Daley Sinkgraven
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daley Sinkgraven
| image = Daley Sinkgraven, 2022-07-31, Saisoneröffnung Bayer 04, Leverkusen (1).jpg
| caption = Sinkgraven with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1995|07|4}}
| birth_place = Assen, Netherlands
| position = Left-back, Midfielder
| currentclub = Fortuna Sittard
| clubnumber = 24
| youthyears1 = 2002–2008
| youthclubs1 = MVV Alcides
| youthyears2 = 2008–2013
| youthclubs2 = Heerenveen
| years1 = 2013–2015
| clubs1 = Heerenveen
| caps1 = 35
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2015–2019
| clubs2 = Ajax
| caps2 = 63
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2015–2019
| clubs3 = Jong Ajax
| caps3 = 9
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2019–2023
| clubs4 = Bayer Leverkusen
| caps4 = 59
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2023–2025
| clubs5 = Las Palmas
| caps5 = 12
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2025–
| clubs6 = Fortuna Sittard
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U17
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2012
| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U18
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2014
| nationalteam3 = Netherlands U19
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam4 = Netherlands U21
| nationalcaps4 = 5
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 10 June 2025
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Daley Sinkgraven (born 4 July 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for {{Dutch football updater|FortunaSi}} club Fortuna Sittard.
Club career
=Heerenveen=
Sinkgraven started playing football with MVV Alcides from his hometown Meppel. He ended up in the youth academy of SC Heerenveen. Sinkgraven had a breakthrough season in 2013–14 playing 17 games while starting five of them. He made his debut in the 2–2 draw against Roda JC Kerkrade on 18 January 2014 by replacing Hakim Ziyech. On 28 March 2014, he extended his contract until the summer of 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/nieuws/contract-sinkgraven-verlengd-tot-2017/10|title=Contract Sinkgraven verlengd tot 2017|language=nl|publisher=SC Heerenveen|date=28 March 2014}} On 22 November 2014, he scored an own goal in a 4–1 away loss to Ajax.{{cite web|url=http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/bijzaken-en-geruchten/85303/eerste-ajax-goal-sinkgraven-al-een-feit.html|title=Eerste 'Ajax-goal' Sinkgraven al een feit|language=nl|publisher=Ajax Showtime|date=31 January 2015|access-date=11 February 2015|archive-date=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211222955/http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/bijzaken-en-geruchten/85303/eerste-ajax-goal-sinkgraven-al-een-feit.html|url-status=dead}} Sinkgraven's great performances for Heerenveen caught the eye of many giant English clubs. Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United were all very interested in buying the teenage Sinkgraven.{{cite web|url=http://www.football-oranje.com/de-boer-confirms-ajax-interest-in-sinkgraven/|title=De Boer confirms Ajax interest in Sinkgraven|website=football-oranje.com|publisher=Football Oranje|date=4 December 2014|accessdate=5 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.football-oranje.com/chelsea-scout-admits-sinkgraven-target/|title=Chelsea scout admits Sinkgraven is a target|website=football-oranje.com|publisher=Football Oranje|date=18 January 2015|accessdate=5 May 2020}}
=Ajax=
File:Dnepr-Ajax (5).jpg in 2015]]
On 30 January 2015, after excellent performances for SC Heerenveen, it was announced that Sinkgraven had joined Ajax for a fee of €7 million at the age of 19 years old, making him the club's most expensive acquisition since Miralem Sulejmani, who had also made the transfer to Ajax from Heerenveen.{{cite web|url=https://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=236010|title=Ajax heeft Sinkgraven binnen en laat Duarte vertrekken|language=nl|publisher=Voetbalzone.nl|date=31 January 2015}} He signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with the club and was given the number 8 shirt previously worn by Lerin Duarte, who was sent on a six-month loan spell to Heerenveen in return.{{cite web|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/ajax-haalt-sinkgraven-weg-uit-heerenveen-.htm|title=Ajax haalt Sinkgraven weg uit Heerenveen|language=nl|publisher=Voetbal International|date=30 January 2015}} He made his debut for the first team of Ajax in the starting lineup on 5 February 2015 in a 1–0 home loss to AZ.{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3845087/2015/02/05/Na-debuut-gaat-Sinkgraven-liedje-Guus-Meeuwis-zingen.dhtml|title=Na debuut gaat Sinkgraven liedje Guus Meeuwis zingen|language=nl|publisher=AD.nl|date=5 February 2015}}
Sinkgraven helped guide Ajax to the final of the 2016–17 Europa League where they lost to Manchester United. Sinkgraven was also a part of the Ajax team that won the Dutch Eredivisie title and the Dutch KNVB Cup during the 2018–19 season. In that same season, Sinkgraven also helped Ajax reach the semi-finals of the Champions League where they lost to Tottenham, after knocking out Real Madrid and Juventus in the previous rounds. Sinkgraven was hampered by injuries for a lot of the time, while at Ajax. In his four and a half years at Ajax, he missed 101 games through injury and he was out injured for a total of 738 days.
