Quinty Sabajo

Quinty Sabajo
Sabajo with Ajax in 2021
Personal information
Full name Quinty Zoë Serena Sabajo[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999[2]
Place of birth Maarssen, Netherlands[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
VV OSM '75
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Heerenveen 33 (10)
2020–2025 Ajax 75 (12)
International career
2015 Netherlands U16 5 (1)
2015–2016 Netherlands U17 8 (2)
2016–2018 Netherlands U19 24 (5)
2018 Netherlands U20 4 (0)
2019 Netherlands U23 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2025

Quinty Zoë Serena Sabajo (born 1 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. She has previously played for Eredivisie clubs Heerenveen and Ajax. She has also represented the Netherlands internationally at multiple youth levels.

Club career

As a child, Sabajo took up football without requiring any motivation from her parents. She played with boys' teams up until she was 15 years old.[3] She was a member of local youth club VV OSM '75, which played in her hometown of Maarssen.[4] Sabajo joined professional club Heerenveen in 2017 and made her Eredivisie debut one year later.[5] She recorded 10 goals for the club in 33 matches .[4]

Ajax

Sabajo transferred from Heerenveen to Ajax in the summer of 2020.[2] She debuted for the club on 6 September 2020, playing in a 3–1 victory over FC Twente.[6] The following month, she scored her first goal for Ajax against her former team, Heerenveen.[6] Over the course of the season, Sabajo played in 18 league games and scored twice, helping Ajax win its sixth KNVB Cup.[2] She also signed a one-year contract extension after the conclusion of the campaign.[2]

On 30 October 2023, Sabajo scored a first half hat-trick in a 6–1 win over VV Alkmaar.[7][8] Her contributions throughout the 2022–23 Eredivisie eventually ended up helping Ajax clinch its first league title in five years.[9] Sabajo spent two more years at Ajax, reaching 100 matches across all competitions in March 2025. Her milestone came in a full-circle moment, as she played her 100th game against her first professional club, Heerenveen.[5] Two of her final three Ajax goals came in a win over Excelsior Rotterdam that brought Ajax on level points with league-leaders Twente heading into the Eredivisie's winter break.[10] However, FC Twente had the last laugh, ultimately winning the title nevertheless.[11] At the end of the 2024–25 season, Sabajo's contract expired and she subsequently departed from Ajax.[12]

International career

Sabajo has played for various Netherlands youth national teams. She was named in the Dutch squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup,[4] where the Netherlands advanced to the knockout stages before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by England.[13] In November 2019, Sabajo was a late addition to the Netherlands under-23 team after Joëlle Smits was promoted to the senior squad.[14]

Honours

Ajax

References

  1. ^ "Q. Sabajo". VI. Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Quinty Sabajo verlengt bij Ajax Vrouwen" [Quinty Sabajo extends contract with Ajax Women]. Ajax (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  3. ^ van de Ven, San (20 August 2022). "De meiden van Ajax dromen van De Toekomst: 'Ik dacht: dat is nooit voor mij weggelegd'" [The Ajax girls dream of The Future: 'I thought: that will never be for me']. Het Parool. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "OSM '75 Hall of Fame". OSM 75. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d "Quinty Sabajo viert Ajax-mijlpaal uitgerekend tegen oude ploeg" [Quinty Sabajo celebrates Ajax milestone against former team]. Vrouwenvoetbalnieuws (in Dutch). 29 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Quinty Sabajo joins the Club of 100". Ajax (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Ajax-vrouwen hebben geen kind aan hekkensluiter Alkmaar; hattrick Sabajo" [Ajax women have no problem with bottom-of-the-table Alkmaar; Sabajo hat-trick]. NOS (in Dutch). 30 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Quinty Sabajo helpt Ajax Vrouwen met hattrick simpel langs zwak VV Alkmaar" [Quinty Sabajo helps Ajax Women easily past weak VV Alkmaar with a hat-trick]. NH Nieuws (in Dutch). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b Darroch, Gordon (8 May 2023). "Ajax beat PEC 6-1 to clinch first women's league title for five years". Dutch News. Archived from the original on 19 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Ajax Vrouwen dankt tandem Tolhoek-Sabajo voor belangrijke zege op Excelsior" [Ajax Women thanks tandem Tolhoek-Sabajo for important victory over Excelsior]. NU. 22 December 2024. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  11. ^ Hilgersom, Mathieu (19 May 2025). "Comeback FC Twente leidt tot nieuwe landstitel" [FC Twente's comeback leads to new national title]. Eurojackpot Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Ajax neemt afscheid van voetbalsters Kaagman en Sabajo" [Ajax bids farewell to footballers Kaagman and Sabajo]. Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). 6 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  13. ^ "England beat Dutch to reach Women's U20 World Cup semi-finals". The Guardian. 17 August 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Sabajo toegevoegd aan selectie Oranje onder 23" [Sabajo added to the Dutch Under-23 squad]. KNVB. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
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