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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wouter Maarten Goes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-06-10)10 June 2004 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ASV Arsenal | |||
| –2016 | Ajax | ||
| 2016–2021 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Jong AZ | 37 | (1) |
| 2023– | AZ | 63 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Netherlands U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2022– | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Netherlands U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2025 | |||
Wouter Maarten Goes (born 10 June 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as acentre-back forEredivisie clubAZ Alkmaar. He is a Dutch youth international.[2]
He progressed through the ranks of theAZ Alkmaar academy, where he developed to become a leader of the youth teams.[3] Goes signed his first professional contract with the club in November 2020 and was established as the captain of the AZ under-17 side at that point.[4]
During the2021–22 season, Goes was a central element of the under-19 team that played theYouth League, qualifying to thefinal 16 through theChampions Path, after eliminating the likes ofAngers[5] andVillarreal.[6] He made his professional debut forJong AZ on the 4 February 2022, starting in the 2–1 awayEerste Divisie loss toAjax reserve team.[7]
Goes subsequently made hisEredivisie debut for the senior squad ofAZ Alkmaar on 4 February 2023 againstVolendam, as a starter.[8] On 25 February, he scored his first Eredivisie goal in a 2–1 victory overCambuur.[9] He played in the final of theKNVB Cup as AZ lost toGo Ahead Eagles on penalties on 21 April 2025. The game had ended 1-1 in normal time after Go Ahead Eagles scored a 98th minute equaliser.[10]
ANetherlands youth international, Goes is a regular with the several Dutch youth selections since January 2019.[3][4] In March 2024, he featured for theNetherlands national under-21 football team in a 3-0 win againstMoldova U21 in a qualifying match for the U21 European Championship.[11] The following season he also featured for the Dutch U21 side in a 2-1 away win againstItaly U21.[12]
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||||
| AZ | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9[b] | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9[a] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 91 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 100 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 127 | 4 | ||
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