=Bayer Leverkusen=
On 17 June 2019, Sinkgraven signed for Bayer Leverkusen on a four-year contract, to rejoin his former Ajax coach Peter Bosz.{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190617-leverkusen-sign-ajax-ace-sinkgraven|title=Leverkusen sign Ajax ace Sinkgraven|work=France24|date=17 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/bundesliga/transfers-bundesliga-daley-sinkgraven-signs-on-at-bayer-leverkusen/article28022761.ece|title=Sinkgraven signs on at Leverkusen|author=Nicholas McGee|publisher=Sport Star|date=17 June 2019}} On 22 May 2023, Leverkusen announced that it would not be renewing Sinkgraven's contract, making the player a free agent at the end of the season.{{Cite web |date=22 May 2023 |title=Bayer confirm three more departures |url=https://bulinews.com/news/17469/bayer-confirm-three-more-departures |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=Bulinews |language=en}}
=Las Palmas=
On 11 July 2023, recently-promoted La Liga side UD Las Palmas announced the signing of Sinkgraven on a two-year contract.{{Cite web |date=11 July 2023 |title=Daley Sinkgraven nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas |trans-title=Daley Sinkgraven new player of UD Las Palmas|url=https://www.udlaspalmas.es/en/news/daley-sinkgraven-nuevo-jugador-de-la-ud-las-palmas |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=www.udlaspalmas.es |language=es}} On 2 February 2025, after being rarely used, he terminated his link with the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.udlaspalmas.es/noticias/la-ud-las-palmas-rescinde-anticipadamente-el-contrato-de-daley-sinkgraven|title=La UD Las Palmas rescinde anticipadamente el contrato de Daley Sinkgraven|trans-title=UD Las Palmas rescind Daley Sinkgraven's contract early|publisher=UD Las Palmas|language=es|date=2 February 2025|accessdate=2 February 2025}}
=Fortuna Sittard=
On 3 February 2025, Sinkgraven returned to the Netherlands and signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Fortuna Sittard.{{cite web|publisher=Fortuna Sittard|url=https://fortunasittard.nl/nieuws/fortuna-haalt-sinkgraven-terug-naar-nederland|title=Fortuna haalt Sinkgraven terug naar Nederland|trans-title=Fortuna brings Sinkgraven back to the Netherlands|date=3 February 2025|access-date=3 February 2025|language=nl}}
International career
Sinkgraven has been capped at various youth levels, notably representing the Dutch U21, U19 teams. He has received call-ups for the senior national team but has not been capped as of July 2021.
Personal life
Sinkgraven is the son of Dutch football coach Harry Sinkgraven.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2015/02/04/8521872/on-the-road-to-barcelona-sinkgravens-ajax-move-first-step-in|title=On the road to Barcelona - Sinkgraven's Ajax move first step in a great career|date=4 February 2015|accessdate=24 February 2015|author=Peter McVitie|publisher=Goal.com}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 8 April 2023.}}{{cite web|title=Daley Sinkgraven » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daley-sinkgraven/2/|website=WorldFootball.net|access-date=28 October 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daley-sinkgraven/300873/ |title=Daley Sinkgraven profile |website=Soccerway}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Continental{{efn|Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches}} !colspan=2|Other{{efn|Includes Johan Cruyff Shield and Eredivisie play-off matches}} !colspan=2|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan=3|Heerenveen
|rowspan=2|Eredivisie |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 21 | 4 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!35||4||1||0||0||0||2||0||38||4 | |||||||||
| rowspan=6|Ajax
|rowspan=5|Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 14 | 0 |
| 2015–16
|16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 24 | 0 | |
| 2016–17
|24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 32 | 1 | |
| 2017–18
|4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 11 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!63||1||4||0||19||0||0||0||86||1 | |||||||||
| rowspan=3|Jong Ajax
|rowspan=2|Eerste Divisie |5 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18
|4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!9||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||1 | |||||||||
| rowspan=5|Bayer Leverkusen
|rowspan=4|Bundesliga |13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 21 | 0 | |
| 2020–21
|22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 27 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 18 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 12 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!59||0||5||0||14||0||0||0||78||0 | |||||||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!166||6||10||0||33||0||2||0||211||6 |
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Honours
=Club=
- Eredivisie: 2018–19
- KNVB Cup: 2018–19
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2016–17{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/overview/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702090446/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/overview/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2017|title=2016/17: United win it for Manchester|publisher=UEFA|date=30 May 2017}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/daley-sinkgraven.htm Voetbal International profile] {{in lang|nl}}
- {{Soccerway|daley-sinkgraven/300873}}
- [http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/22/53e33826-377e0740-981932 Netherlands U17 profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063640/http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/22/53e33826-377e0740-981932 |date=4 March 2016 }} at OnsOranje
- [http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/276/53e33826-377e0740-981932 Netherlands U18 profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131639/http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/276/53e33826-377e0740-981932 |date=24 September 2015 }} at OnsOranje
- [http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/20/53e33826-377e0740-981932 Netherlands U19 profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035443/http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/20/53e33826-377e0740-981932 |date=4 March 2016 }} at OnsOranje
- [http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/21/53e33826-377e0740-981932 Netherlands U21 profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043126/http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/21/53e33826-377e0740-981932 |date=4 March 2016 }} at OnsOranje
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