Evert Linthorst, Defensive Midfield at Go Ahead Eagles

Defensive Midfield · Midfielder

#8 Evert Linthorst

Go Ahead Eagles Eredivisie · Netherlands

Date of birth / Age: 3 Mar 2000 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.87 m · 81 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 30 Jan 2022
Contract until: 2028

Date of birth / Age: 3 Mar 2000 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.87 m · 81 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 30 Jan 2022
Contract until: 2028

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 40
Starting eleven: 24
Goals: 1
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 3
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,206

Starting eleven60%

24 of 40 appearances

Minutes played2,206

55 per appearance

Goal involvement3

1 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

194 matches · since 2017/18

LWRWAMCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	99	6	7
Central Midfield	72	6	5
Attacking Midfield	11	0	0
Right Winger	9	0	0
Left Winger	3	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1042; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #334; among defensive midfielders aged 26–29
In his league: 22%; of Eredivisie defensive midfielders rank below him
Finishing: +2.3; goals above expected · better than 92% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

5 Expected

2.7

45 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

6 Expected

4.8

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	462
2025/26	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	29	16	1	2	3	0	0	1,484
2025/26	UEFA Europa League	Go Ahead Eagles	7	5	0	–	0	–	0	418
2025/26	KNVB Beker	Go Ahead Eagles	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	214
2025/26	Super Cup	Go Ahead Eagles	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2024/25	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	33	31	3	3	3	0	0	2,525
2024/25	KNVB Beker	Go Ahead Eagles	5	5	0	–	1	–	0	470
2024/25	UEFA Europa Conference League	Go Ahead Eagles	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	154
2023/24	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	33	32	1	1	0	0	0	2,586
2023/24	KNVB Beker	Go Ahead Eagles	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	145
2022/23	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	23	16	1	0	2	0	0	1,451
2022/23	KNVB Beker	Go Ahead Eagles	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	1
2021/22	UAE Pro League	Al Ittihad Kalba	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	182
2021/22	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
2021/22	League Cup	Al Ittihad Kalba	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2020/21	Eredivisie	VVV Venlo	16	15	2	3	1	0	0	1,313
2020/21	UAE Pro League	Al Ittihad Kalba	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	272
2020/21	KNVB Beker	VVV Venlo	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	194
2020/21	League Cup	Al Ittihad Kalba	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	137
2019/20	Eredivisie	VVV Venlo	18	17	4	1	3	0	0	1,378
2019/20	KNVB Beker	VVV Venlo	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	89
2018/19	Eredivisie	VVV Venlo	13	7	0	0	2	0	0	646
2017/18	Eredivisie	VVV Venlo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			215	164	13	12^*	15	0^*	0	14,302

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Eredivisie	173	12	11
KNVB Beker	15	1	–
UAE Pro League	14	0	1
UEFA Europa League	7	0	–
League Cup	3	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	2	0	–
Super Cup	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

Jan 2022 Jan 2022 · Transfer Al Ittihad Kalba Go Ahead Eagles Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2021 Feb 2021 · Transfer VVV Venlo Al Ittihad Kalba Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer VVV/Helmond Sport U19 VVV Venlo Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Free Transfer – VVV Venlo Free Transfer

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