Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 November 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
AGF (on loan from Ferencváros) | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2019 | Feyenoord | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Heracles Almelo | 86 | (2) |
2022– | Ferencváros | 29 | (0) |
2023– | → AGF (loan) | 14 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Netherlands U16 | 2 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Netherlands U17 | 8 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Netherlands U18 | 4 | (1) |
2016 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 |
Mats Knoester (born 19 November 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Danish Superliga club AGF, on loan from Ferencváros.[1]
Knoester joined the Feyenoord youth academy and developed there for 14 years, before transferring to Heracles on 17 January 2019.[2] Knoester made his professional debut with Heracles in a 1–0 Eredivisie win over Ajax on 9 February 2019.[3]
On 26 May 2022, Knoester signed with Ferencváros in Hungary.[4]
On 5 May 2023, he won the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Ferencváros, after Kecskemét lost 1–0 to Honvéd at the Bozsik Aréna on the 30th matchday.[5][6]
On 1 September 2023, Knoester joined AGF in Denmark on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Heracles Almelo | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | ||||
2021–22 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
Total | 88 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 92 | 2 | ||||
Ferencváros | 2022–23 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | |
Career total | 115 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 2 |
Ferencváros