Domestic-league season · PEC Zwolle.
Missed 9 of PEC Zwolle's ~34 games this season through 9 injury absences (ankle, inactive). He still appeared 23 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.
Parent club AZ Alkmaar — UEFA Europa Conference League: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 135 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at PEC Zwolle; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1499 | 6.77 |
 UEFA Europa Conference Leagueat AZ Alkmaar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 6.44 |
 KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 6.7 |
| Eredivisieat AZ Alkmaar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
Following his move to PEC Zwolle, Buurmeester's current-season form is up 95% on last season (Season 19→37), while his Rating held around 66. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 52).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | PEC Zwolle · 15th | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6.77 | 66 | 37 |
| 2024/25 | AZ Alkmaar · 5th | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6.93 | 66 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | PEC Zwolle · 12th | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 | 66 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | Jong AZ · 11th | 27 | 4 | 4 | 6.95 | 59 | 42 |
| 2021/22 | Jong AZ · 13th | 34 | 8 | 2 | 6.98 | 60 | 52 |
| 2020/21 | Jong AZ · 17th | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6.71 | 49 | 13 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Z. Buurmeester is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at PEC Zwolle, rated 65.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 116th of 284 in the Eredivisie. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (68% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Buurmeester.
Judged on this season alone, Buurmeester graded 37 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 29th of 41 of the 41 defensive midfielders in the Eredivisie, on 2 goals, 0 assists and 4.056 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 19 → 37). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 66, 20th of 41 of the 41 defensive midfielders in the Eredivisie. At 24 Buurmeester is in his prime years, and a market index of 30.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Buurmeester missed 9 games through injury (ankle, inactive) out of roughly 34 this season. The 23 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.
4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th 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.
With a Rating of 65.5, Buurmeester carries the 20th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Eredivisie of 41, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (PEC Zwolle finished 15th of 18) — 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 (4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~30), then tapers with age. At 24, Buurmeester sits on 30.2, at or near its peak. The blue line is Buurmeester's projected Rating — 65.5 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.
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