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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 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Baronie | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2024 | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Sparta II | 11 | (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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Mike Kleijn (born 9 February 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.
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]
Kleijn is a youth international for the Netherlands, and captained the Netherlands U17s at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [6]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sparta Rotterdam | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Jong Sparta | 2024–25 | Tweede Divisie | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
Career total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |