Ki-Jana Hoever

The young man from Amsterdam has kept true to his roots and chances are you'll catch him nonchalantly riding a bicycle through town rather than motoring past highways. And it keeps them legs fit and firing for match day!

Born on January 18th, 2002, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, his father was a former American football player who acted as Ki’s sports mentor from an early age. He joined the academy of AZ Alkmaar as a boy and would later move to Ajax. His displays for Ajax’s U17 team was spotted by scouts from English club Liverpool who were impressed enough offer the youngster a chance to train with their youth system. Ki started off with Liverpool’s U18 side but was gradually moved up to the U23s despite his relatively young age. By late 2018 the Dutchman had already begun to train with Liverpool’s first-team, and coach Jurgen Klopp gave him his Liverpool debut on January 7th, 2019, in an FA Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers. His goal against MK Dons in the EFL Cup later that year made him the fourth-youngest player to score for the mighty Reds. With spots in his preferred position filled by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson, Liverpool decided to cash-in on their prized asset, with fellow Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers paying a reported £9 million for his services. Ki made his Premier League and Wolves debut in a 4-0 loss to West Ham United on September 27th, 2020, however, his home debut came in a 1-0 win over Fulham.