Ivar Jenner
Ivar Jenner (born 10 January 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Utrecht. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Indonesia national team. Personal life
Born in Utrecht, Ivar is a footballer of Indonesian descent. Ivar's Indonesian descent comes from his grandmother, the mother of his father who was born in Java. In an interview he said, "My father's mother or my grandmother was born in Java (Jember). So, my father is half Indonesian and I am a quarter Indonesian. My mother's parents are from Netherlands. So my Dutch side came from my mother". On 22 May 2023, Ivar officially acquired Indonesian citizenship. Club career
Ivar played for IJsselstein-based academy side IJFC and Ajax before a move to Utrecht in 2016. He signed his first professional contract in May 2021. Ivar signed a new three-year deal with Utrecht in August 2023.

International career
Jenner has represented the Netherlands at under-15 level. He is also eligible to represent Indonesia, and in October 2022, he travelled with fellow Dutch-Indonesian footballer Justin Hubner to Indonesia to become naturalized, in order to represent the Indonesia national under-20 football team at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Although Jenner still holds the Netherlands passport, on 17 November 2022, he played for the Indonesia U-20 in a losing effort, 0–6 against France U-20 in a friendly match in Spain. He also played against Slovakia U-20 two days later, in a 1–2 loss. On 27 May 2023, Jenner received a called-up for the senior team for the friendly matches against Palestine and Argentina. Ivar made his debut on June 14 2023, against Palestine in a 0–0 draw. On June 19 2023, Ivar made his first start for the senior team, in just his second appearance for them against Argentina in a 0–2 loss. On 29 August, Jenner reeceved a call up to the under-23 team for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification. He made his debut for the under-23 team against Chinese Taipei, in a 9–0 win. Career statistics

Club

International

International goals
International under-23 goals

References

2004 births
Living people
Footballers from Utrecht (city)
Indonesian men's footballers
Indonesia men's international footballers
Indonesia men's youth international footballers
Indonesian expatriate men's footballers
Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Dutch men's footballers
Naturalised citizens of Indonesia
Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Dutch people of Indonesian descent
Indonesian people of Dutch descent
Men's association football midfielders
Eerste Divisie players
AFC Ajax players
FC Utrecht players
Jong FC Utrecht players
Naturalised association football players