Ryan Gravenberch

Ryan Jiro Gravenberch (born 16 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club Ajax in the Eredivisie.

Ryan Gravenberch
Personal information
Full name Ryan Jiro Gravenberch[1]
Date of birth (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2010 Zeeburgia
2010–2018 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Jong Ajax 44 (8)
2018– Ajax 27 (4)
National team‡
2017–2018 Netherlands U16 6 (1)
2018 Netherlands U17 4 (0)
2018–2020 Netherlands U19 8 (0)
2020– Netherlands U21 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:50, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Professional career

Gravenberch joined the Ajax youth academy in 2010, and worked his way up through the junior levels.[3] On 7 June 2018, he received the first ever "Abdelhak Nouri Trofee", which recognizes the strongest talent in the Ajax academy.[4] He signed his first professional contract with Ajax that same day, keeping him at the club until 2021.[5] Gravenberch made his professional debut with Jong Ajax in a 5–2 Eerste Divisie win over FC Dordrecht on 24 August 2018.[6]

Gravenberch made his senior debut with Ajax on 23 September 2018, in a 3–0 Eredivisie loss to PSV.[7] Gravenberch became the youngest ever Ajax player to play in the Eredivisie at 16 years and 130 days, surpassing the record of 16 years and 242 days set by Clarence Seedorf.[8]

On 25 November 2020, Gravenberch scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–1 win over Midtjylland in the 2020–21 season.[9]

International career

Gravenberch is a youth international for the Netherlands. At the age of 16 he represented the Netherlands U19s in a friendly 4–1 loss to the England U19s on 5 September 2018.[10]

He was called up to the senior Netherlands squad in November 2020.[11]

Personal life

Gravenberch was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.[12] Gravenberch's older brother, Danzell Gravenberch, is also a professional footballer.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 17 January 2021[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 272———272
2019–20 176———176
Total 448———448
Ajax 2018–19 Eredivisie 101100—21
2019–20 92211000123
2020–21 1521061—223
Total 254427100367
Career total 69124271008015

    Honours

    Club

    Ajax[15]

    International

    Netherlands U17[15]

    Individual

    References
    1. "Family tree of Ryan Jiro Gravenberch". Geneanet.
    2. "Ryan Gravenberch". Ajax.
    3. "Toptalent Ryan Gravenberch uit Zuidoost tekent bij Ajax - Bijlmer en Meer". 10 July 2018.
    4. "Ajax renames talent award after Abdelhak Nouri". 8 June 2018.
    5. "Gravenberch and Brobbey sign first Ajax contracts - Football Oranje". 7 June 2018.
    6. "Ajax II vs. Dordrecht - 24 August 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
    7. "PSV vs. Ajax - 23 September 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
    8. "Cookies op gelderlander.nl - gelderlander.nl". www.gelderlander.nl.
    9. "Ajax 3–1 Midtjylland". UEFA. 25 November 2020.
    10. "OnsOranje". www.onsoranje.nl.
    11. "Netherlands 3-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina". BBC. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
    12. "Ryan Gravenberch - Football-Wonderkids".
    13. "Ryan Gravenberch, een Raiola-diamant die wél bij Ajax blijft: "Wil eerste halen"". Elfvoetbal.nl.
    14. "Netherlands – R. Gravenberch – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
    15. "Ryan Gravenberch - Career Honours". Soccerway.
    16. "Ajax vernoemt talentenprijs naar Abdelhak Nouri". Ajax.nl.
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