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Tika de Jonge

Top-tier performerGroningen · 23 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameTika de Jonge
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityNetherlands
Age23
Date of birth11 Mar 2003
BirthplaceZierikzee
Height173 cm
Shirt number#8
ClubGroningen
Defensive midfielder
3
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
262
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Groningen.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eredivisie100976

Scout report

Top-tier performerDefensive midfielder

T. de Jonge is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Groningen, rated 70 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (68.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.27 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jonge.

On the season, Jonge graded 37 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals, 1 assist and 3.271 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 37 → 37). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 70. At 23 Jonge is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 32.3 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26
70
Ratingi
elite — among the best in the position
36.9
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
68.1%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.27
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Groningen finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

29
Apps
3.27
Def. / 90
50
Tackles
24
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

3.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 68.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.17 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.

Watch points

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

Outlook

Rated 70 overall — elite — among the best in the position. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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 defensive midfielders in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles50
Interceptions24
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.