Jayden Jezairo Braaf (born 31 August 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Salernitana, on loan from Serie A club Hellas Verona.
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| Full name | Jayden Jezairo Braaf[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 August 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
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Current team |
Salernitana (on loan from Hellas Verona) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | ASV Fortius | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | AFC | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | PSV | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Manchester City | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | → Udinese (loan) | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Borussia Dortmund II | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Hellas Verona | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | → Fortuna Sittard (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | → Salernitana (loan) | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Netherlands U15 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U17 | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editA youth product of Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Manchester City,[2] on 1 February 2021, Braaf joined Italian side Udinese on loan until the end of the season.[2] He made his debut with the club in a 1–0 Serie A win over Fiorentina on 28 February 2021,[3] and scored his first goal in Serie A in a 4–2 win over Benevento on 25 April 2021.[4]
On 27 May 2022, Braaf joined Borussia Dortmund on a free transfer.[5]
On 16 January 2023, he joined Serie A side Hellas Verona on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy.[6]
On 2 July 2023, he joined Hellas Verona for an amount of €1M, with his contract lasting until 2026.[7] In January 2024, he joined Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard on loan until the end of the season.[8]
On 11 August 2024, Braaf joined Salernitana on loan from Verona.[9]
International career
editBorn in the Netherlands, Braaf is of Surinamese descent.[10] He has played internationally for Netherlands at under-15, under-17 and under-18 levels.
Honours
editClub
editNetherlands U17
Individual
edit- Man City EDS Players Player of the Year: 2019-20[11]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Braaf è un nuovo giocatore dell'Udinese" (Press release). Udinese. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Udinese vs. Fiorentina". Soccerway. 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Benevento vs Udinese". Soccerway. 25 April 2021.
- ^ "BVB verpflichtet Jayden Braaf". bvb.de (in German). 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Jayden Braaf per l'attacco del Verona!". hellasverona.it (in Italian). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Borussia Dortmund's Jayden Braaf to join Hellas Verona on a permanent transfer". bvbbuzz.com. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "FORTUNA STRIKT JAYDEN BRAAF ALS OPVOLGER NOSLIN" [FORTUNA ROPES IN JAYDEN BRAAF AS NOSLIN'S SUCCESSOR]. fortunasittard.nl (in Dutch). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Jayden Braaf è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana" [Jayden Braaf is a new player for Salernitana] (in Italian). Salernitana. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Edwards, John (9 July 2020). "QUARTET RECOGNISED AT ACADEMY PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS". mancity.com. Manchester City.
External links
edit- Jayden Braaf at Soccerway
