🐣 This week's wonderkid, Gjivai Zechiël 🇳🇱

🐣 This week's wonderkid, Gjivai Zechiël 🇳🇱

As every week, OneFootball shines a light on a young talent on the rise. This Wednesday, the focus is on the new Eredivisie prodigy!

In spring, some buds draw more attention than others. At 21, Gjivai Zechiël is turning promise into certainty. Since the start of spring, the 21-year-old Dutch midfielder, on loan from Feyenoord to Utrecht, has been stringing together standout performances: five goals in four matches, including a brace for the Netherlands U21s and three league goals for his club, one of them against PSV.

A run that says a lot about his development. Long seen as a player who drives forward play and links things together, Zechiël is now adding an essential weapon to his game: end product. His sense of timing in the box, his ability to find space between the lines, and the quality of his shooting now make him a constant threat.

With the Dutch U21s, his brace only confirmed what his recent club performances had already suggested: a player who no longer waits for the game to come to him, but takes the initiative. More proactive, more incisive, he sets the tempo and dictates attacking phases.

In the Netherlands, he is already being tipped as an undisputed starter for Feyenoord next season. And why not see him this summer at the World Cup in the Netherlands?

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