Jay Idzes

Jay Idzes is one of the more compelling stories in current football for me, less because of trophies and more because of identity. A Dutch-born centre-back who captains Indonesia, he climbed methodically from FC Eindhoven through Go Ahead Eagles, earning promotion, all the way up to Serie A with Sassuolo. That is the trajectory of a grinder, not a wonderkid handed everything. At 190 centimetres and born in 2000, he still has his prime ahead of him, and I suspect he will become an important bridge between European and Asian football as his international captaincy grows.

Name (English)

Jay Idzes

Name (Japanese)

ジェイ・イツェス

Reading

じぇい・いつぇす

Born

June 2, 2000 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Mierlo, North Brabant, Netherlands

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jayidzes/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Idzes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52348645

Tags

• North Brabant
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-20

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