based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · De Graafschap.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 7.5 |
Scout report
Gijs Bolk is a 21-year-old central defender at Emmen, rated 50.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 42nd of 158 on scout potential in the Eerste Divisie and 282nd of 1639 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a rotation option this season (46.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.7 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bolk.
Judged on this season alone, Bolk graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie, on 3 clean sheets and 3.698 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 16 → 16). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 51, top 31% of the 33 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie. At 21 Bolk is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 13.5 reflects that trajectory.
Bolk is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Emmen finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side
3.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 3.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 46.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 50.8, Bolk carries the 10th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie (top 31%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Emmen finished 14th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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