D. James · career
Dean Ruben James
Center Back · GO Ahead Eagles · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
A career still climbing — James is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Peak: 2021/22Trending upBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2022/23
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 2 clubs — 124 appearances with 10 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2021/22 at FC Volendam — Season rating 26, 0 goals and 1 assist in 26 games. 2021/22 was the leap — Season rating up 15 points at FC Volendam. Form is on a climb — up 18 Season points across his last 3 full seasons.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2022/23 (Eredivisie) and kept playing — 19 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | GO Ahead Eagles | 26 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | GO Ahead Eagles | 27 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | GO Ahead Eagles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | GO Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022/23 | Volendam II | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022/23 | FC Volendam | 19 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | FC Volendam | 26 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | FC Volendam | 19 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | Volendam II | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Volendam II | 20 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
KNVB Beker×2Eerste Divisie×2Super Cup×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup - Qualification Asiaat Indonesia | 4 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 |
Schedule · 2025/26
36 played1 unused sub2 injured1 suspended8 not in squad· 2486 min, 1g 3a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5 | Friendlies Clubs | A Malaga | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | H PAOK | 3-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | H Al-Duhail SC | 4-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | Eredivisie | A Fortuna Sittard | 2-2 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.2 | |
| Aug 17 | Eredivisie | H Ajax | 2-2 | Played | 80 | 6.0 | ||
| Aug 23 | Eredivisie | H Sparta Rotterdam | 0-3 | Played | 71 | 5.9 | ||
| Aug 30 | Eredivisie | A Heerenveen | 2-2 | Played | 81 | 6.2 | ||
| Sep 13 | Eredivisie | H FC Volendam | 3-0 | Played | 76 | 6.7 | ||
| Sep 21 | Eredivisie | A PEC Zwolle | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Sep 25 | UEFA Europa League | H FCSB | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Sep 28 | Eredivisie | A Telstar | 2-4 | Played | 11 | 6.3 | ||
| Oct 2 | UEFA Europa League | A Panathinaikos | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 2 | 7.5 | |
| Oct 5 | Eredivisie | H NEC Nijmegen | 1-1 | Played | 83 | 6.7 | ||
| Oct 18 | Eredivisie | A PSV Eindhoven | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Oct 23 | UEFA Europa League | H Aston Villa | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Oct 26 | Eredivisie | H Excelsior | 2-0 | Played | 63 | 6.9 | ||
| Nov 1 | Eredivisie | A NAC Breda | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 6 | UEFA Europa League | A Red Bull Salzburg | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Nov 9 | Eredivisie | H Feyenoord | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.9 | |
| Nov 22 | Eredivisie | A Heracles | 2-4 | Played | 69 | 5.2 | ||
| Nov 27 | UEFA Europa League | H VfB Stuttgart | 0-4 | Played | 90 | 5.5 | ||
| Nov 30 | Eredivisie | H Utrecht | 2-2 | Suspended | — | |||
| Dec 7 | Eredivisie | A AZ Alkmaar | 2-2 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Dec 11 | UEFA Europa League | A Lyon | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 5.9 | ||
| Dec 14 | Eredivisie | A Twente | 0-2 | Played | 80 | 6.2 | ||
| Dec 17 | KNVB Beker | A Roda | 1-1 | Played | 105 | 6.7 | ||
| Dec 21 | Eredivisie | H Groningen | 1-1 | Played | 73 | 6.7 | ||
| Jan 11 | Eredivisie | H Fortuna Sittard | 2-2 | Played | 74 | 6.2 | ||
| Jan 14 | KNVB Beker | H Heracles | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 17 | Eredivisie | A Ajax | 2-2 | Played | 23 | 6.9 | ||
| Jan 22 | UEFA Europa League | A Nice | 1-3 | Played | 78 | 5.6 | ||
| Jan 29 | UEFA Europa League | H SC Braga | 0-0 | Played | 89 | 6.5 | ||
| Feb 1 | Eredivisie | A FC Volendam | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| Feb 5 | KNVB Beker | A Telstar | 1-2 | Played | 45 | 6.7 | ||
| Feb 8 | Eredivisie | H Telstar | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 11 | Eredivisie | H Heerenveen | 1-3 | Inactive | — | |||
| Feb 15 | Eredivisie | A Feyenoord | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 22 | Eredivisie | H Heracles | 4-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 1 | Eredivisie | A Excelsior | 1-0 | Played | 12 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 8 | Eredivisie | H Twente | 1-4 | Played | 45 | 6.0 | ||
| Mar 15 | Eredivisie | H NAC Breda | 6-0 | Played | 75 | 7.2 | ||
| Mar 22 | Eredivisie | A Utrecht | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 5 | Eredivisie | H PEC Zwolle | 5-0 | Inactive | — | |||
| Apr 11 | Eredivisie | A Groningen | 0-0 | Played | 20 | 6.6 | ||
| Apr 23 | Eredivisie | H AZ Alkmaar | 0-0 | Played | 16 | 6.7 | ||
| May 3 | Eredivisie | A Sparta Rotterdam | 2-2 | Played | 2 | — | ||
| May 10 | Eredivisie | H PSV Eindhoven | 1-4 | Played | 45 | 6.3 | ||
| May 17 | Eredivisie | A NEC Nijmegen | 1-2 | Not in squad | — |