| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wouter Maarten Goes [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ASV Arsenal | |||
| –2016 | Ajax | ||
| 2016–2021 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Jong AZ | 37 | (1) |
| 2023– | AZ | 60 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Netherlands U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2022– | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Netherlands U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2025 | |||
Wouter Maarten Goes (born 10 June 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. He is a Dutch youth international. [2]
He progressed through the ranks of the AZ Alkmaar academy, where he developed to become a leader of the youth teams. [3] Goes signed his first professional contract with the club in November 2020 and was established as the captain of the AZ under-17 side at that point. [4]
During the 2021–22 season, Goes was a central element of the under-19 team that played the Youth League, qualifying to the final 16 through the Champions Path, after eliminating the likes of Angers [5] and Villarreal. [6] He made his professional debut for Jong AZ on the 4 February 2022, starting in the 2–1 away Eerste Divisie loss to Ajax reserve team. [7]
Goes subsequently made his Eredivisie debut for the senior squad of AZ Alkmaar on 4 February 2023 against Volendam, as a starter. [8] On 25 February, he scored his first Eredivisie goal in a 2–1 victory over Cambuur. [9] He played in the final of the KNVB Cup as AZ lost to Go Ahead Eagles on penalties on 21 April 2025. The game had ended 1-1 in normal time after Go Ahead Eagles scored a 98th minute equaliser. [10]
A Netherlands youth international, Goes is a regular with the several Dutch youth selections since January 2019. [3] [4] In March 2024, he featured for the Netherlands national under-21 football team in a 3-0 win against Moldova U21 in a qualifying match for the U21 European Championship. [11] The following season he also featured for the Dutch U21 side in a 2-1 away win against Italy U21. [12]
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||||
| AZ | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 [b] | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 [a] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 87 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 97 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 123 | 4 | ||
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