Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Zeist, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hertha BSC | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2013 | Almere City | ||
2013–2018 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2021 | Jong Ajax | 49 | (17) |
2018–2021 | Ajax | 25 | (4) |
2021– | Hertha BSC | 8 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Netherlands U16 | 10 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Netherlands U19 | 9 | (1) |
2019 | Netherlands U20 | 6 | (3) |
2020– | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:10, 22 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020 |
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (born 5 April 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.
Club career[]
Ajax[]
Ekkelenkamp made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax on 9 April 2018 in a game against FC Den Bosch.[1] His Eredivisie debut for Ajax followed on 19 April 2018 in the game against VVV-Venlo.[2] On 10 April 2019 Ekkelenkamp made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming on in the 71st minute for Lasse Schöne in the quarter-final match against Juventus at the Johan Cruyff Arena.[3] The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Ekkelenkamp receiving cult-status in the Netherlands and the nickname 'Ronaldo-gooier' (English: Ronaldo thrower) after he committed a professional foul against Cristiano Ronaldo in the closing minutes of the match.[4][5] Ajax later went on to defeat Juventus 2–1 in the return leg, making their first semi-final appearance in the tournament since 1997.[6]
Hertha BSC[]
Ekkelenkamp made his Bundesliga debut for Hertha BSC Berlin on 17 September 2021 in a game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth. During that game, just 1 Minute after being substituted in for Kevin-Prince Boateng, he scored his first Hertha BSC as well as Bundesliga goal of his career.
Career statistics[]
Club[]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Europe | Domestic Super Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Ajax | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 4 | – | – | – | 21 | 4 | ||||
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 11 | – | – | – | 21 | 11 | ||||
2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 44 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 17 | ||
Ajax | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Eredivisie | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 9 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
Total | 25 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | ||
Hertha BSC | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | – | 9 | 2 | ||
Total | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
Career Total | 77 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 25 |
Honours[]
Jong Ajax[7]
Ajax[7]
References[]
- ^ "Ekkelenkamp tevreden: "Een mooi debuut"". Ajax1. 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Neres leidt Ajax naar zege, Ekkelenkamp debuut". Ajax. 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Debutant Ekkelenkamp gaat viral: "Ronaldo neerhalen, dat dacht ik eigenlijk"". Voetbalprimeur. 11 April 2019.
- ^ "De dag dat Jurgen Ekkelenkamp wereldberoemd werd als Ronaldo-werper". RTL Nieuws. 10 April 2019.
- ^ "'Cristiano Ronaldo-gooier' werd 'twee of drie keer' afgewezen door Ajax". Voetbalzone. 11 April 2019.
- ^ "'Ronaldo-gooier' Ekkelenkamp gaat in Duitsland voetballen". NH Nieuws. 27 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Jurgen Ekkelenkamp - Career Honours". Soccerway.
- ^ "Neres' stoppage-time goal seals Dutch Cup win". Ajax website. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
External links[]
- Jurgen Ekkelenkamp at Soccerway
- Living people
- 2000 births
- People from Zeist
- Association football midfielders
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands under-21 international footballers
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- Hertha BSC players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Bundesliga players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Dutch football midfielder stubs