Joris van Overeem, Defensive Midfield at Utrecht

Defensive Midfield · Midfielder

#6 Joris van Overeem

Utrecht Eredivisie · Netherlands

Date of birth / Age: 1 Jun 1994 (32)
Height · Weight: 1.81 m · 71 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 20 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2028

Date of birth / Age: 1 Jun 1994 (32)
Height · Weight: 1.81 m · 71 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 20 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2028

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 38
Starting eleven: 38
Goals: 2
Assists: 7
Yellow cards: 5
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 3,381

Starting eleven100%

38 of 38 appearances

Minutes played3,381

89 per appearance

Goal involvement9

2 goals · 7 assists

Positions played

355 matches · since 2014/15

RBCFLWCBRWAMCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	193	9	16
Central Midfield	90	3	9
Attacking Midfield	50	8	7
Right Winger	10	1	0
Other · CB, LW, CF, RB	12	1	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #156; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #56; among defensive midfielders aged 30+
In his league: 74%; of Eredivisie defensive midfielders rank below him

Career stats

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Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Eredivisie	Utrecht	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	99
2025/26	Eredivisie	Heerenveen	34	34	2	7	5	0	0	3,021
2025/26	KNVB Beker	Heerenveen	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	360
2024/25	Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	20	2	1	6	0	0	1,788
2024/25	UEFA Europa League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	10	7	0	–	3	–	0	684
2024/25	UEFA Champions League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2024/25	Super Cup	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2024/25	Toto Cup Ligat Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	64
2023/24	Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	27	0	0	2	0	0	2,087
2023/24	UEFA Europa Conference League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	14	0	–	4	–	0	1,208
2023/24	Toto Cup Ligat Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	138
2022/23	Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	300
2022/23	UEFA Europa Conference League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	5	0	–	1	–	0	451
2022/23	State Cup	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4	1	0	–	2	–	0	169
2022/23	Toto Cup Ligat Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	147
2021/22	Eredivisie	Utrecht	25	12	1	1	2	0	0	1,263
2021/22	KNVB Beker	Utrecht	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	165
2020/21	Eredivisie	Utrecht	32	31	2	0	2	0	0	2,442
2020/21	KNVB Beker	Utrecht	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	173
2019/20	Eredivisie	Utrecht	14	11	0	0	3	0	0	1,025
2019/20	KNVB Beker	Utrecht	5	4	0	–	0	–	0	370
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	Utrecht	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	40
2018/19	Eredivisie	Utrecht	32	31	2	2	3	0	1	2,670
2018/19	KNVB Beker	Utrecht	3	3	1	–	0	–	0	270
2017/18	Eredivisie	AZ	25	16	2	2	1	0	0	1,423
2017/18	KNVB Beker	AZ	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	94
2016/17	Eredivisie	AZ	27	20	4	6	3	0	0	1,845
2016/17	Tweede Divisie	AZ II	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	252
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	AZ	8	5	0	–	1	–	0	445
2016/17	KNVB Beker	AZ	4	3	0	–	0	–	0	281
2015/16	Eredivisie	AZ	33	31	4	8	3	0	0	2,496
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	AZ	9	9	2	–	1	–	0	711
2015/16	KNVB Beker	AZ	4	3	1	–	1	–	0	231
2014/15	Eredivisie	Dordrecht	34	33	2	–	2	–	0	2,903
2014/15	KNVB Beker	Dordrecht	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017	UEFA U21 Championship	Netherlands U21	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	183
2015	World Youth Festival Toulon Maurice Revello	Netherlands U22	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	AZ	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	1
2013/14	KNVB Beker	AZ	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	21
2013	UEFA U19 Championship	Netherlands U19	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	25
2011	UEFA U17 Championship	Netherlands U17	6	4	0	–	0	–	0	383

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Career total · all competitions			433	350	26	27^*	49	0^*	1	30,858

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Eredivisie	257	19	26
Ligat ha'Al	70	2	1
UEFA Europa League	29	2	–
KNVB Beker	28	3	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	20	0	–
Netherlands U17	6	0	–
Toto Cup Ligat Al	5	0	–
Netherlands U21	4	0	–
State Cup	4	0	–
Netherlands U22	3	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 2026 Jul 2026 · Transfer Heerenveen Utrecht Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Free Transfer Maccabi Tel Aviv Heerenveen Free Transfer
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Utrecht Maccabi Tel Aviv Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer AZ Utrecht Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2015 Jun 2015 · Back from Loan Dordrecht AZ Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Loan AZ Dordrecht Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2006 Jul 2006 · Unknown – AZ Unknown

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