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I. Bronkhorst

Project playerExcelsior · 29 yrsTransferred to Huddersfield

Profile

Full nameIlias Bronkhorst
PositionFull-back
NationalityNetherlands
Age29
Date of birth10 May 1997
BirthplaceHaarlem
Height185 cm
Shirt number#2
ClubExcelsior
Full-backalso played MID
33
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
2356
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Excelsior.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eredivisie332023566.81
KNVB Beker100586.3

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

I. Bronkhorst is a 29-year-old full-back at Excelsior, rated 45.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 225th of 284 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (79.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.17 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bronkhorst.

Judged on this season alone, Bronkhorst graded 27 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 48 of the 48 full-backs in the Eredivisie, on 5 clean sheets and 3.171 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 46 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 45, 41st of 48 of the 48 full-backs in the Eredivisie. At 29 Bronkhorst is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.5 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2021/224 clubs
Current potential41st of 48 full-backs · EredivisieCurrent season22nd of 48 full-backs · Eredivisie22nd-best full-back in the Eredivisie225th in the Eredivisie · potential41st-highest potential full-back in the Eredivisie
45.2
Ratingi
41st of 48 full-backs
27.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
79.3%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.17
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Excelsior finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

3.17
Def. / 90
46
Tackles
27
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

3.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 79.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 45.2, Bronkhorst carries the 41st-highest potential of the full-backs in the Eredivisie of 48, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Excelsior finished 13th 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 moderate defensive volume (3.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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Transfer news

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