Mexx Meerdink

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Mexx Meerdink
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Winterswijk, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Vitesse
Number 35
Youth career
2012–2021 de Graafschap
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Jong AZ 52 (14)
2023– AZ Alkmaar 8 (0)
2024–Vitesse (loan) 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2024

Mexx Meerdink (born 24 July 2003) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Eerste Divisie club Vitesse on loan from AZ Alkmaar. [1]

Contents

Early life

From Winterswijk, Meerdink was in the youth academy at de Graafschap from 2012 until 2021 when he signed up to Jong AZ. [2]

Career

2021: Jong AZ debut

Meerdink made his league debut in the Eerste Divisie on 10 December 2021, appearing as a substitute in a 3-2 away defeat to ADO Den Haag. [3] Meerdink made his first start on 21 January 2022 against VVV Venlo in a youthful team that won 2-0 and in doing so earning the club their first win in four months. As well as Meerdink making a first start, Misha Engel and Lewis Schouten did as well. The oldest starting player for Jong AZ was 22 year-old Czech Richard Sedláček. [4]

2023: AZ debut

On 7 March 2023 Meerdink made his debut for AZ in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League against Lazio triggering a payment between €40,000 And €50,000 to his former club de Graafschap.[ citation needed ] On 19 March 2023 he made his Eredivisie debut against FC Twente. [5] Meerdink came off the bench to score the winning penalty in a UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final penalty shoot-out against RSC Anderlecht on 20 April 2023. [6]

On 24 April 2023 Meerdink scored twice in the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5-0 winners. [7]

2024: Vitesse

On 31 January 2024, Meerdink moved on loan to Vitesse until the end of the season. [8]

Personal life

He is the son of former AZ professional footballer Martijn Meerdink. [9] [10]

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