Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 27 October 1996||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back, centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Middlesbrough | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Amsterdamsche FC | |||
Nike Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Charlton Athletic | 41 | (1) |
2019– | Middlesbrough | 118 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Suriname | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 23 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:10, 6 June 2024 (UTC) |
Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel (born 27 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Suriname national team.
Born in Amsterdam,[3] Dijksteel started his career in the youth team at Amsterdamsche FC before moving to England to play for the Nike Academy.[4]
He signed for Charlton Athletic development squad in January 2016, having played against the side in a friendly whilst playing for the Nike Academy.[4] He remained with the development squad until the end of the season before being promoted to the first team on a number of occasions during the 2016–17 season.[2] After impressing for Jason Euell's side he was rewarded in February 2017 with a new three-and-a-half contract extension.[5] In August 2017, he finally made his first team debut for the Addicks in a 2–1 victory over Exeter City in the EFL Cup.[6] He scored his first goal on Easter Monday, 22 April 2019, opening the scoring against Scunthorpe United in a 4–0 Charlton win.[7]
On 7 August 2019, he was signed by Championship rivals Middlesbrough for £2m.[8]
Dijksteel was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.[9] In March 2016, he received a call-up to the Netherlands under-20 side for a friendly against Portugal.[5] He went on to start in the match which finished as a 1–1 draw.[5]
On 9 March 2023, Dijksteel received his first international call-up to Suriname.[10]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Charlton Athletic | 2015–16[11] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016–17[12] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017–18[6] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2018–19[13] | League One | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2019–20[14] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 59 | 1 | ||
Middlesbrough | 2019–20[14] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
2020–21[15] | Championship | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2021–22[16] | Championship | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
2022–23[17] | Championship | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2023–24[18] | Championship | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
Total | 118 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 0 | ||
Career total | 159 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 189 | 1 |
Charlton Athletic