Thijs Dallinga, born on 3 August 2000 (age 26), is a Dutch striker with Cologne, where he wears the number 27 shirt. His current market value is around £10m, according to Transfermarkt.
His standout season came at Excelsior in 2021-22, when he scored 32 league goals in 37 appearances. That was the sort of return that tends to move a centre-forward out of the promising category and into the properly watched one.
At Cologne in 2026-27, Dallinga has made three Bundesliga appearances and scored twice. It is a small sample, but a useful one for a striker whose game is judged, fairly or otherwise, by whether he keeps turning possession into goals.
Dallinga’s career to this point is that of a productive Dutch forward who built his reputation with a prolific spell at Excelsior and is now working in Germany with Cologne.
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