Jurriën Timber
Dutch footballer (born 2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jurriën David Norman Timber (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjʏri(j)ən ˈtɪmbər];[4] born 17 June 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the Netherlands national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a full-back.[5]
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Full name | Jurriën David Norman Timber[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-06-17) 17 June 2001 (age 22)[2] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Arsenal | |||||||||||||
Number | 12 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
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2008–2014 | Feyenoord | |||||||||||||
2014–2018 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2018–2021 | Jong Ajax | 39 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019–2023 | Ajax | 85 | (6) | |||||||||||
2023– | Arsenal | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2016–2017 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||
2018–2019 | Netherlands U19 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
2020 | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021– | Netherlands | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:42, 12 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:58, 24 March 2023 (UTC) |
Timber joined Ajax's youth academy in 2014, from Feyenoord. He made his first-team debut for Ajax in March 2020, and won two Eredivisie titles and one KNVB Cup. He won the Marco van Basten Award in 2022. Timber signed for Arsenal in July 2023, for an initial transfer fee of £34 million.
Timber made 29 appearances for the Netherlands at youth international level. He was a member of the under-17 team that won the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He made his senior international debut in June 2021.