Pascal Struijk is a defender born in Deurne, Belgium, in 1999 and raised in the Netherlands. He spent time in the academies of ADO Den Haag and Ajax before joining Leeds United in 2018. Struijk broke into Leeds’ first team under Marcelo Bielsa and became a regular centre-back and left-sided defender in the Premier League and Championship. Internationally, he has been eligible for Belgium, the Netherlands and Indonesia, while featuring in Dutch youth football.