Profile
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.
Also this season
Earlier this season at AZ Alkmaar — UEFA Europa Conference League: 4 apps, 0g 0a, 268 min
Earlier this season at AZ Alkmaar — KNVB Beker: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Jong AZ; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
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 51.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 183rd of 376 on scout potential in the Eerste Divisie and 1068th of 2874 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (60.4% 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 18 — 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 a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 18). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 51, 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 14.3 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.
Dekker is operating at his career peak — the 2021/22 level is the level.
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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 60.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 51.1, 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. With this floor already at 22, 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
