Bert Esselink, Centre-Back at Dundee United

Centre-Back · Defender

#3 Bert Esselink

Dundee United Premiership · Scotland

Date of birth / Age: 16 Aug 1999 (27)
Height · Weight: 1.91 m · 78 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027

Date of birth / Age: 16 Aug 1999 (27)
Height · Weight: 1.91 m · 78 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 24
Starting eleven: 24
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 4
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,007

Starting eleven100%

24 of 24 appearances

Minutes played2,007

84 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

152 matches · since 2020/21

RWLBCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	150	12	1
Left-Back	1	0	0
Right Winger	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · centre-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #4284; centre-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #1354; among centre-backs aged 26–29
In his league: 24%; of Premiership centre-backs rank below him
Finishing: −4.2; goals below expected · better than 3% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

3 Expected

7.2

36 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

0 Expected

0.9

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Premiership	Dundee United	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	542
2025/26	Premiership	Dundee United	19	19	1	0	4	0	0	1,527
2025/26	UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	Dundee United	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	390
2025/26	League Cup	Dundee United	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2024/25	Ekstraklasa	Stal Mielec	28	22	0	0	4	0	1	2,092
2023/24	Ekstraklasa	Stal Mielec	26	24	2	0	4	0	1	2,215
2023/24	Cup	Stal Mielec	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	179
2022/23	1. Division	Olympiakos	29	28	4	1	4	0	0	2,522
2022/23	Cup	Olympiakos	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	360
2022/23	UEFA Europa Conference League	APOEL	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	0
2021/22	1. Division	PAEEK	14	14	2	–	0	–	0	1,260
2021/22	1. Division	APOEL	11	3	0	–	0	–	0	478
2021/22	Cup	APOEL	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	198
2020/21	2. Division	PAEEK	18	18	3	0	0	0	0	1,553

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			166	147	13	1^*	17	0^*	2	13,406

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
1. Division	54	6	1
Ekstraklasa	54	2	0
Premiership	25	1	0
2. Division	18	3	0
Cup	9	1	–
UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	4	0	–
League Cup	1	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Stal Mielec Dundee United Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer APOEL Stal Mielec Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2023 Jun 2023 · Back from Loan Olympiakos APOEL Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2022 Aug 2022 · Loan APOEL Olympiakos Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2022 Jan 2022 · Transfer PAEEK APOEL Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2020 Jul 2020 · Transfer De Graafschap PAEEK Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer BV De Graafschap Under 19 De Graafschap Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer – BV De Graafschap Under 19 Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Unknown – Podosfairiki Athlitiki Enosi E Unknown

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