Mitchell Dijks, a central defender who won the Dutch with Ajax Amsterdam and played football at the UEFA Champions League landed in Nam Dinh.
On the evening of August 21, Nam Dinh Club continued to announce more recruits in the 2025/26 season. The competition at the AFC Champions League helps the Thien Truong Stadium's team allowed to recruit unlimited foreign soldiers. Of course, in the V.League, Nam Dinh still has to comply with the regulation of up to 7 “Western” players and use the most three names in this field on the pitch. This list will be closed when the V.League 2025/26 ends the third round.
The rookie that Nam Dinh launched was Mitchell Clement Dijks. This player was born in 1993, Dutch nationality. He is 1m94 tall, the front defender, and can kick the center -back. Mitchell Dijks grew up from the famous Ajax training furnace, was taken to the first team in 2012. He also once went to England to play for Norwich City, to Italy to play for Bologna. Mitchell Dijks also played for U16, U18, U19 and U21 teams.
The presence of Mitchell Dijks promises to bring more “steel” to Nam Dinh's defense. “I am very happy to join Nam Dinh. This is an interesting experience,” Mitchell Dijks shared.
Mitchell Dijks used to play in the UEFA Champions League 5 times, 11 appearances in the Europa League. This player used to be the teammate of Donny Van Beek, Davy Classen, Andre Onana. He is the student of coach Erik Ten Hag, who led MU and is currently in charge of the “captain” at Bayer Leverkusen.
The most impressive achievement that Mitchell Dijks has ever won the Dutch Championship with Ajax in the 2012/13 season. At that time, the coach leading Ajax was legendary Frank de Boer. The Ajax squad at the time had a parallel names with Mitchell Dijks such as Daley Blind, Ryan Babel, Siem de Jong, …
The current foreign soldiers of Nam Dinh Club are Lucas Alves, Caio Cesar, Mahmoud Eid, Njabulo Blom, Caique, Brenner, Kyle Hudlin, Romulo, Percy Tau and the latest Mitchell Dijks. Of these 10 foreign soldiers, Nam Dinh is only allowed to register 7 names for the V.League season 2025/26 in phase 1.