Mike Kleijn
Dutch footballer (born 2005)
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Mike Kleijn (born 9 February 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.
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| Date of birth | 9 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Baronie | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2024 | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Sparta II | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands U17 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Netherlands U19 | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Professional career
Kleijn began playing football with the youth side of Baronie, and moved to Feyenoord's youth academy at the age of 6 in 2011.[1] He worked his way up their youth sides, eventually captaining the U18s, and signed his first professional contract with them on 2 November 2020.[2] In September 2022, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2005 worldwide.[3]
In his time with Feyenoord, Kleijn was included in the senior team's matchday squad only once, on 17 March 2022 in a Conference League game against Partizan, he remained on the bench in that game.[4]
On 12 April 2024, Kleijn signed a four-year contract with Sparta Rotterdam, beginning in the 2024–25 season.[5]
International career
Kleijn is a youth international for the Netherlands, and captained the Netherlands U17s at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 31 January 2026
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Jong Sparta | 2024–25 | Tweede Divisie | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26 | Tweede Divisie | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||