Chivano Wijks

Chivano Wijks
Personal information
Date of birth (2008-05-22) 22 May 2008
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich U19[1]
Youth career
VV SVH
RVC Celeritas
–2021 Voetbal Club Sparta
2021–2024 Feyenoord
2024– Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Bayern Munich II 0 (0)
International career‡
2023–2024 Netherlands U16 6 (1)
2024–2025 Netherlands U17 10 (2)
2025– Netherlands U18 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2025

Chivano Wijks (born 22 May 2008) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defender for the under-19 team (U19 DFB-Nachwuchsliga) of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.[1]

Early life

Wijks was born on 22 May 2008, in the Hague, Netherlands, and grew up in the city, he is the son of the late Surinamese-born footballer Marvin Wijks, and the older brother of fellow Dutch footballer Gennaro Wijks.[2][3]

Club career

As a youth player, Wijks progressed through the youth academies of Dutch sides VV SVH, RVC Celeritas, and Voetbal Club Sparta.[4]

In 2021, he joined the youth academy of Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord.[5] Three years later, ahead of the 2024–25 season, Wijks moved to Germany and joined the youth academy of Bundesliga side Bayern Munich.[6]

He received his first call-up with Bayern Munich's reserve team during the 2025–26 season, for the first time on 1 August 2025, during a 6–3 home win Regionalliga Bayern match against TSV Buchbach, as an unused substitute however.[7] Seven days later he was called-up again, during a 5–0 home win Regionalliga Bayern match against TSV Schwaben Augsburg on 8 August, but yet to make his professional debut.[8]

International career

Wijks is a Netherlands youth international. During the autumn of 2024 and the spring of 2025, he played for the Netherlands national under-17 football team for 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification.[9]

Style of play

Wijks plays as a right-back and centre-back. German newspaper Tz wrote in 2025 that he is "a straightforward, very attacking right-back... is extremely fast".[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chivano Wijks". FC Bayern Munich.
  2. ↑ "Oud-profvoetballer Marvin Wijks (40) overleden: 'Een van de moeilijkste berichten om te schrijven'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 27 February 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Nederlander (17) mag dromen van Bayern München: 'Dat voelde als een film'" [Dutchman (17) can dream of Bayern Munich: 'That felt like a movie'] (in Dutch). Voetbalzone. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Feyenoord raakt groot talent (16) definitief kwijt aan Bayern München". 1908.nl (in Dutch). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "'Feyenoord-talent maakt overstap naar Bayern München'". 1908.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Chivano Wijks" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Durchatmen nach 6:3-Spektakel: Bayern-Amateure verschenken beinahe ein 4:0 gegen Buchbach" (in German). Kicker. 1 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Eine Frage der Effizienz: Eiskalte Bayern-Amateure zerlegen Schwaben Augsburg". kicker.de. August 8, 2025.
  9. ↑ Chivano Wijks at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Bayerns neue Goldene Generation? 2008er-Jahrgang macht Zukunftshoffnung" [Bayern's new golden generation? The 2008 cohort offers hope for the future] (in German). Tz. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
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