Elijah Dijkstra
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Full name
Elijah Raphaël Dijkstra
Date of birth
5 August 2006
Place of birth
Assendelft, Netherlands
Height
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
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| Full name | Elijah Raphaël Dijkstra | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 August 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Assendelft, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AZ | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Fortuna Wormerveer | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | AZ | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Jong AZ | 36 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | AZ | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Netherlands U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Netherlands U19 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:54, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Elijah Raphaël Dijkstra (born 5 August 2006) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club AZ.
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.[1] 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.[2]
International career
Dijkstra was called up to the Netherlands U17s for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[3] He was part of the Netherlands U19s that won the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[4]