D335DC33AB4":"514","0DC344593C67F298":"463157","4EFF01CD2A1AA8474DF07D17EF0164A9":"Netherlands","52D34B1F24A26AA271F2BD571AA0152C":"1","32E266777F4D5C3EAAE5984CDAE82227":"Ajax Amsterdam","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"181cm","53F6A06F211D096A":"Barcelona","EB70E23140D61D3403104435C4316058":"21","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Frenkie de Jong","57C2653B331A7DDA9BB5C336225EACEB":"80000000.00","71450CE0B6A0CA84C96E1AF31F3CA129":"1997-5-12","E7D2F501BA5F9F82CBF994866126F3A8":"<P>Frenkie de Jong (born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. A versatile midfielder, he is known for his vision, passing, dribbling, technique, along with strong defensive abilities and attacking prowess. De Jong has frequently been ranked among the best midfielders in world football.<BR><BR>De Jong began his professional career at Willem II in 2015. He transferred to Ajax for a fee worth &#8364;1 a year later. The fee was symbolic and offset by a sell-on clause. At Ajax he established himself as one of the best young midfielders in Europe, after winning a domestic double and reaching the Champions League semi-finals. De Jong won the Eredivisie and KNVB Cup, was Eredivisie player of the season, and was an instrumental part of Ajax&#39;s first UEFA Champions League semi-final appearance in 22 years, in a breakthrough 2018&#8211;19 season.<BR><BR>During his breakthrough season, De Jong agreed to sign for Barcelona in January 2019, leading him to be signed for the club in July, for a fee worth &#8364;75 million. De Jong was selected to the 2019 FIFA FIFPro World11 and was one of three Dutch players to feature in it for the first time in five years.<\/P><P>De Jong made his senior international debut for the Netherlands in September 2018. He became a starter in the inaugural UEFA Nations League, in which Netherlands finished runners-up. He also represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020.<BR><BR>Frenkie has described himself as a player &quot;who likes to have the ball a lot, and play possession.&quot; A versatile player, De Jong can function as a regista, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, holding midfielder, box-to-box midfielder and centre back. He has been lauded for his combination of defensive stability and playmaking ability. He often partnered Matthijs de Ligt at centre-back, at Ajax. As a centre back, he abstained from committing fouls, showed great positional sense, and won possession frequently. In this more defensive role, his performances led to comparison with former German sweeper Franz Beckenbauer and likened his tendency to progress forward in possession, and ability to play-make, from defense to the German legend.<BR><BR>De Jong&#39;s vision has been praised alongside his ability to dribble in narrow spaces, control over possession, and decisive passing. A natural dribbler, De Jong has the highest dribbling success of all players to participate in all competitions, during his last season with Ajax. An extraordinary game-reader, he often makes offensive runs through the middle.<BR><BR>His other attributes include a penchant for long cross-field passes, creating space, and absorbing attacking pressure. His close control, accuracy, work rate, and movement has drawn comparisons with Andr&#233;s Iniesta and Johan Cruyff. At Barcelona, he has primarily played on either side of a three-man central midfield. This has led experts and former players to regard him as a player with &quot;Bar&#231;a DNA&quot; who was &quot;born to play for Barcelona.&quot;<\/P>","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","e_index":4};