Tahith Chong

Tahith Jose Girigorio Djorkaef Chong (born 4 December 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian club Club Brugge, on loan from Manchester United.

Tahith Chong
Chong playing for Manchester United U18s in November 2017
Personal information
Full name Tahith Jose Girigorio Djorkaef Chong[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-04) 4 December 1999
Place of birth Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Club Brugge
(on loan from Manchester United)
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2016 Feyenoord
2016–2018 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Manchester United 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Werder Bremen (loan) 13 (0)
2021– → Club Brugge (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Netherlands U15 4 (1)
2014–2015 Netherlands U16 11 (1)
2015–2016 Netherlands U17 16 (2)
2016–2017 Netherlands U19 7 (0)
2018 Netherlands U20 4 (1)
2018– Netherlands U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:40, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:46, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Chong joined the Manchester United Academy aged 16, after progressing through the Feyenoord youth system. He has won both the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year and Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year awards at United. He made his professional debut in January 2019, in an FA Cup game against Reading. In August 2020, he joined Werder Bremen on a season-long loan, which was cut short in January 2021 to facilitate a loan move to Club Brugge.

He has played for the Netherlands national team from under-15 to under-21 level.

Early life

Chong was born in Willemstad, Curaçao which was then part of the Netherlands Antilles. He is of African and Chinese descent.[3] He later moved to Rotterdam, Netherlands, in order to pursue a move to a professional club. Upon completing a move to Manchester United, Chong's parents also moved to England.[4]

Club career

Early career

Chong joined the youth ranks of Eredivisie club Feyenoord aged 10, and had attracted interest from several Premier League clubs by the age of 16.[5] In September 2014, Chong took part in the Manchester Premier Cup at the Carrington Training Ground, where he was spotted by Manchester United scouts.[6] In early 2016, Chong was on the verge of joining Chelsea.[7]

Youth

In April 2016, Chong announced that he was to join Manchester United after Feyenoord failed to "make a plan" for him.[8] The transfer was made official three months later upon receiving international clearance.[9] Initially linking up with the Under-18s, Chong scored his club's only goal of their 2016–17 FA Youth Cup campaign as they suffered a third round exit to Southampton.[10] The following month, he was ruled out for the remainder of the season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury.[11] Making his return 10 months later for the Under-23s, Chong went on to be named the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year in May 2018.[12]

Senior

In July 2018, Chong was called up to the first team for their pre-season tour in the United States. In their opening game, he featured as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw against Club América, followed by starting in their goalless draw against the San Jose Earthquakes.[13][14] Chong also made cameo appearances in defeats to Liverpool and Bayern Munich.[15][16]

On 23 October, he was named as an unused substitute for the first time in United's 1–0 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League.[17] Following the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjær as caretaker manager, Chong was named as a substitute in a 2–0 win at Newcastle United on 2 January 2019.[18] Three days later, he made his competitive debut replacing Juan Mata in a 2–0 FA Cup victory against Reading.[19] Chong made his Premier League debut on 2 March 2019, replacing Marcus Rashford in injury time of United's 3–2 win over Southampton.[20] On 6 March, Chong made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming off the bench in a 3–1 win against Paris Saint-Germain in a Round of 16 second leg match.[21]

At the end of the season, Chong was named the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year award. In doing so, he became the first player since Giuseppe Rossi to win the award the year after being named the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year.[22] On 9 March 2020, Chong signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2022, with the option to extend a further year.[23]

Werder Bremen (loan)

On 16 August 2020, Chong joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen on a season-long loan.[24][25] On 12 September 2020, he scored his first goal in his first competitive match for Werder Bremen against FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the DFB-Pokal.[26] Chong's loan was cut short in January 2021.[27]

Club Brugge (loan)

Chong joined Belgian First Division A club Club Brugge KV on loan on 30 January 2021.[28] He scored on his debut four days later in a Belgian Cup game against Olsa Brakel.[29]

International career

Chong represented the Dutch national team at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and scored the only goal in the quarter-final victory against Sweden.[30]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 February 2021[31]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 2018–19 Premier League 2010001[lower-alpha 3]0—40
2019–20 Premier League 3020106[lower-alpha 4]0—120
2020–21 Premier League 00000000—00
Total 50301070—160
Manchester United U21 2019–20 ————4[lower-alpha 5]242
Werder Bremen (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 13021———151
Club Brugge (loan) 2020–21 Belgian First Division A 1011—00—21
Career total 19062107042374
  1. Includes FA Cup, DFB-Pokal and Belgian Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

References
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  25. "Manchester United's Tahith Chong completes loan to Werder Bremen". The Guardian. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  26. "Sargent eröffnet, Chongs Premiere: Werder in Runde zwei". kicker (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  27. SV Werder Bremen EN [@werderbremen_en] (30 January 2021). "ℹ️ @TahithC has ended his loan spell early and will leave SV #Werder Bremen. Thank you for all of your contributions and good luck for the future, Tahith! 💚" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Twitter.
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  29. "Club bekert verder na 6-1 zege tegen Olsa Brakel". Club Brugge (in Dutch). 3 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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