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Jaïro Riedewald
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Dutch association football player (born 1996)
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Jaïro Jocquim Riedewald is a male association football player from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Born in Haarlem on September 9, 1996, he speaks and writes Dutch. His professional career began in 2013. He has played for AFC Ajax, Jong Ajax, and Sheffield United. He also represented the Netherlands national under-17 football team and the Netherlands national under-19 football team.
On the field, Riedewald has played as a centre-back, full-back, and defensive midfielder. He wears the number 22. He participated in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4.
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Key facts
- 2011
- Netherlands U15
- 2015
- Netherlands
- 2016
- Netherlands U21
- 2025
- Sheffield United
- Full name
- Jaïro Jocquim Riedewald
- Date of birth
- ( 1996-09-09 ) 9 September 1996 (age 29)
- Place of birth
- Haarlem , Netherlands
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Positions
- Defensive midfielder defender
- Current team
- Sheffield United
- 2007 2013
- Ajax
- Years
- Team
- 2013 2017
- Ajax
- 2013 2015
- Jong Ajax
- 2017 2024
- Crystal Palace
- 2024 2025
- Royal Antwerp
- 2011 2012
- Netherlands U16
- 2012 2013
- Netherlands U17
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Sheffield United
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Haarlem
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Netherlands national under-21 football team
- Position played
- full-back
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Image
- Jairo Riedewald 2016 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.86
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1996-09-09
- sport number
- 22
- Commons category
- Jaïro Riedewald
- birth name
- Jaïro Jocquim Riedewald
- name in native language
- Jaïro Riedewald
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Jaïro Jocquim Riedewald (born 9 September 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or left-back for EFL Championship club Sheffield United. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2026.
A youth academy product of Ajax, Riedewald spent four seasons at the club, where he became a key player under manager Frank de Boer. In 2017, he was signed by Premier League club Crystal Palace, briefly reuniting with De Boer; he went on to make nearly 100 appearances in seven years in England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaïro Riedewald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.