| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Baronie | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Netherlands U17 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
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Mike Kleijn (born 9 February 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Feyenoord.
Kleijn began playing football with the youth side of Baronie, and moved to Feyenoord's youth academy at the age of 6 in 2011. [1] He worked his way up their youth sides, eventually captaining the U18s, and signed his first professional contract with them on 2 November 2020. [2] In September 2022, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2005 worldwide. [3]
Kleijn is a youth international for the Netherlands, and captained the Netherlands U17s at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [4]
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