Luuk de Jong

De Graafschap

De Jong joined the youth academy of De Graafschap at the age of 10, before making his professional debut for the club at the age of 18 in a 2–0 loss to NAC Breda in the Eredivisie on 7 November 2008. He scored his first career goal against FC Twente on 8 February 2009. On 6 April, De Jong announced he had signed a three-year contract with Twente, whom he would join for the start of the 2009–10 season. In De Jong's final appearance for De Graafschap, the club was relegated to the Eerste Divisie, losing 1–0 to RKC Waalwijk in a play-off on 3 June.

Twente

On 17 January 2010, De Jong made his debut for Twente as a substitute in an Eredivisie match against FC Utrecht. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win over NEC Nijmegen on 28 February. He ended the season with two goals from 12 appearances in the Eredivisie as the Enschede club won its first ever Dutch championship. 2010–11 would prove to be De Jong's breakout season. He scored twelve goals from 32 Eredivisie appearances, made his UEFA Champions League debut and played 106 minutes in the 2011 KNVB Cup Final, assisting goals for Wout Brama and Theo Janssen as Twente came from 2–0 down to beat Ajax 3–2 in Rotterdam. He ended the season with a total of 20 goals and 16 assists in all competitions. On 20 August 2011, De Jong scored his first Eredivisie goal of the 2011–12 season in a 5–1 win over Heerenveen. The following week, on De Jong's 21st birthday, he found the back of the net…

De Jong received his first call-up for the Netherlands senior team for a friendly against Austria on 9 February 2011, making his debut in the same match, replacing Dirk Kuyt. He scored his first international goal on 6 September 2011, in a 2–0 win during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying game against Finland that secured the Netherlands qualification to the finals. On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for UEFA Euro 2012 by Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk. He was one of the 23 players chosen to represent the team in the tournament, but did not make any appearances. De Jong was included in the Netherlands squad for both Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. On 3 March 2023, De Jong officially announced his retirement from the national team.

Club

As of match played 30 November 2025

International

Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first.

De Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland to Dutch professional volleyball players George de Jong and Loekie Raterink. When he was four years old, the family relocated to Doetinchem, Netherlands, where Luuk grew up along with his older brother Siem.