// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Joris Kramer? A Dutch master, or should I say, Kramer-ical?
 Kramer with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Heiloo, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV De Foresters | |||
| 2009–2015 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Jong AZ | 56 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → FC Dordrecht (loan) | 36 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | AZ | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → SC Cambuur (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | NEC | 22 | (0) |
| 2023– | Go Ahead Eagles | 105 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2026 | |||
Joris Kramer (born 2 August 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles.[1]
Career
[edit]Kramer is a product of the youth academy at AZ Alkmaar, but made his start in the game on loan away from the club.[2] He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for FC Dordrecht on 5 August 2016, in a game against FC Oss.[3]
After returning to AZ, Kramer became frustrated with his game time, which included a whole year on the substitutes' bench and not playing any minutes. He subsequently moved on a season-long loan to SC Cambuur in October 2020.[4] He spent the 2021–22 season on loan to Go Ahead Eagles, making 30 appearances and scoring two goals, a tally which included a goal in a home match against Fortuna Sittard in a 4–3 win in which he headed in the winning goal after Go Ahead Eagles had been 1–3 behind earlier in the match.[2] On 1 July 2022, Kramer signed a three-year contract with NEC.[5]
On 29 June 2023, Kramer returned to Go Ahead Eagles on a three-year deal.[2] On 26 May 2024, he scored the winning goal in extra time of a 2–1 away victory over Utrecht in the European competition play-offs final, securing a UEFA Conference League berth for his club.[6] He played in the final of the KNVB Cup as Go Ahead Eagles clinched the trophy for the first time in their history, winning on penalties against former club AZ Alkmaar on 21 April 2025. The game had ended 1–1 after regulation time after Kramer was adjudged to have fouled AZ's Ernest Poku leading to a penalty converted by Troy Parrott, before Go Ahead Eagles scored a 98th-minute equaliser leading to their goalkeeper Jari De Busser saving two penalty kicks in the resultant shoot-out.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 20 September 2026
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 0 | — | — | — | 56 | 0 | |||||
| FC Dordrecht (loan) | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| AZ | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| SC Cambuur (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| NEC | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| 2026–27 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 105 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 268 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 8 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in European play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
Honours
[edit]- Go Ahead Eagles
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: November 2024[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Willemsoord naar laatste 32 in noordelijk bekertoernooi". De Stentor (web). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 "JORIS KRAMER MAAKT COMEBACK: 'HEEL VEEL ZIN OM TERUG TE KEREN'" (in Dutch). Go Ahead Eagles. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ "Joris Kramer chooses Cambuur after a year on the bench: "That eats at me"". Omropfryslan (in Dutch). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ "N.E.C. neemt Joris Kramer over van AZ" (in Dutch). NEC. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ↑ "Go Ahead Eagles verslaat FC Utrecht in krankzinnig duel met 1-2 en gaat Europa in" (in Dutch). VoetbalNieuws. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ "De Busser bosses shoot-out to seal Go Ahead cup final comeback". Dutch News. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ "PSV and N.E.C. main suppliers to the Eredivisie Team of the Month for November". Eredivisie. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Joris Kramer at WorldFootball.net
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Heiloo
- Dutch men's footballers
- Footballers from North Holland
- Men's association football defenders
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- AZ Alkmaar players
- Jong AZ players
- FC Dordrecht players
- SC Cambuur players
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen