Quinten Ryan Crispito Timber (born 17 June 2001) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as

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for

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

in the

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Career

Ajax

Timber played in the youth academies of DVSU and

, before he and his brother joined the

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in 2014. Since 2016 he has played for various youth teams of the Dutch national team and in 2018 won the

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as 2018 UEFA Under-17 Euro) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (36th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football champ ...

. On 15 October 2018 he made his professional debut, playing for

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, the reserves team of Ajax competing in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

, the 2nd-tier of professional football in the Netherlands, in a 2–1 away loss to

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. He scored his first goal on 25 March 2019 in a 3–3 draw with

Jong FC Utrecht Jong FC Utrecht (U23) is a Dutch football team, based in Utrecht. It is the reserve team of FC Utrecht and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie season. Current squad On loan Staff ...

Utrecht

On 5 May 2021, it was announced, that Timber would transfer to

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merg ...

, signing a 3-year contract with the club from his hometown.

Feyenoord

On 28 July 2022,

announced that it had signed Timber on a 4-year contract, with FC Utrecht announcing that Timber became the most expensive outgoing player in the club's history to date. The transfer fee is said to be €8.5 million. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August 2022, scoring the first goal in a 4–0 win over

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. ...

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Timber and his twin brother

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, who is also a footballer, are of Aruban and Curaçaoan descent. Their mother Marilyn is from Aruba and their father is from Curaçao, both parts of the ABC Islands in the

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. Due to situations in the past, the family took on their maternal name Timber instead of taking the last name of their father Maduro. The twins also have three older brothers Shamier, Chris, and Dylan.

Honours

Ajax *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. O ...

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Netherlands U17 *

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Individual * FC Utrecht Player of the Year (David Di Tommaso Trophy): 2022

References

2001 births Living people Footballers from Utrecht (city) Dutch twins Identical twins Twin sportspeople Dutch footballers Netherlands youth international footballers Dutch people of Aruban descent Dutch people of Curaçao descent Association football midfielders AFC Ajax players Jong Ajax players FC Utrecht players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub