Denzel Dumfries
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Denzel Justus Morris Dumfries (born 18 April 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Netherlands national team.
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Full name | Denzel Justus Morris Dumfries[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back, right wing-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2013 | Smitshoek | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | BVV Barendrecht | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Sparta Rotterdam | 65 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Heerenveen | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | PSV | 89 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Inter Milan | 95 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | Aruba | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Netherlands U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Netherlands U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018– | Netherlands | 52 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Dumfries began his senior career in 2014 at Sparta Rotterdam, helping them gain promotion to the Eredivisie in 2016 as the Eerste Divisie Talent of the Year. In 2017, he joined Heerenveen, before moving to PSV the following year, eventually becoming the club captain. In 2021, Dumfries joined Serie A side Inter Milan.
Born in the Netherlands to an Aruban father, Dumfries initially represented Aruba internationally in 2014, before switching allegiance to the Netherlands. He made his senior debut in 2018, and represented the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.