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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Jong AZ.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Jong AZ's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (hamstring). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eerste Divisie | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1032 | 6.98 |
 UEFA Europa Conference Leagueat AZ Alkmaar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 6.88 |
 Eredivisieat AZ Alkmaar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 6.44 |
 KNVB Bekerat AZ Alkmaar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
Scout report
M. Dekker is a 22-year-old central defender at Jong AZ, rated 46.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 184th of 376 on scout potential in the Eerste Divisie and 1066th of 2870 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dekker.
Judged on this season alone, Dekker graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 60 of the 60 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie, on 2 clean sheets and 3.227 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 9). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 47, 27th of 60 of the 60 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie. At 22 Dekker is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 13.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Dekker missed 4 games through injury (hamstring) out of roughly 38 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Jong AZ finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side
3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 14 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 30.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 46.7, Dekker carries the 27th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie of 60 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
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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