‘I need to be in the Guinness World Records’ – how Kluivert found home

After a career that included visits to the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and now England, Justin Kluivert says he feels at home at Bournemouth.

The Dutch forward would be excited to travel with the Cherries in Europe next season, even though he is enjoying laying down some roots after setting out for the continent.

In 2025-26, 10 Premier League clubs could be admitted to European competitions.

With only four games left, Bournemouth remain in the hunt despite Andoni Iraola’s side remaining 10th overall, one point behind eighth-placed Fulham.

Kluivert, who turns 26 on Monday, has played and scored in each of his six international matches. a feat he considers to be unique.

In an interview that will be broadcast on BBC One on Saturday at 12:00 BST, the son of Dutch legend Patrick Kluivert says, “I need to be in the book of Guinness World Records.”

“I believe that I am the first player to top six games, assuming Holland is the sixth.”

Only the top five leagues, including Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and England, have scored in the country’s top five, with Montenegro’s Stevan Jovetic and Romania’s Florin Raducioiu.

Kluivert has scored goals for Roma, RB Leipzig (loan), Nice (loan), and Valencia (loan) since making his Ajax debut at the age of 17).

In June 2023, the forward left Roma for Bournemouth in a £9.6 million deal.

The Cherries have since established a club record for back-to-back seasons of Premier League points, are vying for a place in Europe, and have just opened a cutting-edge £32m training facility where this interview is taking place.

We talk about it every day, according to Kluivert, about Bournemouth’s first-ever European appearance.

Kluivert has played a significant role in Iraola’s plans this year, making 30 Premier League appearances and recording 2, 114 minutes of total playing time.

As he attempts to escape the shadow of his famous father, he has 12 Premier League goals, six of which are hat-tricks.

He recalls his father’s glittering career, which included winning the Champions League with Ajax in 1994-1995, three Dutch League titles with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, and La Liga victories with Barcelona in 1998-1999. “I always saw it as a motivation,” he says.

“It made me hungry to show why I’m good, not just because I wore the name Kluivert on my shirt.

People frequently questioned whether or not he was good because of his father. ‘.

“Pressure produces diamonds, and that is how you shine.”

And he has shine.

Kluivert made history in November when he scored three penalties in the same game for Bournemouth against Wolves, marking the first time this happened in the Premier League era.

In a 4-1 victory over one of his father’s former clubs, he followed that up two months later with a second hat-trick.

Kluivert renamed five different nations in five years between 2018 and 2023.

He continues, “I’ve always been traveling and borrowing.” You never know what is going on, so I wouldn’t suggest that to anyone. Being stable is beautiful.

Kluivert spent most of his time outside of Italy, despite the fact that he was a Roma player between 2018 and 2023.

Before moving to France to spend a season on loan with Nice, he scored for RB Leipzig against Manchester United in a Champions League game in 2020-21.

Then it traveled to Spain and made a temporary move to Valencia for the 2022-23 La Liga campaign. Iraola managed Rayo Vallecano at the time, but Kuvert converted and scored a penalty for the match.

Iraola made Kluivert his first signing at the Vitality Stadium two months later, and Bournemouth appointed him.

Because of how energetic his Rayo Vallecano team is now, I knew he was a great coach, Kluivert says.

He spends his entire life thinking about football. He will arrive two hours early to start the pitch out during training.

The manager and I are the ideal partners. He saw that I could play as an attacking midfielder even though I started as a left winger. That made a difference.

Kluivert wants to establish some roots in England after moving from one country to another.

For the first time in years, he recently became a father.

They were in League Two fifteen years ago. They have defeated, among others, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham this season.

Bill Foley, the owner of Bournemouth and billionaire, discussed the Cherries’ chances of joining Europe in five years in December 2023.

Yet his team’s success this month could help them achieve that goal.

Their final four games are against Leicester City, Aston Villa, Aston Villa, and Arsenal (away).

Bill Foley had those goals when I first arrived, Foley said. I came here because of this, says Kluivert.

“Those visions have always been mine. I’m very excited to be a part of Bournemouth’s future because it has a lot of potential.

“This season, we can definitely achieve Europe.” Not, why?