Dean Huijsen is a young and upcoming Bournemouth FC defender who recently became the club’s youngest goalscorer, find out more about him and his parents below
Huijsen set the new club record after he scored the sole winning goal against Tottenham Spurs via a header.
Who is Bournemouth’s Dean Huijsen, bio, age, height, family, parents, girlfriend, jersey number, position, salary and contract
Dean Huijsen is now our youngest ever #PL goalscorer 👏
19 years and 235 days 😍 pic.twitter.com/GswZ7MWnIl
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) December 5, 2024
Alongside setting a new record, Dean Huijsen went viral for celebrating his goal by mimicking the viral chill guy meme.
Dean Huijsen bio
Dean Donny Huijsen Wijsmuller is a young and upcoming professional footballer who was born on April 14, 2005, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. He is the son of former Dutch professional footballer Donny Huijsen, and he is currently just 19 years old. He mainly plays as a centre-back for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.
Dean was born to a Dutch family but moved to Spain with his family when he was just five years old. Despite being born in the Netherlands, he plays for Spain at the under-21 youth international level. This is because he grew up in Spain and obtained a Spanish citizenship in February 2024.
Dean Huijsen signed a 6 year, 9,360,000 pound contract with AFC Bournemouth where he wears the number 2 jersey, including an average annual salary of 1,560,000 pounds after the club bought him for a fees of 12.6 million pounds.
Dean is single and unmarried.
Height and weight
Dean Huijsen currently stands at a height of 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) and roughly weighs around 87 kg.
Nationality
Dean Huijsen holds both Dutch and Spanish nationality owing to his roots and upbringing, but he is a Spanish citizen.
Club career
Dean Huijsen started out his footballing journey with Costa Unida CF before joining Málaga’s youth sector in 2015. He played there up until 2021, before signing with Juventus, where he played for the under-17 and under-19 teams. Dean eventually got promoted to the reserve team Juventus Next Gen in January 2023. He also made his Serie A debut with the first team the following October. After a brief loan spell at Roma the following season, Huijsen finally signed for his current side Bournemouth in July 2024.
International career
Dean Huijsen started out representing the Netherlands at various youth international levels. He played for the country’s under-16, under-17, and under-18 national teams. Back in May 2022, he also featured for the Dutch under-17 squad in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Israel. During that tournament, he scored two penalties in the group stage matches.
However, after obtaining a Spanish citizenship, he got his first call-up back on March 15, 2024, by the Spain national under-21 team. He played for the team at the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Belgium.
Dean Huijsen has an Instagram account with the handle @deanhuijsen, where he has over 152K followers and about 148 posts.
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