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Biography

Date of birth

04/12/1999

Height

185 cm

Signed

14/07/2023

Country

Netherlands

Midfielder Tahith Chong signed for Luton Town in July 2023 from Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.

Chong was born in Curaçao before moving to the Netherlands where his football career began in the youth academy at Feyenoord.

In 2016 he made the move to British shores, joining Manchester United where he would rise from the youth team to the make his senior debut in January 2019. He went onto make his Premier League debut two months later in a victory over Southampton and four days after that his Champions League bow in a famous 3-1 win for United against PSG in Paris.

The following season saw him make 16 appearances in all competitions for United, including three in the Premier League and six during their campaign in the Europa League.

2020/21 saw Tahith gain experience in two loan spells; firstly in the German Bundesliga with Werder Bremen before going onto play a role in securing Club Brugge the Belgian title later in the season.

He returned to the UK for another loan, this time at Birmingham, where he made 20 appearances in the Championship in 2021/22.

With first team opportunities limited at Old Trafford, Chong chose to join City on a permanent basis last summer, going onto score four times and register five assists in 38 games in the Championship, and now will make a return to the Premier League with the Town.

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