Bio

Gjivai Zechiël (born 1 June 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie. Zechiël is a youth product of the Dutch clubs Swift Boys, XerxesDZB and Sparta Rotterdam, before moving to the youth academy of Feyenoord in 2018. On 5 April 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Feyenoord until 2025. On 27 August 2023, Zechiël made his professional debut for Feyenoord, coming in a substitute in a 6–1 league win over Sparta Rotterdam. Zechiël was called up to the Netherlands U19s for a set of 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches in September 2022. Zechiël's father, Rowan Zechiël, was a semi-professional footballer who played for his youth club XerxesDZB.