Ilias Bronkhorst

Following his move to Huddersfield, Bronkhorst's current-season form is down 15% on last season (Season 27→23), while his Rating held around 45. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 46).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Huddersfield · 2nd	2	0	0	7.15	45	23
2025/26	Excelsior · 13th	33	2	0	6.81	45	27
2024/25	Excelsior · 2nd	37	3	7	7.25	52	46
2023/24	Dordrecht · 4th	31	4	1	6.96	49	26
2022/23	NEC Nijmegen · 12th	31	0	0	6.43	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral midfielder

I. Bronkhorst is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Excelsior, rated 44.3 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (77% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.17 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bronkhorst.

On the season, Bronkhorst graded 33 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 0 assists and 3.171 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 27 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 44. At 29 Bronkhorst is in his prime years, and a market index of 14.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2021/225 clubs

44.3

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

33.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

77%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.17

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Excelsior finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.17

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) 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. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 77% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 44.3 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %77%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.076

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.076

Defensive actions / 903.171

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.229

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around age 29 (~14), then tapers with age. At 29, Bronkhorst sits on 14.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bronkhorst's projected Rating — 44.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles46

Interceptions27

Blocks10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6

Red cards0

Transfer history

HuddersfieldJul 2026 – nowFree

ExcelsiorAug 2024 – Jul 2026Free

DordrechtAug 2023 – Aug 2024Free

NEC Nijmegenuntil Aug 2023

TelstarJul 2018 – Aug 2023Free

KKoninklijke HFCuntil Jul 2018

About I. Bronkhorst

Ilias Bronkhorst is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for Huddersfield, born on May 10, 1997 in Haarlem, standing 185 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. Huddersfield currently sit 2nd of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, I. Bronkhorst has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 180 minutes.

I. Bronkhorst's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Huddersfield face Cambridge United away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates I. Bronkhorst at 44.3 with a Season form score of 33.4. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, I. Bronkhorst has totalled 218 club appearances with 20 goals and 11 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 37 appearances for Excelsior.

I. Bronkhorst's career has also included time at Excelsior, Dordrecht, NEC Nijmegen, Telstar and KKoninklijke HFC.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.