{{short description|Dutch professional football player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Dirk Abels |fullname = Dirk Abels |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|6|13|df=y}} |birth_place = Udenhout, Netherlands |height = 1.79 m |position = Right back |currentclub = Grasshopper Club Zürich |clubnumber = 2 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = SvSSS |youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2009 |youthclubs2 = Willem II |youthyears3 = 2009–2014 |youthclubs3 = PSV |years1 = 2014–2019 |clubs1 = Jong PSV |caps1 = 60 |goals1 = 2 |years2 = 2018–2019 |clubs2 = PSV |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2019–2023 |clubs3 = Sparta |caps3 = 140 |goals3 = 3 |years4 = 2023– |clubs4 = Grasshopper |caps4 = 83 |goals4 = 4 |club-update = 17 May 2026 }}
'''Dirk Abels''' (born 13 June 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Swiss Super League side Grasshopper Club Zürich as a right back.<ref name="soccerway">{{soccerway}}</ref><ref name = "WF">{{Worldfootball.net|dirk-abels|new_id=pe358190}}</ref>
==Club career== Abels made his professional debut for Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie on 9 August 2014, the opening matchday of the 2014–15 season, against Achilles '29.<ref name="soccerway2">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/09/netherlands/eerste-divisie/jong-psv/achilles-1929/1691099/|title=Jong PSV vs. Achilles '29 - 9 August 2014 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
In June 2016, he signed a contract extension with PSV until 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dirk Abels tekent contract tot 2018 |url=https://www.psv.nl/nieuwspagina/artikel/dirk-abels-tekent-contract-tot-2018.htm |website=PSV |language=nl-NL |date=7 June 2016}}</ref> He made his first team debut on 30 October 2018, in a 3–2 loss at home to RKC Waalwijk in the KNVB Cup after extra time.<ref>{{cite web |title=PSV vs. RKC Waalwijk - 30 October 2018 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/10/30/netherlands/knvb-beker/psv-nv/rkc-waalwijk/2925928/ |website=int.soccerway.com |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
Abels signed with Sparta Rotterdam in January 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dirk Abels komt over van PSV |url=https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/dirk-abels-komt-psv/ |website=Sparta Rotterdam |language=nl |date=16 January 2019}}</ref> where he won promotion to the Eredivisie via play-offs in his first six months.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sparta keert terug in Eredivisie na 0-2 zege in Doetinchem |url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/182243/Sparta-keert-terug-in-Eredivisie-na-0-2-zege-in-Doetinchem?r=sport |work=Rijnmond |date=28 May 2019 |language=NL}}</ref>
On 17 July 2023, he signed with Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League.<ref name=gc>{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/gc-zurich-signs-dirk-abels/|title=GC Zurich signs Dirk Abels|date=17 July 2023|accessdate=17 July 2023}}</ref> He joins them with a two-year contract with a one-year option to extend, which was activated automatically on 18 April 2025, keeping him at the club until summer 2026.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/contract-extension-with-dirk-abels/|title=Contract extension with Dirk Abels|date=18 April 2025|accessdate=8 May 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 18 July 2023|<ref name=soccerway/>}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Jong PSV |2015–16 |rowspan="4"|Eerste Divisie |2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |2016–17 |12||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0 |- |2017–18 |29||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||0 |- |2018–19 |14||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !57!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!57!!0 |- |PSV |2018–19 |Eredivisie |0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |rowspan="6"|Sparta Rotterdam |2018–19 |Eerste Divisie |21||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||0 |- |2019–20 |rowspan="4"|Eredivisie |25||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||0 |- |2020–21 |31||1||1||0||2{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League playoffs}}||0||colspan="2"|—||33||1 |- |2021–22 |33||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- |2022–23 |30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !140!!2!!6!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!148!!2 |- |Grasshopper |2023–24 |Super League |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !197!!2!!7!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!204!!2 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/clubliefde/a-selectie/a-selectie/1001/dirk-abels/ Dirk Abels] at Sparta Rotterdam
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