Dylan Galdino Junior Timber (born 15 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Eerste Divisie club VVV-Venlo. He is the older brother of two younger twins Jurriën Timber and Quinten Timber who are also professional footballers respectively playing for Arsenal and Feyenoord. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Curaçao national team at the international level.

Dylan Timber
Timber in 2023
Personal information
Full name Dylan Galdino Junior Timber[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Position(s) centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
VVV-Venlo
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2008 DVSU Utrecht
2008–2010 Feyenoord
2010–2011 DVSU Utrecht
2011–2012 SV Kampong
2012–2013 SV Houten
2013–2020 SV Kampong
2020–2021 Sparta Nijkerk
2021–2022 Utrecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Sparta Nijkerk 1 (3)
2022–2023 Jong Utrecht 22 (3)
2023– VVV-Venlo 86 (3)
International career
2022– Curaçao 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:32, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Career

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Timber is a youth product of DVSU Utrecht, Feyenoord, SV Kampong, SV Houten, and Sparta Nijkerk.[2] On 11 May 2022, he signed with Jong Utrecht on a two-year contract.[3]

On 4 May 2023, Timber signed a three-year contract with Eerste Divisie club VVV-Venlo.[4]

International career

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Born in the mainland Netherlands, Timber was called up to the Curaçao national team for a set of friendlies in September 2022.[5] He debuted with Curaçao in a friendly 3–2 loss to Indonesia on 25 September 2022.[6]

Personal life

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Born in the Netherlands, Timber is of Aruban and Curaçaoan descent. His mother Marilyn is from Aruba and their father is from Curaçao, both parts of the ABC Islands in the Dutch Caribbean. Due to situations in the past, the family took on their maternal name Timber instead of taking the last name of their father, Maduro.[7] He has four brothers Shamier, Chris, and twins Quinten and Jurriën Timber.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Player profile".
  2. ^ "Sparta Nijkerk trekt Dylan Timber aan". v.v. Sparta Nijkerk.
  3. ^ "FC Utrecht anuncia contratação de Dylan Timber". 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "VVV-Venlo contracteert Dylan Timber voor drie seizoenen". VVV-Venlo (in Dutch). 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Profil Dylan Timber, Kakak Bintang Ajax yang akan Hadapi Timnas Indonesia". suara.com. 21 September 2022.
  6. ^ "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
  7. ^ "Het Verhaal Achter: De gebroeders Timber". Ajax Showtime. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "'We zijn gewoon de nieuwe Timbers'". Ajax.
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