1053 Jordy de Wijs

Biography

Ball playing defender Jordy de Wijs signed for Hull City in July 2018, joining Nigel Adkins’ new look championship defensive line.  His debut against Aston Villa was iffy, but the talents that the Dutchman offered were plain to see and he soon established himself as a regular in the City defence.  Jordy offered tough tackling, reliable distribution and powerful heading, an effective skillset for a dominant Championship centre back that also met the approval of new manager Grant McCann in Jordy’s second season.  As the 2019/20 season progressed Jordy’s partnership with Reece Burke became pivotal to City’s success – or failure, when spells of injury robbed the Tigers of de Wijs’s services. By the end of the season City were marooned at the foot of the table and de Wijs’s form had waned considerably.

After a summer of transfer rumours, de Wijs started the 2020/21 League One campaign in the City first team, though shorn of the captaincy that he was handed in June 2020 after Eric Lichaj’s post-lockdown departure. However the autumnal emergence of Jacob Greaves in the City defence meant that Jordy lost his place and in January 2021 he was loaned to Queens Park Rangers.

Although born in Belgium to a family of professional footballers, Jordy de Wijs was raised in Holland and was on PSV Eindhoven’s books from the age of 10. He made his PSV B team debut Almere City in February 2014 after impressing during the previous season in the Under-19 side and in the 2014/15 he was a regular starter for PSV Jong, the club’s reserve side. He was also an unused substitute for the PSV first team on five occasions during the 2014/15 season, eventually making his first team debut in the exalted environs of a Champions League tie against German side VfL Wolfsburg in October 2015. In January 2017 he was loaned to Excelsior Rotterdam for the rest of the season and made 15 appearances, he returned to Excelsior in August 2017 on a season long loan that was cut short in February 2018 after a knee injury – Jordy added 20 senior appearances in this second spell. At the end of the 2017/18 season de Wijs left PSV Eindhoven having made 5 senior appearances for the Dutch giants.

de Wijs joined Championship side Queens Park Rangers on loan in January 2021 and scored one goals in 9 appearances. He converted the loan to a permanent transfer in May 2021 and started the 2021/22 season as an important figure in the R’s defence, but by January 2022, after a further 13 appearances, he had drifted out of first team contention. In January 2022 he joined German Bundesliga 2 side Fortuna Dusseldorf on a half-season loan, a move that was made permanent in June 2022. By the end of the 2022/23 season Jordy had scored two goals for Fortuna in 31 appearances.

de Wijs played at all youth levels for Holland from Under-17s through to Under-21s. He made two Under-17 appearances against France and Portugal in February 2012, then won a solitary Under-18s cap against Turkiye in November 2012. He made three appearances for the Under-20 side in September and October 2014 then added three Under-21 caps against USA, Qatar and France in May and June 2015.

Details

Nationality: Holland
Date/Place of Birth: 8 January 1995, Kortrijk (Belgium)
Hull City First Game: 6 August 2018, Aston Villa H (Championship), 23 years, 210 days old
Hull City Final Game: 29 November 2020, Stevenage A (FA Cup Second Round), 25 years, 326 days old

Clubs

PSV Eindhoven (2014-2018), Excelsior (2017-2018, loan), Hull City (2018-2021), Queens Park Rangers (2021, loan), Queens Park Rangers (2021-2022), Fortuna Dusseldorf (2022, loan), Fortuna Dusseldorf (2022-current)

Hull City Record

Career: 76 apps, 3 goals

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