Mike Kleijn

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Mike Kleijn
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-02-09) 9 February 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Rotterdam
Number 15
Youth career
Baronie
2011–2024 Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Sparta Rotterdam 11 (0)
2024– Sparta II 15 (1)
International career‡
2020 Netherlands U15 5 (0)
2021–2022 Netherlands U17 16 (1)
2023 Netherlands U18 3 (0)
2024– Netherlands U19 3 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 2022 Israel
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Mike Kleijn (born 9 February 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.

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Professional career

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]

In his time with Feyenoord, Kleijn was included in the senior team's matchday squad only once, on 17 March 2022 in a Conference League game against Partizan, he remained on the bench in that game. [4]

On 12 April 2024, Kleijn signed a four-year contract with Sparta Rotterdam, beginning in the 2024–25 season. [5]

International career

Kleijn is a youth international for the Netherlands, and captained the Netherlands U17s at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sparta Rotterdam 2024–25 Eredivisie 8000—0080
2025–26 Eredivisie3010——40
Total11010—00120
Jong Sparta 2024–25 Tweede Divisie 111———111
2025–26 Tweede Divisie40———40
Career total261100000271

References

  1. ↑ Theunis, Jeroen (12 November 2021). "Bredanaar Mike Kleijn (16) is een 'stille leider' bij Feyenoord, maar laat zijn voeten altijd spreken". BN DeStem (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mike Kleijn tekent contract bij Feyenoord |". 2 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (28 September 2022). "Next Generation 2022: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Feyenoord v Partizan game report". UEFA. 17 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "SPARTA LEGT JEUGDINTERNATIONAL MIKE KLEIJN VAST" [SPARTA SIGNS YOUTH INTERNATIONAL MIKE KLEIJN] (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Definitieve selectie Onder 17 voor EK in Israël". www.onsoranje.nl.
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