Bournemouth's breakout star JUSTIN KLUIVERT on fatherhood, hat-tricks, tragedy at Ajax, making Premier League history and why his upstart club can lead a globe-trotting career into the Champions League
Bournemouth's breakout star JUSTIN KLUIVERT on fatherhood, hat-tricks, tragedy at Ajax, making Premier League history and why his upstart club can lead a globe-trotting career into the Champions League
Share:
It is going to be a life-changing few months for Justin Kluivert – and not just because his team, high-flying Bournemouth, are making a push to finish in the Champions League spots on a spell-binding streak of form. His 2025 will also be dominated by the arrival of his first child. She is expected on February 10 and, given the Kluivert family is male-dominated – Justin, son of legendary Dutch footballer Patrick, has four brothers – the arrival of a baby girl makes for added excitement.
![[He has two hat-tricks already and 10 goals in 21 Premier League games for Bournemouth]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/11/94471421-14320991-image-a-2_1737716585476.jpg)
His sea-view house on England’s south coast is already kitted out with memorabilia from his well-travelled career that, aged just 25, has already seen him play in Amsterdam, Rome, Leipzig, Nice, Valencia and now Bournemouth – or, as he says: ‘Every country I have played in, I have picked the nicest place, right?’.
![[He is one of just three players to score in each of Europe's top five leagues - answer to follow...]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/11/94471367-14320991-image-a-3_1737716614755.jpg)
But the latest keepsakes are finding a home in what will soon be his daughter’s room. They are the match balls earned with a pair of hat-tricks in a whirlwind few months that has seen Kluivert establish himself as the Premier League’s breakthrough star this season.
![[Kluivert struck a hat-trick last weekend at St James' Park as Bournemouth beat Newcastle 4-1]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/11/94471451-14320991-image-a-4_1737716647101.jpg)
‘I put my hat-trick balls in my daughter’s room,’ Kluivert, speaking in near-perfect English with a relaxed demeanour, tells Mail Sport. ‘In two or three weeks I will be having a little daughter. She gives me extra motivation. It is super nice, they say the girls are beautiful for their dads, I can imagine it!.
![[He took home the match ball for his treble and also the man of the match award]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/11/94471449-14320991-image-a-5_1737716650060.jpg)
.jpg?trim=85,0,86,0&quality=75&auto=webp&width=1000)
-Cropped.png?width=1200&auto=webp)