Kasper Boogaard
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| Date of birth | 29 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Den Burg, Netherlands[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Texel '94 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2025 | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Jong AZ | 38 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | AZ Alkmaar | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Kasper Boogaard (born 29 January 2006) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. He is a Dutch youth international.[2]
Club career
From Texel in North Holland, he played for Texel '94 prior to his move into the academy of AZ Alkmaar in 2017.[3] He signed a first contract with the club in 2022.[4] He featured for the club in the semifinal of the UEFA Youth League in April 2025, and signed a new four-year professional contract with the club that summer.[5][3]
Having played for Jong AZ in the Eerste Divisie, he made his debut for the senior AZ Alkmaar team in the UEFA Conference League against Premier League club Crystal Palace on 6 November 2025.[6][7] Boogaard was named to make his first start in the Eredivisie against PSV Eindhoven on 9 November 2025.[8]
International career
He was part of the Netherlands U19s that won the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 4 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Eerste Divisie | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 4 | — | — | — | 38 | 4 | |||||
| AZ | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Career total | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
Netherlands U19
References
- ^ a b Kasper Boogaard at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Kasper Boogaard- Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ a b "AZ beloont Europe's campaign Kasper Boogaard with new contract". One Football. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Kasper Boogaard's debut in AZ first team". Texelsecourant.nl. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Unlucky Boogaard loses with AZO19 in semi-final". Texelsecourant.nl. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ Brinkman, Theo (5 November 2025). "AZ started with Dijkstra against Crystal Palace. "He has the same qualities as Denso."". Noordhollandsdagblad.nl. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ "AZ too small for Crystal Palace: second European defeat for Alkmaarders". ad.nl. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "AZ vs. PSV". Soccerway. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Definitieve selectie Onder 19 (m) voor EK in Roemenië". Royal Dutch Football Association. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Under-19 EURO final report: Netherlands edge Spain for first title". uefa.com. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.