Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dave Jacobus Hendrikus Maria Kwakman [1] | ||
Date of birth | 7 August 2004 | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
RKAV Volendam | |||
AZ Alkmaar | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Jong AZ | 52 | (1) |
2023– | AZ Alkmaar | 7 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Netherlands U19 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04 September 2023 |
Dave Jacobus Hendrikus Maria Kwakman (born 7 August 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for AZ Alkmaar.
Kwakman comes from Volendam and lived a few houses away from fellow professional Joey Veerman growing up. Kwakman started playing under-12 football for RKAV Volendam. [2]
Kwakman signed his first contract with AZ Alkmaar in March 2021 keeping him to the club until the summer of 2024. [3] He was part of the AZ under-18 side that won a league and cup double in the 2021–22 season. [4] [5] [6]
Kwakman made his professional debut for Jong AZ on the 5 September, 2022 against FC Dordrecht at home in the Eerste Divisie in a 3–1 victory. [7]
In April 2023 he played in the 2022-23 UEFA Youth League final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5–0 winners. [8]
In March 2020 he was called up to the Dutch under-16 squad. [9] In September 2022 Kwakman was representing the Dutch U19 team. [10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong AZ | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 16 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 52 | 1 | — | — | 52 | 1 | ||||
AZ | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2024–25 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Career total | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
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