| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 March 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Groenlo, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Twente | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2023 | Twente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Twente | 3 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Heracles Almelo (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Netherlands U17 | 12 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Netherlands U19 | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:09, 17 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:21, 26 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Mats Rots (born 11 March 2006) is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a left-back for Eredivisie club Twente.
A youth product of Twente, Rots signed his first professional contract with Twente on 1 July 2022 for 3 seasons. [1] He made his senior and professional debut with Twente in a 2–0 UEFA Conference League qualifier win over Riga FC on 10 August 2023. [2] On 20 August 2023, he debuted with Twente in the Eredivisie in a 3–1 win over ADO Den Haag. [3] On 1 October 2024, he extended his contract with Twente until 2027. [4] On 17 January 2025, he was loaned out to Heracles Almelo for the second half of the 2024–25 season. [5]
Rots was called up to the Netherlands U17s for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [6] He was part of the Netherlands U19s that won the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. [7]
Mats is the younger brother of the Dutch footballer Daan Rots. [8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Twente | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Heracles (loan) | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
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