Joshua Zirkzee

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Joshua Zirkzee
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Zirkzee with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Full name Joshua Orobosa Zirkzee
Date of birth (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 23) [1]
Place of birth Schiedam, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Youth career
2007–2010 VV Hekelingen
2010–2013 Spartaan '20
2013–2016 ADO Den Haag
2016–2017 Feyenoord
2017–2019 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Bayern Munich II 32 (6)
2019–2022 Bayern Munich 12 (4)
2021 → Parma (loan) 4 (0)
2021–2022 → Anderlecht (loan) 38 (16)
2022–2024 Bologna 53 (13)
2024– MNSD 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Netherlands U15 [3] [4] 2 (0)
2016–2017 Netherlands U16 [5] 6 (3)
2017 Netherlands U17 [6] 2 (1)
2018 Netherlands U18 [7] 7 (2)
2019–2020 Netherlands U19 [8] 9 (8)
2020–2023 Netherlands U21 [9] 19 (7)
2024– Netherlands 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:20 , 11 July 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:13, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Joshua Orobosa Zirkzee (born 22 May 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team. [10] .

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Club career

Early years

Born in Schiedam to a Nigerian mother and a Dutch father, Zirkzee began his footballing career as a five-year-old with VV Hekelingen after the family had moved to Spijkenisse. [11] After impressing early on, he moved to the youth department of Spartaan '20 in 2010, [11] where he played alongside his cousin, Nelson Amadin. [12] He then left for ADO Den Haag in 2013, before ending up in the Feyenoord youth academy in 2016. [13] One year later, Zirkzee left the Feyenoord academy in his native Netherlands to join the youth setup of Bayern Munich. [14]

Bayern Munich

On 1 March 2019, Zirkzee scored a hat-trick in his debut for Bayern Munich II. [14] Just a day later, he scored the winning goal for the under-19 side as they defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1. [14] Zirkzee made his professional debut in the 3. Liga for Bayern Munich II on 20 July 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute for Oliver Batista Meier in the away match against Würzburger Kickers. [15]

On 11 December 2019, Zirkzee made his debut for the senior team against Tottenham Hotspur in the final group stage match of the Champions League. [16] He subsequently made his Bundesliga debut on 18 December, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute in a match against Freiburg tied at 1–1; he scored the winner almost immediately after entering the game. Shortly after, Serge Gnabry added another stoppage-time goal to secure a 3–1 victory. [17] Two days later, he again came off the bench in the final minutes of the game and scored the winning goal as Bayern defeated Wolfsburg. [18] On 13 June 2020, Zirkzee scored the opening goal in Bayern Munich's 2–1 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach. [19] He finished off his debut season with a continental treble.

Loan to Parma

On 31 January 2021, Zirkzee moved to Italian side Parma on a loan deal. [20] The deal included an option to buy. [20] On 2 April 2021, he suffered an LCL injury, [21] and his loan was limited to four appearances, all as a substitute.

Loan to Anderlecht

On 3 August 2021, Anderlecht announced the signing of Zirkzee on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich. [22] He finished the 2021–22 season as the club's top scorer with 16 goals, in addition to providing nine assists in 34 league starts. [23]

Bologna

On 30 August 2022, Zirkzee was transferred to Serie A club Bologna on a permanent deal. [24] Later that year, on 16 October, he scored his first goal at the club, by netting the opener in a 3–2 defeat against Napoli. [25] In his second season under coach Thiago Motta, he managed to score eight goals in 16 games in the first half of the 2023–24 campaign, attracting transfer interest from several top European clubs with his former club Bayern Munich still having a 40% cut of any possible transfer fee. [26] He ultimately finished the season as Bologna's top scorer, netting 11 goals and providing five assists, [27] helping his club secure a berth in the Champions League group stage. [28]

Manchester United

On 14 July 2024, Premier League club Manchester United announced that they had signed Zirkzee on a five-year contract. [29]

International career

Born in the Netherlands to a Dutch father and a Nigerian mother, [30] [31] Zirkzee is a youth international for the Netherlands. [32]

On 12 June 2024, Zirkzee was added to the Netherlands senior team's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. Zirkzee had not initially been chosen, but was called up by head coach Ronald Koeman following injuries to Dutch midfielders Frenkie de Jong and Teun Koopmeiners. [33] On 6 July, he earned his first international cap during a 2–1 victory over Turkey in the quarter-finals, becoming the third player to debut for the Netherlands during a European competition following Martien Vreijsen (Euro 1980) and Cody Gakpo (2020). [34]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2024 [35]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 124————124
2019–20 3. Liga 162————162
2020–21 3. Liga40————40
Total326————326
Bayern Munich 2019–20 Bundesliga 9420—1 [lower-alpha 3] 000124
2020–21 Bundesliga3000—1 [lower-alpha 3] 01 [lower-alpha 4] 050
Total12420—2010174
Parma (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 40————40
Anderlecht (loan) 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 381662—3 [lower-alpha 5] 0—4718
Bologna 2022–23 Serie A19220———212
2023–24 Serie A341131———3712
Total531351—00005814
Manchester United 2024–25 Premier League 000000000000
Career total1393913300501015842

International

As of match played 10 July 2024 [36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202420
Total20

Honours

Bayern Munich II

Bayern Munich

Individual

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