Justin Bakker
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File:Justin bakker-1504372615.jpg Bakker with Jong AZ in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vitesse | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Zandvoort | |||
| FC Purmerend | |||
| Zeeburgia | |||
| 2007–2010 | Ajax | ||
| 2010–2011 | AFC | ||
| 2011–2016 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Jong AZ | 93 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | KuPS | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → KuPS II | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Vitesse | 11 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Netherlands U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2014 | Netherlands U17 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2025 | |||
Justin Bakker (born 3 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eerste Divisie club Vitesse.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Bakker played in the youth of AZ, where he won the Tweede Divisie championship with the second team of AZ, Jong AZ, in the 2016–17 season.[1] He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie on 18 August 2017, in a 1–3 away win over FC Den Bosch.[2] On 14 December 2016, he was part of the AZ first-team squad for the KNVB Cup match against ASWH, but he did not make an appearance.[3] The following day, he signed a contract extension, keeping him part of AZ until 2020.[3]
On 10 September 2020, Bakker joined Go Ahead Eagles as a free agent on a one-year contract with an option for an extra year.[4] Prior to signing, he had been on a trial with the club and impressed the coaching staff.[5] On 2 October, he made his debut the club in a 2–3 home loss to Jong FC Utrecht as a replacement for the injured starter, Jeroen Veldmate.[6]
On 31 January 2023, Bakker joined Finnish club Kuopion Palloseura on a two-year contract with an option for an extra year.[7] On 24 July 2024, his deal was terminated by mutual agreement, after Bakker had suffered from injuries for over a year.[8]
On 8 August 2024, Bakker signed with Vitesse for two seasons, with an option for a third.[9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]His cousin Mitchel Bakker is also a professional footballer for Atalanta in Serie A.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 31 August 2024.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2016–17 | Tweede Divisie | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 33 | 1 | – | – | – | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 26 | 0 | – | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 1 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| KuPS Akatemia | 2023 | Kakkonen | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| KuPS | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Vitesse | 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 145 | 2 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
Honours
[edit | edit source]Jong AZ
KuPS
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2023
References
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- ^ Kiitos Bakker ja Muritala!, kups.fi, 24 July 2024
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Justin Bakker at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1998 births
- Footballers from Amsterdam
- Living people
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Jong AZ players
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- SBV Vitesse players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Kakkonen players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen