Devyne Rensch

Devyne Fabian Jairo Rensch (born 18 January 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Italian Serie A club Roma and the Netherlands national team.

Devyne Rensch

Rensch with Ajax in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Devyne Fabian Jairo Rensch[1]
Date of birth	(2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth	Lelystad, Netherlands[2]
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s)	Right-back, Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Roma
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2016	VV Unicum
2016–2020	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Jong Ajax	16	(3)
2020–2025	Ajax	105	(10)
2025–	Roma	14	(0)
International career‡
2017–2018	Netherlands U15	4	(0)
2018	Netherlands U16	1	(0)
2019	Netherlands U17	17	(0)
2019	Netherlands U18	3	(0)
2021–	Netherlands U21	14	(2)
2021–	Netherlands	2	(0)
Medal record Representing  Netherlands UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner Ireland 2019 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Ajax

Rensch played in the youth academies of VV Unicum and Ajax. In the 2020–21 pre-season, Rensch, who had not yet made an appearance for Jong Ajax at that time, was given several minutes of play in Ajax's first team. During the regular season he was officially part of the first team, but he played most of his matches for Jong Ajax. On 19 November 2020, he was awarded the Abdelhak Nouri trophy as the best talent of Ajax's youth academy in the 2019–20 season.^[4] He succeeded Naci Ünüvar, who received the prize a year earlier. Rensch made his debut for Ajax's first team on 28 November 2020, in an Eredivisie match against Emmen.^[5] He made his first start on 31 January 2021.^[6] On 18 February, he made his European debut in the UEFA Europa League against Lille OSC.^[7] He scored his first goal for Ajax on 21 March in a 5–0 home win over ADO Den Haag.^[8][9] In the course of the season he received more and more playing time as a right back, partly due to injuries to other players, and he featured as a starter for Ajax in the second half of the season. On 18 April 2021, he won his first silverware with Ajax by beating Vitesse in the KNVB Cup final. After that, the Eredivisie title was also won.^[10]

Rensch played less during the 2021–22 season, losing his starting spot to Noussair Mazraoui.^[11] Before the start of the 2022–23 season, Rensch expressed his wish of playing a more decisive role after struggling to find his form in the previous season, and after the departure of fellow right-back Mazraoui.^[12] However, Ajax also brought in Jorge Sánchez for the position.^[13] After the start of the season, Rensch regained his form and became the starter.^[14][15]

Roma

On 23 January 2025, Rensch signed with Roma in Italy.^[16]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Rensch is of Surinamese descent. He was a youth international for the Netherlands.^[17]

He made his debut for the Netherlands national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Turkey, a 6–1 home victory. He substituted Denzel Dumfries in the 71st minute.^[18]

In June 2025 he was part of the Netherlands national under-21 football team for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Slovakia.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2025^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jong Ajax	2020–21	Eerste Divisie	16	3	–		–		–		16	3
Ajax	2020–21	Eredivisie	18	3	4	0	5[b]	0	–		27	3
	2021–22		19	1	4	0	5[c]	0	1[d]	0	29	1
	2022–23		26	3	3	0	6[e]	0	1[d]	0	36	3
	2023–24		28	2	0	0	10[f]	0	–		38	2
	2024–25		14	1	1	0	11[b]	0	–		26	1
	Total		105	10	12	0	37	0	2	0	156	10
Roma	2024–25	Serie A	14	0	1	0	3[b]	0	–		18	0
Career total			135	13	13	0	40	0	2	0	190	13

1. Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 19 November 2024^[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2021	1	0
	2024	1	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Ajax^[10]

• Eredivisie: 2020–21, 2021–22
• KNVB Cup: 2020–21

Netherlands U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2019^[21]

Individual

• Abdelhak Nouri Trophy: 2019–20^[4]