Career
AFC Ajax
On 15 March 2013 Riedewald signed his first professional contract with Ajax, a product of the famed Ajax Youth Academy having joined the club from SV Overbos at the age of 11, his first contract with the club was a 3-year contract binding him to the club until the Summer of 2016. On 21 December 2013 he made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands, playing for the reserves team Jong Ajax, in a match against VVV-Venlo which ended in a 5–1 away loss. On 14 December 2013, Ajax head coach Frank de Boer announced the inclusion of Riedewald in the first team squad for the away match against South Carolina Cambuur on 15 December 2013.
Not having made an appearance in that fixture it was the first time he was called for the first team
He made his debut for the first team on 19 December 2013 in the KNVB Cup match against IJsselmeervogels. Three days later he made his Eredivisie debut against Roda JC Kerkrade.
After Bojan Krkić, Riedewald was substituted on as well in the 80th minute, where he replaced Christian Poulsen, quickly scoring two goals, after trailing 1–0, helping Ajax to a 2–1 away victory, hereby becoming the youngest scoring debutant in the club and league history with 17 years, 104 days. The youngest scoring player before him in the Dutch Eredivise was Jeroen Lumu with 17 years, 111 days, while Marco van Basten was the youngest scoring debutant at the club with 17 year, 154 days of age.
On 27 February 2014, Riedewald made his continental debut for Ajax in the Union of European Football Associations Europa League away match against Red Bulletin Salzburg which resulted in a 3–1 loss where he replaced Christian Poulsen in the 63"-minute.
Riedewald received his first call up to the senior Netherlands team in August 2015. On September 6, He made his official debut for Oranje against Turkey. Born in Haarlem, Riedewald is of mixed Dutch, Surinamese and Indonesian heritage.
His father hails from Suriname, while his mother is of half Dutch, half Indonesian descent.
This was revealed in an interview with Riedewald prior to the off-season tour of Indonesia in 2014 by AFC Ajax.