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Steven Bergwijn

Bergwijn with Ajax in 2023

Personal information

Date of birth

8 October 1997 (age 26)

Place of birth

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Height

1.78 m

Playing position

Left winger, forward

Club information

Current club

Ajax

Number

Youth career

ASC Waterwijk

2005–2011

Ajax

2011–2014

PSV

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

2014–2017

Jong PSV

(14)

2014–2020

PSV

112

(29)

2020–2022

Tottenham Hotspur

(7)

2022–

Ajax

(19)

National team^‡

2013–2014

Netherlands U17

(8)

2015

Netherlands U18

(0)

2014–2016

Netherlands U19

(8)

2016

Netherlands U20

(2)

2016–2018

Netherlands U21

(3)

2018–

Netherlands

(8)

Honours


Representing Netherlands
Men's football
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up	2019
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up	2014

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2023.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2023

Steven Charles Bergwijn (born 8 October 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left winger or a forward for Eredivisie club Ajax, which he captains, and the Netherlands national team.

Club career
International career
Career statistics
- Club
- International
Honours
See also

Club career

PSV

Bergwijn with PSV in 2017

Bergwijn was born in Amsterdam to parents from Suriname. He started his career in the Ajax youth academy up to 2011, but due to a conflict with one of the trainers, chose to leave. He immediately signed to PSV, Bergwijn made his first-team debut for Jong PSV in the second division on 9 August 2014 against Achilles '29. He replaced Elvio van Overbeek after 77 minutes in a 2–0 home win.

He scored the third goal as PSV beat Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title.

Tottenham Hotspur

At the end of the January 2020 transfer window Bergwijn signed a five-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur in a deal worth a reported £26.7 million. He scored his first goal for the club in his Premier League debut, a 2–0 victory against Manchester City, and was also named Man of the Match by Sky Sports. On 6 March 2020, Bergwijn suffered a sprain to his left ankle in the match against Burnley which might have sidelined him for the rest of the season, but due to the Premier League break caused by COVID-19, Bergwijn had time to recover and was able to return to the starting eleven, scoring against Manchester United in Tottenham's first post-break match.

On 19 January 2022, Bergwijn scored a brace against Leicester City in dramatic fashion, scoring both goals in injury time to give Spurs a 3–2 victory.

Ajax

On 8 July 2022, Bergwijn returned to the Netherlands, signing a five-year contract with Ajax. The transfer fee paid to Tottenham Hotspur was of €31.25 million. This was the most expensive transfer in the history of the Eredivisie, breaking the record set when Ajax bought Sébastien Haller in 2021 (€22.5 million). On 14 August 2022, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win over Groningen. On 8 August 2023 Bergwijn was announced by Ajax as their new captain replacing the recently departing Dušan Tadic.

International career

Bergwijn earned his first full international call up when Ronald Koeman named him in the Netherlands squad in October 2018. He made his debut as a starter on 13 October 2018 in a 3–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A victory over Germany.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jong PSV	2014–15	Eerste Divisie	7	3	—		—		—		—		7	3
	2015–16	Eerste Divisie	20	9	—		—		—		—		20	9
	2016–17	Eerste Divisie	4	2	—		—		—		—		4	2
	Total		31	14	—		—		—		—		31	14
PSV Eindhoven	2014–15	Eredivisie	1	0	1	0	—		0	0	—		2	0
	2015–16	Eredivisie	5	0	2	0	—		1	0	0	0	8	0
	2016–17	Eredivisie	25	2	2	0	—		6	0	0	0	33	2
	2017–18	Eredivisie	32	8	2	0	—		2	0	—		36	8
	2018–19	Eredivisie	33	14	0	0	—		7	1	1	0	41	15
	2019–20	Eredivisie	16	5	2	0	—		10	1	1	0	29	6
	Total		112	29	9	0	—		26	2	2	0	149	31
Tottenham Hotspur	2019–20	Premier League	14	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		16	3
	2020–21	Premier League	21	1	1	0	2	0	11	0	—		35	1
	2021–22	Premier League	25	3	2	0	2	1	3	0	—		32	4
	Total		60	7	4	0	4	1	15	0	—		83	8
Ajax	2022–23	Eredivisie	32	12	4	1	—		8	2	1	1	45	16
	2023–24	Eredivisie	13	7	0	0	—		7	1	0	0	20	7
	Total		45	19	4	1	—		15	3	1	1	65	23
Career total			247	68	16	1	4	1	56	5	3	1	327	76

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2018	3	0
	2019	6	0
	2020	2	1
	2021	5	1
	2022	12	5
	2023	4	1
Total		32	8

As of match played 18 June 2023. Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Bergwijn goal.

List of international goals scored by Steven Bergwijn
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 September 2020	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	10	Poland	1–0	1–0	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
2	16 November 2021	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	16	Norway	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	26 March 2022	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	17	Denmark	1–0	4–2	Friendly
4	26 March 2022	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	17	Denmark	4–2	4–2
5	29 March 2022	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	18	Germany	1–1	1–1
6	3 June 2022	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	19	Belgium	1–0	4–1	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
7	22 September 2022	Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland	23	Poland	2–0	2–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
8	18 June 2023	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands	30	Italy	1–2	2–3	2023 UEFA Nations League Finals