Jurgen Ekkelenkamp

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Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
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Ekkelenkamp in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Zeist, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Antwerp
Number 24
Youth career
2004–2013 Almere City
2013–2018 Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Jong Ajax 49 (17)
2018–2021 Ajax 25 (4)
2021–2022 Hertha BSC 21 (3)
2022– Antwerp 62 (11)
International career‡
2014–2015 Netherlands U15 5 (1)
2015–2016 Netherlands U16 10 (0)
2017–2018 Netherlands U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 Netherlands U19 9 (1)
2019 Netherlands U20 6 (3)
2020–2023 Netherlands U21 22 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (born 5 April 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Antwerp.

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Club career

Ajax

Ekkelenkamp made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax on 9 April 2018 in a game against FC Den Bosch. [2] His Eredivisie debut for Ajax followed on 19 April 2018 in the game against VVV-Venlo. [3] On 10 April 2019, Ekkelenkamp made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming on in the 71st minute for Lasse Schöne in the quarter-final match against Juventus at the Johan Cruyff Arena. [4] The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Ekkelenkamp receiving cult-status in the Netherlands and the nickname 'Ronaldo-gooier' (English: Ronaldo thrower) after he committed a professional foul against Cristiano Ronaldo in the closing minutes of the match. [5] [6] Ajax later went on to defeat Juventus 2–1 in the return leg, making their first semi-final appearance in the tournament since 1997. [7]

Hertha BSC

Ekkelenkamp joined Bundesliga side Hertha BSC on 27 August 2021. [8] He made his debut on 17 September 2021, in a league game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth; he scored just one minute after being substituted in for Kevin-Prince Boateng, tying the score as the match ended in a 2–1 win for Hertha. [9]

Antwerp

On 7 August 2022, Ekkelenkamp joined Belgian Pro League club Royal Antwerp. [10]

In his first season at the club, he was part of the Royal Antwerp squad that won their first league title in 66 years. [11] [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 11–––11
2018–19 214–––214
2019–20 2111–––2111
2020–21 61–––61
Total4917–––4917
Ajax 2017–18 Eredivisie 30–––30
2018–19 30111 [lower-alpha 2] 0–51
2019–20 41311 [lower-alpha 2] 00082
2020–21 153404 [lower-alpha 2] 0–233
2021–22 0000001 [lower-alpha 3] 010
Total254826010406
Hertha BSC 2021–22 Bundesliga 21310––223
Antwerp 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 336502 [lower-alpha 4] 0–406
2023–24 295506 [lower-alpha 2] 000405
Total621110080008011
Career total157352121401019137

Honours

Jong Ajax

Ajax [13]

Antwerp

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References

  1. ↑ "Jurgen Ekkelenkamp". Hertha BSC. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ekkelenkamp tevreden: "Een mooi debuut"". Ajax1. 10 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Neres leidt Ajax naar zege, Ekkelenkamp debuut". Ajax. 19 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Debutant Ekkelenkamp gaat viral: "Ronaldo neerhalen, dat dacht ik eigenlijk"". Voetbalprimeur. 11 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "De dag dat Jurgen Ekkelenkamp wereldberoemd werd als Ronaldo-werper". RTL Nieuws. 10 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "'Cristiano Ronaldo-gooier' werd 'twee of drie keer' afgewezen door Ajax". Voetbalzone. 11 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "'Ronaldo-gooier' Ekkelenkamp gaat in Duitsland voetballen". NH Nieuws. 27 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jurgen Ekkelenkamp joins Hertha BSC". Hertha BSC. 27 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Dream debut for Jurgen Ekkelenkamp as Hertha Berlin defeat Greuther Fürth". Bundesliga. 17 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Jurgen Ekkelenkamp is a RED!" (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp F.C. 7 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Royal Antwerp win first Belgian title in 66 years after Toby Alderweireld's stoppage-time equaliser". BBC. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Alderweireld earns Royal Antwerp first Belgian league title in 66 years". The Guardian. 4 June 2023.
  13. 1 2 "Jurgen Ekkelenkamp - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  14. ↑ "Neres' stoppage-time goal seals Dutch Cup win". Ajax website. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Geen schoonheidsprijs, wel een vierde beker: Antwerp maakt favorietenrol waar tegen KV Mechelen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 30 April 2023.
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