Juventus Defender "Dean Huyssen" Offically Loaned To Roma

Juventus defender Dean Huijsen has officially completed his loan move to Roma for six months, despite originally having a deal with Frosinone.

The centre-back had been all set to play the rest of the season under Eusebio Di Francesco at Frosinone.

However, when Jose Mourinho and Roma made their approach, it was an easy decision for Huijsen to make.

The 18-year-old Dutch defender will get more playing time and be able to also play in the Europa League and Coppa Italia.

“I was immediately impressed by the welcome I received,” Huijsen told the Roma website. 

“It was not difficult for me to choose Roma. I’m joining a great club with a great coach and many champions with whom I’ll have the privilege of sharing the changing room. I hope that we can achieve our objectives together.”

He joined the Juventus youth academy from Malaga in the summer of 2021 and it is reported that Roma are paying €650,000 for the loan period.

Just like Frosinone, Roma do not have an option to make the move permanent, desperately needing defensive reinforcements with Chris Smalling and Marash Kumbulla injured.

Evan Ndicka has also left on Africa Cup of Nations duty.

Huijsen made his senior debut for the Bianconeri in the 1-0 Serie A victory away to Milan on October 22. 

Personal information:

Dean Donny Huijsen[1] (born 14 April 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Roma, on loan from Juventus.

Born in Amsterdam, Huijsen moved to Spain at the age of five and joined Costa Unida CF. In 2015, he joined Málaga's youth sector, where he played until 2021, when he was signed by Juventus. After playing for the under-17 and under-19 teams, he was promoted to reserve team Juventus Next Gen in January 2023.    

Team information:

Having started playing with Costa Unida CF de Marbella, before joining Málaga's youth set-up in 2015, aged 10.[2][3] In 2021, he joined Juventus, after being contended by Real Madrid.[3] In his first season, he played with the under-17 team, scoring seven goals.[4] In the following season, he advanced to U19 level; from August to November 2022, he scored six goals in 14 matches with the under-19s in all competitions.[5] He also featured in two first-team friendlies against Standard Liège and Rijeka in December of the same year.[6]

In early January 2023, Huijsen was promoted to Juventus Next Gen, the reserve team of Juventus.[7][8] He subsequently made his professional debut on 8 January 2023, starting in a 2–1 league loss against Pordenone.[9] He was booked at the seventh minute and scored with a 50th-minute header a goal which was disallowed for offside.[10]

On 15 February, Huijsen scored his first professional goals, netting a brace in the second leg of a Coppa Italia Serie C semi-final match against Foggia: the game ended in a 2–1 win for his side (3–3 on aggregate) after 90 minutes, as Juventus Next Gen eventually won the tie on penalties.[11][12][13] On 2 April, he also scored his first goal in Serie C in Juventus Next Gen–Feralpisalò 1–3, through a tap-in after a Nikola Sekulov's shoot.[14]

In June 2023, Huijsen renewed his contract with Juventus until 2027, having collected 40 official appearances and scored ten goals between Juventus U19 and Next Gen throughout the 2022–23 season.[6][15] On 22 October, he made his Serie A debut, coming off the bench in the 78th minute to substitute Federico Gatti, in a 1–0 away win over AC Milan.[16]