Danilho Raimundo Doekhi (born 30 June 1998) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Doekhi was transferred to the

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youth program in July 2016, but is a product of the

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youth system. He made his

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debut with the latter on 6 March 2016 in a game against AZ. He replaced Stanley Elbers in the 81st minute, in a 2–0 away loss. Doekhi made his Jupiler League-debut for

Jong Ajax Jong Ajax (; ), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2, is a Dutch association football team. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Jong Ajax is the only reserve team to have won a title in Dutch professional foot ...

on 17 February 2017, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Léon Bergsma in the 95th minute against

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, with the game ending in a 3–2 away win. Doekhi's first league start for Jong Ajax came in the first game of the new season, a 2–1 away win against

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. It was followed up with two further starts against

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and

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, before alternating between the bench and the starting line-up for much of September and October. After coming on as a sub against

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, Doekhi then entered a period of consistent starts for Jong Ajax, making 16 out of a possible 17 appearances in the starting line-up, lasting the full 90 minutes in 14 of them. On 4 July 2018, Doekhi agreed to join fellow Eredivisie side, Vitesse on a four-year deal. On 16 May 2022, Doekhi signed with German

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club

Personal life

Born during the

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match between

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and

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, his parents named him Raimundo after Brazilian International footballer Raimundo Souza Vieira de Oliveira. He is the nephew of former Dutch international football player

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and is of mixed

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and

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se descent.

Career statistics

Honours

Jong Ajax *

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doekhi, Danilho 1998 births Living people Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football central defenders Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers XerxesDZB players Excelsior Rotterdam players Jong Ajax players SBV Vitesse players 1. FC Union Berlin players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Dutch sportsmen