Dean Huijsen
Dean Donny Huijsen (born 14 April 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for  club Juventus. Born in Amsterdam, Huijsen moved to Spain at the age of five and joined Costa Unida CF. In 2015, he joined Málaga's youth sector, where he played until 2021, when he was signed by Juventus. After playing for the under-17 and under-19 teams, he was promoted to reserve team Juventus Next Gen in January 2023. Club career 
Having started playing with Costa Unida CF de Marbella, before joining Málaga's youth set-up in 2015, aged 10. In 2021, he joined Juventus, after being contended by Real Madrid. In his first season, he played with the under-17 team, scoring seven goals. In the following season, he advanced to U19 level; from August to November 2022, he scored six goals in 14 matches with the under-19s in all competitions. He also featured in two first-team friendlies against Standard Liège and Rijeka in December of the same year. In early January 2023, Huijsen was promoted to Juventus Next Gen, the reserve team of Juventus. He subsequently made his professional debut on 8 January 2023, starting in a 2–1 league loss against Pordenone. He was booked at the seventh minute and scored with a 50th-minute header a goal which was disallowed for offside. On 15 February, Huijsen scored his first professional goals, netting a brace in the second leg of a Coppa Italia Serie C semi-final match against Foggia: the game ended in a 2–1 win for his side (3–3 on aggregate) after 90 minutes, as Juventus Next Gen eventually won the tie on penalties. On 2 April, he also scored his first goal in Serie C in Juventus Next Gen–Feralpisalò 1–3, through a tap-in after a Nikola Sekulov's shoot. In June 2023, Huijsen renewed his contract with Juventus until 2027, having collected 40 official appearances and scored ten goals between Juventus U19 and Next Gen throughout the 2022–23 season. On 22 October, he made his Serie A debut, coming off the bench in the 78th minute to substitute Federico Gatti, in a 1–0 away win over AC Milan. International career 
Huijsen has represented the Netherlands at various youth international levels, having played for the under-16, under-17 and under-18 national teams. In May 2022, he was included in the Dutch under-17 squad that took part in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Israel, where he scored two penalties in the group stage matches against France and Poland, as the Oranje eventually finished as runners-up after losing to France itself in the final. Personal life 
Born in Amsterdam, Huijsen's family relocated to Marbella, Spain when he was five years old. He is son of , who played for Jong Ajax and had a professional career in Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie. Career statistics

Honours

Netherlands U17 
 UEFA European Under-17 Championship runners-up: 2022

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Living people
2005 births
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Málaga CF players
Juventus FC players
Juventus Next Gen players
Serie C players
Men's association football central defenders
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Footballers from Amsterdam