Mees de Wit

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Mees de Wit
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de Wit in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 AZ
Number 34
Youth career
FC Weesp
2015–2017 AFC Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Jong Ajax 5 (0)
2018–2021 Sporting B 24 (2)
2020 → Orihuela (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2022 PEC Zwolle 28 (4)
2022– AZ 41 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 February 2025

Mees de Wit (born 17 April 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for AZ Alkmaar.

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Career

De Wit made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong Ajax on 25 August 2017 in a game against Fortuna Sittard. [1] He signed for Sporting's U-23 team for the 2018–19 season on 19 July 2018. [2] On 11 March 2019, Stefano van Delden, De Wit's agent in 2017 and 2018, made the news as he was suspected of threatening different members of the AFC Ajax board on several occasions during the period from 26 October 2017 to 25 September 2018. [3]

On 20 January 2020, de Wit moved to Spanish club Orihuela CF on loan for the rest of the season. [4]

On 6 July 2021, he returned to the Netherlands and signed a contract with PEC Zwolle for two years. [5]

De Wit performed exceptionally while playing for PEC Zwolle, leading to a five-year contract with AZ Alkmaar starting in July 2022. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 50———50
Orihuela 2019–20 Segunda División B 10———10
Sporting CP B 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 242———242
PEC Zwolle 2021–22 Eredivisie 28430——314
AZ 2022–23 Eredivisie2222011 [a] 1—353
2023–24 Eredivisie101001 [a] 0—111
2024–25 Eredivisie91103 [b] 0—131
Total4143015100595
Career total9910601510012011
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 25 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Record (Portuguese)". record.pt. 19 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Criminal charge against former agent of De Wit". nu.nl. 19 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Mees de Wit refuerza la banda izquierda del Orihuela CF, orihuelaclubdefutbol.com, 20 January 2020
  5. ↑ "Mees de Wit to PEC Zwolle" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "AZ legt Mees de Wit vast" (in Dutch). AZ ALkmaar. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.


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