Justin Kluivert | Ajax’s Young Talent

This surname sounds pretty familiar! Yes, that’s right! Justin Kluivert is the Patrick Kluivert’s son. Justin is only 17 years old, but he has already made 9 appearances in The Eredivisie. He scored his first goal for the Ajax senior team last weekend, in his team’s 1-1 draw against Excelsior. Kluivert equalized the score in the 32nd minute of the game.

To continue with, the football experts are predicting a bright future in front of the young striker. He has been a part of all the youth Dutch formations. Justin Kluivert has recorded over 20 matches for the U15, U16, U17 and U18 teams of Holland.

The talented forward started his professional career in the beginning of the current season. He was a part of the Ajax II in the Dutch second division. Kluivert scored twice in 8 appearances for the team and won himself a place in the first team of the Lancers. Justin made his debut in the Eredivisie on 15th January 2017 in the 3-1 away victory against PEC Zwolle. It took him 9 matches to score his first goal for the senior team of Ajax, but the goal secured a point for his team against Excelsior. That was his third start for Ajax from the beginning of the campaign.

Justin Kluivert scored his first senior goal 10 years and 1 day after his father’s last professional goal.

However, Justin has a long way to go, to be compared with his father. Patrick Kluivert scored 200 goals in his professional career for teams like Ajax, Milan, Barcelona, Newcastle United, Valencia, PSV Eindhoven and Lille. He also bagged 40 goals in 79 appearances for the Dutch national team, being a part of the team in 3 major international competitions. Patrick Kluivert won the Golden Boot in 2000 for the top goal-scorer of the Euro 2000. Can Justin surpass his father?