Wouter Goes
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
AZ
Number 3
Youth career
ASV Arsenal
0000–2016 Ajax
2016–2021 AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Jong AZ 26 (1)
2023– AZ 8 (1)
International career
2019 Netherlands U15 4 (1)
2019–2020 Netherlands U16 3 (0)
2021–2022 Netherlands U18 5 (1)
2022– Netherlands U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Wouter Goes (born 10 June 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.[1]

Club career

Having come through the AZ Alkmaar academy, where he soon developed as a leader of the youth teams,[2] Wouter Goes signed his first professional contract with the club in November 2020, as he already was the captain of AZ under-17.[3]

During the 2021–22 season, Goes was a central element of the under-19 team that played the Youth League, qualifying to the final 16 through the Champions Path, after eliminating the likes of Angers[4] and Villarreal.[5]

He made his professional debut for Jong AZ on the 4 February 2022, starting in the 2–1 away Eerste Divisie loss to Ajax reserve team.[6]

Goes made his Eredivisie debut for the senior squad of AZ Alkmaar on 4 February 2023 against Volendam, as a starter.[7] On 25 February, he scored his first Eredivisie goal in a 2–1 victory over Cambuur.[8]

International career

A Netherlands youth international, Goes is a regular with the several Dutch youth selections since January 2019.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Wouter Goes at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Speler van de Maand: Wouter Goes". AZ Alkmaar (in Dutch). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "AZ contracteert Goes". AZ Alkmaar (in Dutch). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ^ Brinkman, Theo (23 November 2021). "AZ na zinderende ontknoping verder in de Youth League. Heldenrol voor keeper Sem Westerveld". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Flemish). Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  5. ^ "AZ stoot Villarreal uit Youth League". AZ Alkmaar. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Zeges voor Volendam en Emmen, VVV maakt indruk in Maastricht". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Volendam vs. AZ 1 - 1". Soccerway. 4 February 2023.
  8. ^ "AZ vs. Cambuur 2 - 1". Soccerway. 25 February 2023.