Anfernee Dijksteel

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

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) Right-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
Number 15
Youth career
Amsterdamsche FC
Nike Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Charlton Athletic 41 (1)
2019– Middlesbrough 118 (0)
International career‡
2016 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
2023– Suriname 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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 22 April 2024
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] League One 10010206[lower-alpha 1]0190
2018–19[13] League One 30130105[lower-alpha 2]0391
2019–20[14] Championship 1000000010
Total 4114030110591
Middlesbrough 2019–20[14] Championship 160001000170
2020–21[15] Championship 290002000310
2021–22[16] Championship 340400000380
2022–23[17] Championship 20000101[lower-alpha 3]0220
2023–24[18] Championship 190003000220
Total 11804070101300
Career total 1591801001201891
  1. Five appearances in EFL Trophy and one in League One play-offs
  2. Two appearances in EFL Trophy and three in League One play-offs
  3. One appearance in Championship play-offs

Honours

Charlton Athletic

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. "Anfernee Dijksteel". 11v11. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. "Anfernee Dijksteel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. 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. Groom, Olly (9 May 2017). "Anfernee Dijksteel commits future to Charlton". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  6. "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.
  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. "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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