Devyne Rensch

Devyne Fabian Jairo Rensch (born 18 January 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

Devyne Rensch
Personal information
Full name Devyne Fabian Jairo Rensch[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003
Place of birth Lelystad, Netherlands[2]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2016 VV Unicum
2016–2020 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Jong Ajax 16 (3)
2020– Ajax 33 (4)
National team‡
2017–2018 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2018 Netherlands U16 1 (0)
2019 Netherlands U17 17 (0)
2019 Netherlands U18 3 (0)
2021– Netherlands U21 1 (0)
2021– Netherlands 1 (0)
Honours
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
WinnerIreland 2019U-17 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:09, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:48, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Ajax

Rensch played in the youth academies of VV Unicum and Ajax. In the 2020–21 pre-season, Rensch, who had not yet made an appearance for Jong Ajax at that time, was given several minutes of play in Ajax's first team. During the regular season he was officially part of the first team, but he played most of his matches for Jong Ajax. On 19 November 2020, he was awarded the Abdelhak Nouri trophy as the best talent of Ajax's youth academy in the 2019–20 season.[3] He succeeded Naci Ünüvar, who received the prize a year earlier. Rensch made his debut for Ajax's first team on 28 November 2020, in an Eredivisie match against Emmen.[4] He made his first start on 31 January 2021.[5] On 18 February, he made his European debut in the UEFA Europa League against Lille OSC.[6] He scored his first goal for Ajax on 21 March in a 5–0 home win over ADO Den Haag.[7][8] In the course of the season he received more and more playing time as a right back, partly due to injuries to other players. Rensch fulfilled this role well and was a starter for Ajax in the second half of the season. On 18 April 2021, he won his first silverware with Ajax by beating Vitesse in the KNVB Cup final. After that, the Eredivisie title was also won.[9]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Rensch is of Surinamese descent. He was a youth international for the Netherlands.[10]

He made his debut for the Netherlands national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Turkey, a 6–1 home victory. He substituted Denzel Dumfries in the 71st minute.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 March 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2020–21 Eerste Divisie 113–––113
Ajax 2020–21 Eredivisie 183405[lower-alpha 1]0–273
2021–22 151405[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0251
Total 3348010010524
Career total 4478010010637
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

Ajax[9]

Netherlands U17

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. "Devyne Rensch tekent opnieuw contract bij Ajax". Ons Lelystad (in Dutch). 9 August 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. "Devyne Rensch awarded the Abdelhak Nouri Trophy". Ajax. 19 November 2020.
  4. "Rensch over the moon: "It felt good"". AFC Ajax. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. "Veelzijdige Rensch imponeert bij Ajax: 'Mooi voor Nederlandse voetbal'". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 1 February 2021.
  6. "De Rensch-route: 'Afgevallen bij PSV, dat hebben ze verkeerd gezien'". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 16 February 2021.
  7. "Rensch na eerste goal voor Ajax: 'Linksbuiten van ADO had het lastig met mij'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 21 March 2021.
  8. Sintenie, Dick (22 March 2021). "De drang naar voren van stille komeet Devyne Rensch". Het Parool (in Dutch).
  9. "Devyne Rensch - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  10. "In de trein met Devyne Rensch: "We kunnen alleen van onszelf verliezen"". AFC Ajax (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  11. "Netherlands v Turkey game report". FIFA. 7 September 2021.
  12. Devyne Rensch at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  13. "Netherlands retain #U17EURO title: at a glance". UEFA.com. 19 May 2019.
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