Their 2026 World Cup
Three appearances and 187 minutes in the Netherlands attack.
Match by match
D. Malen played 1 match for Netherlands, starting every one.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group F | vs Sweden 5-1 | Started, off on 46′ |
Who he is
- Born
- 19 January 1999 · aged 27 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Wieringen
- Club
- AS Roma
- Height
- 1.79 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
Donyell Malen (born 19 January 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward or winger for Serie A club Roma and the Netherlands national team. Malen played youth football for Ajax and Arsenal before joining PSV Eindhoven in 2017, playing for their youth side Jong PSV before graduating to the senior team. He joined German club Borussia Dortmund in 2021, spending four years there before joining Premier League club Aston Villa in 2025. Malen has played at every youth international level for the Netherlands from under-15 to senior.
Early career Malen began his career with Ajax in 2007. Despite a great deal of resistance coming from Ajax, in 2015 he left Ajax to join English club Arsenal. Malen joined Arsenal due to his heroes Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp.
Malen began playing for the youth teams of Arsenal in the Youth Premier League together with the FA Youth Cup, and the UEFA Youth League in the 2015–16 season. He began to display his impressive talent during his debut season for the Gunners.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · opening summary of the article.
Tournament data from API-Football. See more rankings on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)