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Dean Huijsen

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Huijsen and the second or maternal family name is Wijsmuller.

Dean Huijsen
Huijsen with Bournemouth in 2024
Personal information
Full name Dean Donny Huijsen Wijsmuller[1]
Date of birth (2005-04-14) 14 April 2005 (age 20)[2]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 24
Youth career
2010–2015 Costa Unida CF
2015–2021 Málaga
2021–2023 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 Juventus Next Gen 27 (1)
2023–2024 Juventus 1 (0)
2024 → Roma (loan) 13 (2)
2024–2025 Bournemouth 32 (3)
2025– Real Madrid 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Netherlands U17 11 (2)
2022–2023 Netherlands U18 4 (0)
2023–2024 Netherlands U19 3 (0)
2024 Spain U21 7 (1)
2025– Spain 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 2022 Israel
Representing  Spain
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up 2025 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:32, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:16, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Dean Donny Huijsen Wijsmuller (Dutch: [ˈdiːn ˈɦœy.sə(n)];[3] born 14 April 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Spain national team.

Huijsen made his senior debut for Juventus's reserve team Juventus Next Gen in January 2023, and made his Serie A debut with the first team the following October. Following a loan spell at Roma, Huijsen signed for Premier League side Bournemouth in July 2024. One year later, he moved to La Liga club Real Madrid.

Early life

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Huijsen was born in Amsterdam to Macha Wijsmuller and Donny Huijsen.[4][5] Dean's father Donny played for Jong Ajax and had a professional career in the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie.[6][7][8] Dean can speak Dutch, Spanish, Italian and English.[9] The family relocated to Marbella, Andalucía, Spain when he was five years old; he became a Spanish citizen in February 2024.[4][10][5][11] Huijsen's idol growing up was the defender Sergio Ramos.[12]

Club career

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Early career

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Huijsen began playing with Costa Unida CF de Marbella before joining Málaga's youth set-up in 2015, at age 10.[4][10]

Juventus

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In May 2021, Huijsen joined Juventus, playing for their U17s.[10][6] Ahead of the 2022–23 season, he moved up the U19s and he scored six goals in 14 matches until November 2022.[13] He also featured in two first-team friendlies against Standard Liège and Rijeka in December 2022.[14]

In early January 2023, Huijsen was promoted to Juventus Next Gen, the reserve team of Juventus.[15] He made his professional debut on 8 January, starting in a 2–1 league loss against Pordenone.[16] On 15 February, Huijsen scored his first two professional goals in the second leg of a Coppa Italia Serie C semi-final match against Foggia, helping his team win the tie on penalties.[17][18][19] On 2 April, he scored his first goal in Serie C, in a 3–1 home loss to Feralpisalò.[20]

In June 2023, Huijsen renewed his contract with Juventus until 2027.[14][21] On 22 October, he made his Serie A debut, coming off the bench in the 78th minute to replace Federico Gatti in a 1–0 away win over AC Milan.[22] On 7 November, Juventus announced that Huijsen—alongside his Next Gen teammate Kenan Yıldız—had been promoted to the first team.[23]

Loan to Roma

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Huijsen was loaned to fellow Italian side Roma on 6 January 2024 until the end of the 2023–24 season.[24] He made his debut with the Giallorossi the following day, playing the entire second half in a home league draw against Atalanta.[25] In early February, Roma's head coach Daniele De Rossi excluded him from the team's UEFA list for the Europa League knock-out phase.[26]

Huijsen scored his first Serie A goal on 5 February, sealing Roma's 4–0 win against Cagliari.[27]

Bournemouth

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On 30 July 2024, Huijsen was signed from Juventus by Premier League club Bournemouth on a six-year deal, for an initial fee of €15.2 million, which could rise to €18.2 million.[28][29][30] He made his debut for the Cherries on 17 August in a 1–1 draw against Nottingham Forest, and won nine aerial duels.[31] On 5 December 2024, he scored his first goal for the club, with a header in a 1–0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur.[32] He thus became the youngest-ever goalscorer for the club in the Premier League.[33]

On 19 June 2025, it was announced that Huijsen was one of six nominees for the PFA Young Player of the Year award for his performances in the previous season with Bournemouth.[34]

Real Madrid

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On 17 May 2025, La Liga club Real Madrid announced the signing of Huijsen, with the player joining Los Blancos on a contract until July 2030.[35][36] The deal was worth £50 million (€59.5 million), with Madrid triggering his release clause.[37][38] He was officially presented as a Real Madrid player on 9 June,[39] receiving the number 24 shirt.[40]

Huijsen made his debut for the club at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in a group stage match against Al-Hilal on 18 June, which resulted in a 1–1 draw.[41]

International career

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Netherlands

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Huijsen has represented the Netherlands at various youth international levels, having played for the under-17 and under-18 national teams.[42]

In May 2022, Huijsen was included in the Dutch under-17 squad that took part in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Israel,[6][43] where he scored two penalties in the group stage matches against France and Poland,[44][45] as Oranje eventually finished as runners-up after losing to France itself in the final.[46]

Spain

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On 15 March 2024, Huijsen was called up by the Spain national under-21 team to play the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group B match against Belgium twelve months later.[47] On 17 March 2025, he was called up by the senior side for the Nations League quarter-finals against the Netherlands.[48] He was covering Iñigo Martínez's absence due to injury[48] and made his debut coming on in the 41st minute, replacing Pau Cubarsí.[49] The match ended 2–2, Huijsen was one of Spain's best players and received a hostile reception from home fans in the Stadion Feijenoord for switching nations in order to play for Spain.[50] He called his debut a "dream."[51] Huijsen started the second leg and was praised for an assist in additional extra time which Lamine Yamal scored from.[52]

Style of play

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Huijsen is a physical 1.96 m-tall centre-back.[53] He is mainly right-footed but can also use his left foot.[54] He has an eye for the goal and can also take penalty kicks.[54]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 July 2025[55][56]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Juventus Next Gen 2022–23[57] Serie C 16 1 — — — 3[c] 2 19 3
2023–24[58] Serie C 11 0 — — — — 11 0
Total 27 1 — — — 3 2 30 3
Juventus 2023–24[58] Serie A 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Roma (loan) 2023–24[58] Serie A 13 2 1 0 — 0 0 — 14 2
Bournemouth 2024–25[59] Premier League 32 3 3 0 1 0 — — 36 3
Real Madrid 2024–25[59] La Liga — — — — 4[d] 0 4 0
2025–26[60] La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0 4 0
Career total 73 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 85 8
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, FA Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
  4. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

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As of match played 8 June 2025[61]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2025 4 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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Juventus Next Gen

Netherlands U17

Spain

References

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  • Profile at the AFC Bournemouth website
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