Frenkie De Jong boots are mostly the Nike Tiempo Legend. They’re the perfect silo for someone who mastered how to dictate the tempo of a game. Press-resistant and able to deliver a long pass forward, De Jong benefits from the cushioned touch of the soft Flytouch Plus upper. The conical layout allows him to twist and turn and to dribble forward as needed.
Prism Tiempo 16
De Jong was one of the few Nike players to immediately switch to their Spring 2025 Prism boots, and he did so with his favoured Tiempo Legend 10. With the Prism Tiempo, he had a pair of boots that showcased a predominantly aqua colourway (with just a slight tilt towards a bluish tone). The brightness of the primary colouring did not however affect the visibility of the black-bordered white Swoosh, which also had the hot pink accent around the tail-end. It was the same pink shade present on the other Prism boots.
| Model | Quality | Pitches | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tiempo Legend Elite |  FlyTouch Plus upper |  |  >> Get Elite Tiempo Legend 10 at Nike |
 Tiempo Legend United Pack |  FlyTouch Pro upper |  |  >> Get Tiempo Legend 10 United at Nike |
United Tiempo 16
That lavender boots worn by De Jong during the March 2025 international break and afterwards were the Tiempo Legend 10s from the United Pack. They had an abstract representation of the Nike United concept for their upper graphics, and the softness of the base shade contrasted with the more eye-catching hue of the volt-yellow Swoosh. As part of the United Pack, this Tiempo 10 represented some of the high-profile women ballers wearing the silo like Naomi Girma and Patricia Guijarro.
Mad Energy Tiempo 10
Tiempo Legend 10 from the Nike Mad Energy Pack oscillated between orange and pink for that clean application of the base colour. It then sat on white for the soleplate, and that secondary colour detailing extended up to provide a trim detail along the quarter and heel. White also informed the outline of the Swoosh.
Mad Ambition and Mad Voltage
At the beginning months of 2024/25 season, De Jong wore the player-wide releases for the Tiempo Legend. That included first the blue Mad Ambition that had a white accent from the Swoosh. He then switched to the greyish-silver Mad Voltage, which changed the Swoosh accent to black with a volt outline.
Mad Ready Tiempo
So far, De Jong was one of those who had worn his Tiempo 10s throughout the series of Nike Ready Packs. For the Mad Ready, the synthetic leather boot had the very pale yellow, almost white (Lemonade) theme, the same one used for the Vaporposite+ and Gripknit, on the Flytouch upper. It clearly contrasted with the black tongue and collar, and joining that black detail was the Swoosh which had a gold trim on its endpoint. Rest of the quarter and sole went in white.
Peak Ready Tiempo
Besides the cyan theme of the pack, the Peak Ready Tiempo that De Jong wore during the winter months of the 2023/24 season had the violet-outlined black Swoosh and a white soleplate. Both details also had the speckled look, a visual not seen on other Peak Ready boots.
Tiempo Ready Pack
Just like all players affiliated with Nike, De Jong began the 2023/24 season with the Ready Nike boots. Specific to the Tiempo, the boot sported a white colourway with a red tongue and black Swoosh outline. The black outsole enabled the boot to show the Tiempo’s white logo on the heel.
United Tiempo
Upon the release of the Tiempo and his switch to that silo, De Jong tested out the United Tiempo that sported an orange look with a bespoke repeating U graphic. United Tiempo was part of Nike’s collection that was dedicated to the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
What was de Jong Wearing?
Like Musiala, de Jong was wearing the Nike Mercurials before switching to the synthetic Tiempo Legend 10. The difference though was that de Jong favoured the low-cut Vapors. His stint with the popular Nike boots spanned a few generations, wearing the Vapor 12, 13 and 14 in the process.
Frenkie De Jong is a natural passer as evident with his high pass completion rate. More importantly, his pass completion rate only indicates his quality vision on the pitch, explaining how he can do playmaking from a defensive role. His control over possession and extraordinary movements have caused other football personalities to also compare him with Iniesta or Xavi.
De Jong was born on May 12, 1997, in Gorinchem, Netherlands and spent his youth career in Willem II from 2004 to 2014, the season which granted him a senior career debut with the said club. He joined Ajax at the start of the 2015-2016 and spent the first half on loan with Willem II while the rest with the reserve team Jong Ajax.
It was at this point that he started playing at the defensive centre of midfield. He became a first-team regular throughout the 2017-2018 season and 2018-2019 season, the year when Ajax won the domestic double of league and cup since the 2001-2002 season. Ajax also made a good impression in the 2018-2019 Champions League by knocking out the likes of Real Madrid and Juventus in the round of 16 and quarterfinals respectively, before eventually bowing out of the UCL to Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur in the semifinals.
This led to De Jong being recognized as the 2018-2019 UCL Midfielder of the Season. Given his youth and performance as a deep defensive midfielder with playmaking abilities, Barcelona signed up his services as a potential long-term replacement for one of the club’s pillars in Sergio Busquets. Internationally, he had Netherlands getting a runner up finish in the 2018-2019 UEFA Nations League and individually got awarded as the UEFA Nations League Finals Young Player of the Tournament.
