Dillon Hoogewerf
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dillon Ifunanya Chukwu Hoogewerf [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Almere, Netherlands [1] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vitesse | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Almere City | ||
| 2012–2019 | Ajax | ||
| 2019–2022 | Manchester United | ||
| 2022–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 24 | (1) |
| 2024– | Vitesse | 21 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Netherlands U15 | 8 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U16 | 5 | (2) |
| 2019 | Netherlands U17 | 6 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 August 2024 | |||
Dillon Ifunanya Chukwu Hoogewerf (born 27 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eerste Divisie club Vitesse.[2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Hoogewerf was born to a Dutch father and a Nigerian mother,[3] making him eligible for both the Netherlands and Nigeria national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]In the 2018–19 season, Hoogewerf tallied ten goals and six assists, while averaging a goal every 167 minutes for the Ajax U17 team.[4]
On 1 June 2019, Hoogewerf announced that he was moving from Ajax to Manchester United after rejecting a contract offer from the Dutch club.[5][6] He was Ole Gunnar Solskjær's first signing as Manchester United manager.[7] He signed his first professional contract in March 2020.[8]
On 28 November 2020, Hoogewerf scored his first hat-trick for United in a 4–1 victory over the Newcastle U18s.[9]
On 31 January 2022, Hoogewerf was signed by Borussia Mönchengladbach for its reserve team.[10][11]
On 8 August 2024, Hoogewerf signed a contract with Vitesse for two seasons, with an option for a third.[12]
References
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- 2003 births
- Footballers from Almere
- Dutch people of Nigerian descent
- Living people
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II players
- SBV Vitesse players
- Regionalliga players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen