Quinten Timber
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File:Quinten Timber.jpg Timber playing for Feyenoord in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Quinten Ryan Crispito Timber[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Feyenoord | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | DVSU | ||
| 2008–2014 | Feyenoord | ||
| 2014–2018 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Jong Ajax | 40 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Utrecht | 31 | (2) |
| 2022– | Feyenoord | 86 | (17) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Netherlands U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2018 | Netherlands U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | Netherlands U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Netherlands U21 | 14 | (1) |
| 2024– | Netherlands | 8 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:00, 6 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025 | |||
Quinten Ryan Crispito Timber (Dutch: [ˈkʋɪntə(n) ˈtɪmbər];[3] born 17 June 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Eredivisie club Feyenoord, and the Netherlands national team.[4] He is the twin brother of Arsenal defender Jurriën Timber and they have an elder brother, Dylan Timber, who is also a professional footballer.
Timber came through the youth academies of DVSU and Feyenoord before joining the Ajax youth academy along with his brother Jurriën in 2014. After a spell at FC Utrecht, he signed for Feyenoord in 2022, where he has since became captain and lead them to win the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the Johan Cruyff Shield.
Timber represented the Netherlands at multiple international youth levels and was part of the squad that won the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He made his senior debut for the Netherlands in March 2024.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Ajax
[edit | edit source]Timber played in the youth academies of DVSU and Feyenoord, before he and his brother joined the Ajax Youth Academy in 2014.[5] Since 2016 he has played for various youth teams of the Netherlands national team and in 2018 won the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[6] On 15 October 2018, he made his professional debut, playing for Jong Ajax, the reserves team of Ajax competing in the Eerste Divisie, the second-tier of professional football in the Netherlands, in a 2–1 away loss to Jong PSV. He scored his first goal on 25 March 2019 in a 3–3 draw with Jong FC Utrecht.[7]
Utrecht
[edit | edit source]On 5 May 2021, it was announced, that Timber would transfer to FC Utrecht, signing a three-year contract with the club from his hometown.[8]
Feyenoord
[edit | edit source]On 28 July 2022, Feyenoord announced that it had signed Timber on a four-year contract,[9] with FC Utrecht announcing that Timber became the most expensive outgoing player in the club's history to date.[10] The transfer fee was reported as €8.5 million, a record also for Feyenoord.[11] He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August 2022, scoring the first goal in a 4–0 win over FC Emmen.[12] On 13 September 2024, Timber was appointed as the new captain of the club.[13]
International career
[edit | edit source]Timber received his first call-up to the Netherlands national team in March 2024 for friendlies against Scotland and Germany.[14] He made his debut as a substitution on 26 March 2024 against Germany.[15] On 16 May 2024, it was announced that Timber was part of the preliminary squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[16] Later that month, on 29 May, he was excluded from the final 26-man squad.[17] Timber scored his first goal for the Netherlands in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Lithuania.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in the Netherlands, Timber and his twin brother Jurriën, who is also a footballer, are of Curaçaoan descent. Both their mother Marilyn and their father are from Curaçao, part of the ABC Islands in the Dutch Caribbean. Due to situations in the past, the family took on their maternal name Timber instead of taking the last name of their father Maduro.[18] The twins also have three older brothers Shamier, Chris, and Dylan, the latter of whom is also a footballer who plays for Curaçao on an international level.[19]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 11 December 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 3 | — | — | — | 40 | 3 | |||||
| Utrecht | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Feyenoord | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | — | 31 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 31 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 44 | 8 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6[f] | 2 | — | 19 | 4 | ||
| Total | 86 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 21 | ||
| Career total | 157 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 26 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 17 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Netherlands | 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Timber goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 September 2025 | Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania | 7 | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Feyenoord
Netherlands U17
Individual
- FC Utrecht Player of the Year (David Di Tommaso Trophy): 2022[23]
References
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External links
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- Profile at the Feyenoord website
- Profile at the Royal Dutch Football Association website (in Dutch)
- Quinten Timber – UEFA competition record (archive)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Utrecht (city)
- Dutch twins
- Identical twins
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- Dutch people of Aruban descent
- Dutch people of Curaçao descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- FC Utrecht players
- Feyenoord players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen