Crysencio Summerville, the 24-year-old West Ham United winger, scored on his senior international debut for the Netherlands at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 27. He’d been called up to the squad just 11 days earlier.
From call-up to World Cup goal in less than two weeks
Summerville received his call-up from Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman on May 27, 2026. At that point, he had zero senior international caps to his name. By June 27, he had a World Cup goal.
The achievement places him among a very small group of Dutch players this century to start a World Cup match with two or fewer prior senior caps. Summerville accumulated 37 youth caps for the Netherlands across multiple age groups, from U17 all the way through U21. His current international record now stands at three senior caps and one goal.
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