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 Sven Bouland in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sven Bouland | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Oosterwolde, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Groningen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JV Oostenburg | |||
| 2017–2024 | FC Groningen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | FC Groningen | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 March 2025 | |||
Sven Bouland (born 22 February 2006) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Groningen.
Club career
[edit]Bouland was scouted by FC Groningen from JV Oostenburg in Oosterwolde and progressed through the club’s youth academy.
On 5 June 2024, Bouland signed his first professional contract with FC Groningen at the age of 18.[1][2]
He made his professional debut on 9 August 2024 in the opening match of the Eredivisie season against NAC Breda, a 4–1 victory. He came on at half-time as a substitute for Marvin Peersman.[3]
International career
[edit]Bouland has represented the Netherlands at youth international level. He played in UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying matches for the Netherlands U19 against Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
Against Kazakhstan, he came on as a substitute for Givairo Read, while against Ukraine he started the match before being substituted at half-time for Mats Rots.[4]
Career statistics
[edit] |
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Beker | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Groningen | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FC Groningen | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total[5] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ Van Elsacker, Richard (5 June 2024). "Eerste profcontract voor Sven Bouland bij FC Groningen". FC Groningen (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ Van Akkeren, Gert (6 June 2024). "Eerste profcontract voor Sven Bouland bij FC Groningen". OOG TV (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "FC Groningen kent droomrentree in eredivisie en maakt korte metten met tiental NAC Breda". Algemeen Dagblad. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ Van Akkeren, Gert (13 November 2024). "Vijf spelers FC Groningen op pad voor interlands". OOG TV (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Sven Bouland stats". ESPN Stats. Retrieved 22 July 2026.