David Petrus Wenceslaus Henri Pröpper (born 2 September 1991) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Vitesse.

Early and personal life

Pröpper was born in

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and his brothers Robin and Mike are

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Club career

Vitesse

Pröpper started his career with local amateur club VDZ, where he was coached by his father, Peter, before progressing through Vitesse's academy. He made his

debut on 17 January 2010 in a match against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 84th minute. He made his first appearance in the starting line-up on 13 April 2010, in a match against

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at the

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. Pröpper made 11 appearances in the Eredivisie in the 2009–10 season. In his second season at Vitesse he scored his first goal for the club, opening an eventual 2–4 defeat to

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PSV

On 8 December 2015, Pröpper scored the winning goal for

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at home against

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in the UEFA Champions League, ensuring a spot in the last 16 for PSV for the first time in nine years. Pröpper played in every league match but one, scoring 10 goals in the 2015–16 title winning season, successfully defending their title from the year prior.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Pröpper signed for newly promoted

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club

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on 7 August 2017 on a four-year contract, for a club-record transfer fee. 5 days later he made his debut, playing the full match in Brighton's first ever Premier League fixture. Brighton went on to lose 2–0 at home to eventual league champions,

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. He made his

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debut on 19 September coming on as a substitute in the 1–0 away loss at

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. Pröpper again played the whole match at home to West Brom on 9 September where Brighton won 3–1, recording their first Premier League win. Pröpper made 4 appearances in the

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including the 2–0 quarter final defeat away to

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. On 7 April 2018, Pröpper was shown a straight red card for a late challenge on

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in a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 4 May, Brighton were to face Manchester United again, this time in the league where Brighton won 1–0 at

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securing Premier League status. Pröpper played the entire match. Early in his second season at ''The Albion'' he featured in the consecutive victory over Manchester United, claiming a 3–2 home win on 19 August 2018. He played in what was Brighton's only

match of the season on 28 August coming on as a substitute in the 1–0 home loss to South Coast rivals,

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. Pröpper scored his first goal for Brighton in a 2–1 league defeat away against Leicester on 26 February 2019. Like the season prior, Pröpper made 4 appearances in the

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where they went one step further, being knocked out in the Semi-final at

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against Manchester City in which Pröpper played in. Pröpper was again a regular in the squad for the Sussex club where their safety was secured on 4 May as a result of

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losing at home to Brighton's rivals,

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. This confirmation came exactly a year after Brighton secured their safety in the 2017–18 season. On the opening day of the 2019–20 season, Pröpper set up

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's goal in a match where Brighton recorded their joint biggest away victory in the Premier League, beating

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3–0. Pröpper had an injury hit

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season with ''The Albion'' and was restricted to only 7 Premier League appearances, playing in 11 matches in all competitions all season.

Return to PSV

On 23 June 2021, PSV announced that they had re-signed Pröpper from Brighton for an undisclosed fee. He made his second debut for PSV on 21 July, coming on as a 63rd minute substitute for

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in an eventual 5–1 home win over

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in the first leg of the second qualifying round in the Champions League. He came on as a 61st minute substitute for Ibrahim Sangaré in the

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in which PSV came away with their 12th title after thrashing

4–0 at the

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on 7 August. His league return with PSV came with success playing the whole match of the 2–0 away win over

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on 14 August in the opening game of the season. He scored his first goal on his return to PSV seven days later, opening the scoring in the 4–1 home victory over

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. On 4 January 2022 Pröpper announced his retirement from professional football, citing a lack of motivation and a discomfort with the current football culture.

Comeback and return to Vitesse

On 27 January 2023, Pröpper returned to playing and signed a contract with his first club Vitesse until 30 June 2024.

International career

Pröpper has represented the Netherlands U-19 team in the qualification rounds for the

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. On 14 November 2009, Pröpper made his debut for the U-19 Oranje in a qualification match against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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. On 17 November 2009, Pröpper was in the starting line-up and played the whole match in a match against

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. He made his

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debut on 5 June 2015, replacing

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in the 57th minute of an eventual 3–4 friendly defeat to the

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at the

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. Pröpper scored his first goals for his country on his 6th cap in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on 3 September 2017, netting twice in the 3–1 home victory over

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. In his next cap he scored again in a 3–1 victory, which was also in a 2018 World Cup qualifier, this time away to

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on 7 October 2017. Pröpper was part of the Dutch 2019 Nations League squad that finished as the runners up. On 6 September, Pröpper came on as a substitute away against

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in a Euro 2020 qualifier where the Dutch claimed a 4–2 victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pröpper goal.''

Honours

PSV *

: 2015–16 *

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, 2016,

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Netherlands *

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runner-up: 2018–19

References

External links

Profile
at the Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Propper, Davy 1991 births Living people Footballers from Arnhem Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders SBV Vitesse players PSV Eindhoven players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Eredivisie players Premier League players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England