Dirk Abels

Dirk Abels
Personal information
Full name Dirk Abels
Date of birth (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997
Place of birth Udenhout, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
Number 4
Youth career
SvSSS
–2009 Willem II
2009–2014 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Jong PSV 60 (2)
2018–2019 PSV 0 (0)
2019–2023 Sparta Rotterdam 140 (3)
2023–2026 Grasshopper 83 (4)
2026– Cong An Ho Chi Minh City 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026

Dirk Abels (born 13 June 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back or center-back for V.League 1 club Cong An Ho Chi Minh City.[1][2]

Club career

Abels made his professional debut for Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie on 9 August 2014, the opening matchday of the 2014–15 season, against Achilles '29.[3]

In June 2016, he signed a contract extension with PSV until 2018.[4] He made his first team debut on 30 October 2018, in a 3–2 loss at home to RKC Waalwijk in the KNVB Cup after extra time.[5]

Abels signed with Sparta Rotterdam in January 2019,[6] where he won promotion to the Eredivisie via play-offs in his first six months.[7]

On 17 July 2023, he signed with Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League.[8] He joins them with a two-year contract with a one-year option to extend, which was activated automatically on 18 April 2025, keeping him at the club until summer 2026.[9] He departed Grasshoppers at the end of his contract.[10]

On 1 August 2026, Abels moved to Vietnam, signing for V.League 1 team Cong An Ho Chi Minh City.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 July 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong PSV 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 20———20
2016–17 120———120
2017–18 290———290
2018–19 140———140
Total 570———570
PSV 2018–19 Eredivisie 0010——10
Sparta Rotterdam 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 210———210
2019–20 Eredivisie 25020——270
2020–21 311102[a]0—331
2021–22 33020——350
2022–23 30100——301
Total 14026020—1482
Grasshopper 2023–24 Super League 24020—2[b]000
2024–25 28120—2[b]000
2025–26 31331—1[b]000
Total 83471—50955
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City 2026–27 V.League 1 0000—0000
Career total 280614000602997
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League playoffs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Swiss Super League relegation play-off

References

  1. 1 2 Dirk Abels at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Dirk Abels at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Jong PSV vs. Achilles '29 - 9 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Dirk Abels tekent contract tot 2018". PSV (in Dutch). 7 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "PSV vs. RKC Waalwijk - 30 October 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Dirk Abels komt over van PSV". Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch). 16 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sparta keert terug in Eredivisie na 0-2 zege in Doetinchem". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 28 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "GC Zurich signs Dirk Abels". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Contract extension with Dirk Abels". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Abels, Asp-Jensen, Zvonarek, Tsimba, Glaus und Seji verlassen GC Zürich" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "CLB Công an TP.HCM chiêu mộ thành công trung vệ từng khoác áo PSV Eindhoven" (in Vietnamese). Dân Việt. 1 August 2026.
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