Mathijs Menu

Menu's current-season form is level with last season (Season 20→20), while his Rating held around 53. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 20).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Jong AZ · 13th	2	0	0	6.85	53	20
2025/26	Jong AZ · 17th	29	1	1	7.16	53	20
2025/26	AZ Alkmaar	1	0	0	—	—	—
2024/25	Jong AZ · 10th	11	0	0	6.89	48	4

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Rising assetCentral defender

Mathijs Menu is a 21-year-old central defender at Jong AZ, rated 52.8 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (65.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.51 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Menu.

On the season, Menu graded 20 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 3.505 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 20 → 20). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 53. At 21 Menu is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 14 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Menu is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

52.8

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

20.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

65.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.51

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Jong AZ finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.51

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 65.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 52.8 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.51 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %65.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.04

Assists / 900.04

Goal contribution / 900.081

Defensive actions / 903.505

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.363

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 ages 23–27 (~16), then tapers with age. At 21, Menu sits on 14, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Menu's projected Rating — 52.8 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 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles51

Interceptions16

Blocks20

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9

Red cards0

About Mathijs Menu

Mathijs Menu is a 21-year-old centre-back who plays for Jong AZ, born on May 1, 2005 in Heerhugowaard, standing 175 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. Jong AZ currently sit 13th of 20 in the Eerste Divisie.

This season

In the current season, Mathijs Menu has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 135 minutes.

Mathijs Menu's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Jong AZ face MVV at home in the Eerste Divisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Mathijs Menu at 52.8 with a Season form score of 20.4. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 1 career title — among them the UEFA Youth League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 4 recorded seasons, Mathijs Menu has totalled 46 club appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 29 appearances for Jong AZ.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.