Antoni Milambo
Dutch footballer (born 2005)
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Antoni-Djibu Milambo (born 3 April 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Premier League club Brentford.
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Milambo in 2024 with Feyenoord | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Antoni-Djibu Milambo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 April 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Brentford | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| SV DEHMusschen | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | SV Charlois | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2025 | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Feyenoord | 40 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Brentford | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Netherlands U15 | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Netherlands U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Netherlands U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:47, 20 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:30, 25 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Feyenoord
A youth product of SV DEHMusschen and SV Charlois, Milambo joined Feyenoord's academy in 2015. He signed his first professional contract with the club, to mid-2023, at the age of 15 on 15 October 2020.[2] He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in a 3–0 UEFA Europa Conference League win over FC Luzern on 12 August 2021.[3] At 16 and 131 days, Milambo became the club's youngest ever player, taking the record from Georginio Wijnaldum.[4] On 13 July 2022, his contract at Feyenoord was extended with a year, to mid-2025.[5] He made his Eredivisie debut on 2 April 2023, coming on as a substitute for Orkun Kökçü in a 1–3 derby win over Sparta Rotterdam. Milambo went on to play two more Eredivisie games as Feyenoord won their sixteenth league title.[6]
On 21 October 2023, Milambo scored his first goal in professional football, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 home win over Vitesse.[7] He made his UEFA Champions League debut on 7 November 2023, replacing Quinten Timber during a 1–0 defeat to Lazio. On 16 January 2024, his contract at Feyenoord was extended with two years, to mid-2027.[8] He was an unused substitute as Feyenoord won the KNVB Cup by beating NEC 1–0 in the final on 21 April 2024.[9] On 4 August 2024, Milambo scored in a 4–4 draw against PSV in the Johan Cruyff Shield, before Feyenoord won trophy on penalties.[10] On 23 October 2024, Milambo was crowned UEFA's Man of the Match after scoring twice in a 3–1 away win against Benfica in the UEFA Champions League.[11]
Brentford
On 3 July 2025, Milambo signed for Premier League club Brentford for an undisclosed transfer fee,[12] reported to be around £16 million.[13]
International career
Milambo played for multiple Netherlands national youth teams from the under-15 onwards.[14][15][16][17][18] On 6 May 2022, he was included in the Dutch squad for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Israel.[19] He played four games at the tournament and scored in the group game against France, before the Netherlands lost the final 2–1 to France. On 5 September 2024, Milambo made his debut for the Netherlands under-21 in a 5–0 win against North Macedonia in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[20] On 26 May 2025, Milambo was included in the squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Slovakia by head coach Michael Reiziger.[21] He played three games at the tournament, before the Netherlands were knocked out by England in the semi-finals.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 18 May 2025[22]
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
Personal
Born in the Netherlands, Milambo is of DR Congolese descent. He is the son of a former international Congolese football player.[23] He grew up in Pendrecht, before he moved to Feijenoord when he joined Feyenoord. He used to play football on the street with Lutsharel Geertruida and Crysencio Summerville.[24]
Honours
Feyenoord