Davy Klaassen, born on 21 February 1993 (age 33), is a Dutch central midfielder whose career has been shaped overwhelmingly by Ajax. He wears the number 18 and remains valued at around £3m by Transfermarkt.
Ajax is where the substance of Klaassen’s career sits. Across 13 league seasons with the club, he has made 284 league appearances and scored 89 goals – a return well above the usual output for a midfielder of his type. His best league campaign came in 2016-17, when he scored 14 times in 33 appearances.
That scoring edge has remained part of his game rather than a brief spike. In 2026-27 he has made three Eredivisie appearances and scored once, while his wider Ajax season stands at 12 appearances and seven goals across all competitions, including four goals in Conference League qualifying and two in European play-off matches.
Klaassen’s profile is straightforward: a long-serving Ajax midfielder with a habit of arriving in the right areas and contributing goals. The career is not built on noise, but on repeated usefulness at the club that has carried most of his best football.
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