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Dean Solomons

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Dean Solomons
Personal information
Full name Dean Ryan Solomons
Date of birth (1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Piteå IF
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2017 Ajax Cape Town
2017–2018 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Jong Ajax 11 (0)
2021 Varbergs BoIS 1 (0)
2023– Piteå IF 34 (3)
International career
2017 South Africa U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2017

Dean Ryan Solomons (born 22 February 1999) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Swedish Piteå IF.[1]

Club career

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A product of Ikamva, the youth academy of Ajax Cape Town, Solomons transferred to the parent club in Amsterdam in 2017.[2] He made his debut for the main squad of Ajax on 7 July 2018 in a friendly against FC Nordsjælland, as a 83rd-minute substitute for Luis Manuel Orejuela.[3]

He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong Ajax on 10 September 2018 in a game against Jong AZ, as a starter.[4]

On 30 March 2021, it was announced that Solomons had signed with Swedish Allsvenskan side Varbergs BoIS on a 3-year contract.[5] In December 2021, he was released by the Swedish side.

On 29 December 2022, Solomons signed a contract with Swedish Ettan-Norra side Piteå IF on contract until 31 december 2024.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Dean Solomons at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Ryan Moon: Ex-Kaizer Chiefs striker joins Varberg BoIS FC from Stellenbosch FC". Goal.com.
  3. ^ "Ajax v Nordsjælland game report". ESPN. 7 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "Solomons tekent tot en met 2024 bij Varbergs BoIS". Ajax Showtime.
  6. ^ "Forsvararen Dean Solomons blir fjarde nyforvarvet" (in Swedish). Piteå IF. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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