Thomas Oude Kotte

Thomas Oude Kotte (born 20 March 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Excelsior in the Eredivisie.

Thomas Oude Kotte
Personal information
Full name Thomas Oude Kotte
Date of birth (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996
Place of birth Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Excelsior
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2008 Groen Wit '62
2008–2016 Vitesse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Jong Vitesse 59 (5)
2016–2018 Vitesse 9 (0)
2018– Excelsior 21 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 June 2019

Club career

Vitesse

In 2008, Oude Kotte joined Vitesse from local side Groen Wit '62. On 19 April 2016, after impressing at youth level, Oude Kotte made his senior debut against PSV replacing Japanese full-back Kosuke Ota in the 90th minute.[1] On 1 May 2016, Oude Kotte was given his first Vitesse start in a 3–1 defeat against Utrecht, in which he featured for the entirety of the fixture along with Julian Lelieveld.[2]

Ahead of the 2016–17 campaign, Oude Kotte was promoted to the Vitesse first-team along with several other academy teammates including Arshak Koryan, Mitchell van Bergen, Zhang Yuning, Jeroen Houwen and Julian Lelieveld.[3] Along with his promotion, Oude Kotte was reassigned the number 22, after holding the number 44 last season. However, following the arrival of Henk Fraser, Oude Kotte was demoted back to the reserve squad and failed to make a senior appearance all season.

Following several substitute appearances, Oude Kotte made his return to the first-team squad, during Vitesse's 1–0 home victory over French side, Nice in their UEFA Europa League group-stage campaign, featuring for the full 90 minutes.[4] On 29 March 2018, Oude Kotte was offered a new deal, however, opted to reject it to pursue a career abroad and in turn leave in June 2018.[5]

Excelsior

Despite expressing his desire to move abroad, Oude Kotte opted to join fellow Eredivisie side, Excelsior on a three-year deal in June 2018.[6]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 March 2018.
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitesse 2015–16 Eredivisie 200000—20
2016–17 Eredivisie 0000——00
2017–18 Eredivisie 70001[lower-alpha 1]00080
Total 90001000100
Excelsior 2018–19 Eredivisie 0000——00
Career total 90001000100
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Match PSV vs. Vitesse (2 : 2)". OneFootball. 19 April 2016.
  2. "Vitesse vs. Utrecht". Soccerway. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. "FIVE YOUTHS IN LINE WITH A-SELECTION". SBV Vitesse. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  4. "Vitesse vs. Nice". Soccerway. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. "Thomas Oude Kotte vertrekt: 'Niet geslaagd bij Vitesse'". de Gelderlander. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. "Thomas Oude Kotte komende drie jaar in het rood-zwart". SBV Excelsior Official Site. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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