External links
- Career stats - Voetbal International
- Thijs Oosting at Soccerway
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Emmen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PEC Zwolle | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | VV Emmen | ||
| 2011–2016 | FC Emmen | ||
| 2016– | AZ Alkmaar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Jong AZ | 56 | (17) |
| 2020–2022 | AZ | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| 2022–2024 | Willem II | 49 | (15) |
| 2024–2025 | Groningen | 22 | (1) |
| 2025 | → PEC Zwolle (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Netherlands U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 March 2018 | |||
Thijs Oosting (born 2 May 2000) is a Dutch football player who plays for side PEC Zwolle.
He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong AZ on 17 November 2018 in a game against Jong PSV as a 77th-minute substitute for Mees Kaandorp and scored his first professional goal 10 minutes later in an eventual 1–3 loss. [1] He made his Eredivisie debut for the senior squad of AZ on 14 August 2021 against Waalwijk. [2] He scored his first goal on 9 December 2021, the only goal of the game in a 1–0 UEFA Europa Conference League victory over the Danish side Randers. [3]
On 31 January 2022, Oosting signed a contract with Willem II until the summer of 2026. [4]
On 2 July 2024, Groningen announced the signing of Oosting on a 3-year deal, with the option of an additional season. [5]
He was the starter for Netherlands national under-17 football team at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, as Netherlands were eliminated by Germany in the quarterfinal. [6]
His father Joseph Oosting was also a professional football player and is now a coach. On August 10 2025, Thijs scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory of his new team PEC Zwolle over his father’s side FC Twente. This was the third goal Thijs scored against a team coached by his father. [7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 28 | 8 | — | — | — | 28 | 8 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 15 | 7 | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 57 | 17 | — | — | — | 57 | 17 | |||||
| Waalwijk (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | 17 | 4 | |||
| AZ Alkmaar | 2021–22 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| Willem II | 2021–22 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 1 | — | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 34 | 12 | — | — | — | 34 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 49 | 15 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||||
| Groningen | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 146 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 28 | ||
Willem II
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