Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 March 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Beverwijk, Netherlands [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | DEM | ||
2012–2020 | AZ | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2022 | Jong AZ | 19 | (0) |
2022 | → VVV-Venlo (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2022–2024 | VVV-Venlo | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024 |
Sem Dirks (born 14 March 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
Dirks played youth football for DEM before joining the AZ youth academy in 2012. [2] He progressed through various of AZ's youth teams before being promoted to the reserves in 2020, competing in the Dutch second-tier Eerste Divisie. [3] Dirks made his professional debut with the team in a 6–1 league loss to NAC Breda on 29 August 2020, starting the match at left-back before being replaced by Tijs Velthuis in the 68th minute. [4] [5]
On 18 June 2021, Dirks signed his first professional contract with AZ; a one-year deal with an option for an additional year. [2] [6]
On 31 January 2022, Dirks was loaned to VVV-Venlo, following teammate Richard Sedláček who had signed a permanent deal with the club. [7] Dirks made his debut for the club as a starter on 4 February in a 5–0 away victory in the regional derby against MVV. [8]
On 19 May, his deal was made permanent and he signed a two-year deal with an option for an additional year. [9]
A left-footed defender, comfortable playing both centrally and at the left side, Dirks has described himself as a "technically skilled" and "tactically aware" defender, with good physicality and heading abilities. [6] [1]
Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong AZ | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Total | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
VVV-Venlo (loan) | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
VVV-Venlo | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Career total | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
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