Elijah Dijkstra
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Career & Clubs
A youth product of Fortuna Wormerveer, Dijkstra joined the academy of AZ in 2019 and was promoted to Jong AZ in 2023. On 5 August, he signed his first professional contract with AZ until 2029. On 27 February 2025, he made his debut with the senior AZ squad in a 2–2 (5–6) penalty shootout win over Heracles Almelo in the KNVB Cup.
Born in the continental Netherlands, Dijkstra is of Curaçaoan descent. He was called up to the Netherlands U17s for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He was part of the Netherlands U19s that won the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
- Club
- AZ Alkmaar (2025–)
- Club
- Netherlands national under-16 association football team (2021–2022)
- Club
- Netherlands national under-18 association football team (2023–2024)
- Club
- Netherlands national under-17 football team (2022–2023)
- Club
- Netherlands national under-19 football team (2024–)
- National team
- Netherlands
Legacy
AZ
KNVB Cup: 2025–26 Johan Cruyff Shield: 2026 Netherlands U19
UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2025
Clubs
- Netherlands national under-19 football team2024current
- AZ Alkmaar2025current
- Netherlands national under-16 association football team2021–2022
- Netherlands national under-17 football team2022–2023
- Netherlands national under-18 association football team2023–2024
Played together with
- Abdelkrim El HadriouiAZ Alkmaar · 1998–2002
Adam MaherAZ Alkmaar · 2010–2013
Adil RamziAZ Alkmaar · 2004–2006
Alair Cruz VicenteAZ Alkmaar · 2001–2004
Albert GuðmundssonAZ Alkmaar · 2018–2022
Ali ElkhattabiAZ Alkmaar · 2001–2005
Ali MessaoudAZ Alkmaar · 2010–2013
Alireza JahanbakhshAZ Alkmaar · 2015–2018
AriAZ Alkmaar · 2007–2010- Ariel RosadaAZ Alkmaar · 1998–1999
Aron GunnarssonAZ Alkmaar · 2006–2008
Aron JóhannssonAZ Alkmaar · 2013–2015
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Elijah Raphaël Dijkstra is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club AZ.
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