Dean Solomons
South African soccer player
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Dean Ryan Solomons (born 22 February 1999) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Swedish Piteå IF.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Ryan Solomons | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Piteå IF | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| 2017–2018 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Jong Ajax | 11 | (0) |
| 2021 | Varbergs BoIS | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Piteå IF | 47 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | South Africa U20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2017 | |||
Club career
A product of Ikamva, the youth academy of Ajax Cape Town, Solomons transferred to the parent club in Amsterdam in 2017.[2] He made his debut for the main squad of Ajax on 7 July 2018 in a friendly against FC Nordsjælland, as a 83rd-minute substitute for Luis Manuel Orejuela.[3]
He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong Ajax on 10 September 2018 in a game against Jong AZ, as a starter.[4]
On 30 March 2021, it was announced that Solomons had signed with Swedish Allsvenskan side Varbergs BoIS on a 3-year contract.[5] In December 2021, he was released by the Swedish side.
On 29 December 2022, Solomons signed a contract with Swedish Ettan-Norra side Piteå IF on contract until 31 December 2024.[6]
