Steven van der Sloot
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| Full name | Steven Ako van der Sloot | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 July 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Limbe, Cameroon | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | ADO Den Haag | |||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Quick Steps | ||||||||||||||
| –2012 | Haaglandia | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | ADO Den Haag | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Feyenoord | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Jong Ajax | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Schalke 04 II | 44 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Schalke 04 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | ADO Den Haag | 57 | (5) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Netherlands U16 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Steven Ako van der Sloot (born 6 July 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag.
Club career
Van der Sloot transferred to the Ajax youth academy on May 28, 2019.[1] He joined the Schalke 04 youth academy on May 18, 2022.[2][3] He made his first team debut for Schalke 04 in the 2. Bundesliga in a 1–1 away draw against Hannover 96 on 7 April 2024, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute for Cédric Brunner.[4]
Van der Sloot joined the Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag on July 6, 2024.[5] He made his debut here on August 10, 2024, against VVV-Venlo.[6]
International career
Van der Sloot was born in Cameroon to a Dutch father and a Cameroonian mother, and holds dual citizenship.[7] He played for the Netherlands' youth national teams.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 December 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Schalke 04 II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 19 | 3 | — | 19 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 25 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 3 | — | 44 | 3 | |||
| Schalke 04 | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| ADO Den Haag | 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | Eerste Divisie | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |
| Career total | 118 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 8 | ||
Honours
Netherlands U17
References
- ^ "Talent Van der Sloot van Feyenoord naar Ajax". fr12.nl. 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Steven van der Sloot schließt sich der Knappenschmiede an". Schalke 04. 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Van der Sloot (Jong Ajax) is clubs voor en bevestigt transfer naar Schalke 04". voetbalprimeur.nl. 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Hannover 96 - FC Schalke 04 1:1". DFB. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "ADO Den Haag presenteert Steven van der Sloot als eerste nieuwe versterking". ADO Den Haag. 6 July 2024.
- ^ "DEN HAAG vs. VENLO". Soccerway. 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Talent Alert:Discover young Steven Ako, Cameroon/Netherlands citizen going the Dutch way". 10 September 2019.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ Steven van der Sloot at Soccerway
- ^ "Netherlands retain #U17EURO title: at a glance". UEFA. 19 May 2019.
External links
- Steven van der Sloot at Soccerway
- Steven van der Sloot at Eerste Divisie
- Steven van der Sloot at ADO Den Haag