Teun Koopmeiners
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Teun Koopmeiners | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Castricum, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vitesse '22 | |||
| 2009–2016 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Jong AZ | 25 | (3) |
| 2017– | AZ | 83 | (20) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Netherlands U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Netherlands U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Netherlands U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018– | Netherlands U21 | 13 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 | |||
Teun Koopmeiners (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtøːn ˈkoːpmɛi̯nərs]; born 28 February 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who captains Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. He plays as a midfielder.
Club career
AZ
Koopmeiners grew up in Castricum, North Holland, and took his first steps in football as a youth player for the local club, Vitesse '22.[1] In 2009, he joined the AZ youth academy at under-12 level.[2] He eventually progressed through the ranks, and as part of the club's reserve team, Jong AZ, he became champion of the Dutch third division in the 2016–17 season, reaching promotion to the Eerste Divisie.[3]
On 18 August 2017, Koopmeiners made his professional debut for Jong AZ in a 3–1 away win over FC Den Bosch.[4] He made his first team-debut on 1 October, coming on substitute for Alireza Jahanbakhsh for the final 30 minutes of a 0–4 home loss to Feyenoord.[5] At the end of the 2017–18 season, AZ ended in third place, and thereby qualified for Europa League. In his first professional season, Koopmeiners made 26 league appearances in which he scored one goal.[6]
On 1 March 2020, Koopmeiners played a 70-metre pass to set up Oussama Idrissi for AZ's second goal in a 2–0 win against Ajax which put his side level on points with Ajax.[7]
International career
Koopmeiners made four appearances for the Netherlands national under-17 team,[8] as well as two appearances for the national under-18 team. As part of the under-19s, he played at the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, reaching the semi-finals and only losing to Portugal. At under-19 level, Koopmeiners made 13 appearances.[8] After five appearances for the Netherlands Under-20 team,[8] he made his debut for the national under-21 team on 22 March 2018 in a 1–4 loss in Doetinchem to the Belgium under-21 team.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 7 March 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2016–17[6] | Tweede Divisie | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18[6] | Eerste Divisie | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 3 | – | – | – | 25 | 3 | |||||
| AZ | 2017–18[6] | Eredivisie | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | 1 | |
| 2018–19[6] | Eredivisie | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | – | 37 | 9 | ||
| 2019–20[6] | Eredivisie | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 14[a] | 4 | – | 42 | 16 | ||
| Total | 83 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 5 | – | 110 | 26 | |||
| Career total | 108 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 5 | – | 135 | 29 | |||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "Teun Koopmeiners maakt competitiedebuut bij AZ". vitesse22.nl (in Dutch). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Spelerspagina van AZ". az.nl. AZ Alkmaar. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Jong AZ promoveert naar Jupiler League dankzij titel in Tweede Divisie". nu.nl (in Dutch). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "FC Den Bosch vs. Jong AZ - Football Match Report". ESPN. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "AZ vs. Feyenoord - 1 October 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "T. Koopmeiners - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Dank 70-Meter-Pass: Alkmaar holt Ajax in der Eredivisie ein". kicker (in German). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Koopmeiners - Profiel - OnsOranje". onsoranje.nl.
- ^ "Matchdata - OnsOranje". onsoranje.nl.
External links
- Teun Koopmeiners at WorldFootball.net