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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 August 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Veldhoven, Netherlands [1] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | PEC Zwolle | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Oirschot Vooruit | |||
–2017 | VV Wolphaartsdijk | ||
2017–2018 | VV Kloetinge | ||
2018–2019 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
2019–2021 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | Jong Ajax | 63 | (1) |
2023–2024 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
2024– | PEC Zwolle | 20 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
2022 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:51, 10 January 2023 (UTC) |
Olivier Aertssen (born 7 August 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle. [1]
Olivier Aertssen started his footballing career in amateur teams between Oirschot, Wolphaartsdijk and Kloetinge, before joining Sparta Rotterdam in 2018 and the Ajax Youth Academy a year later, as they had a partnership with the club from Rotterdam. [2] [3]
Starting the 2021–22 season as a regular with the Ajax youth team, most notably in the UEFA Youth League, [4] [5] [6] Aertssen made his professional debut for Jong Ajax on the 10 January 2022, starting the 2–0 away Eerste Divisie win against Jong Utrecht as a center-back. [2] By doing so he became the fourth youngest professional footballer from the province of Zeeland, just behind John Karelse, Erwin Nuytinck and Rick van Drongelen. [7]
Aertssen was called up to Ajax senior squad regularly in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, his only competitive appearance for the team was on 11 January 2023 in a KNVB Cup game against Den Bosch. [8]
On 26 August 2024, Aertssen signed a three-season contract with PEC Zwolle. [9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Ajax | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||||
2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
Total | 63 | 1 | — | — | — | 63 | 1 | |||||
Ajax Amsterdam | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2023–24 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 |