AZ Alkmaar

Elijah Dijkstra

Defender#22

Bio

Born in Assendelft in 2006, Elijah Dijkstra debuted for AZ Alkmaar in 2025. He plays as a defender. He has represented the Netherlands national under-16 association football team and the Netherlands national under-17 football team. Lineball holds stats from 35 of his games across 2024–2026.

Key facts

Age: 20
Height: 1.73 m
Number: #22
Born: 5/8/2006
Birthplace: Assendelft
Debut: 2025
Position: Defender
Nationality: Netherlands

Official profile

ESPN player page ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

2025–now

2025–AZ Alkmaar
2021–2022Netherlands national under-16 association football teamNational team
2022–2023Netherlands national under-17 football teamNational team
2023–2024Netherlands national under-18 association football teamNational team
2024–Netherlands national under-19 football teamNational team

Career stats

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	STRT	FC	FA	YC	SHOT	SOG	OFF
2026-27 Dutch Eredivisie AZ	12	4	9	1	4	0	2
2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie AZ	13	8	16	1	7	1	0
2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie AZ	1	0	2	0	0	0	0

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026-27 UEFA Europa LeagueAZ Alkmaar	2	1	0	0	117	0	0	2	1	1	3	1
2026-27 EredivisieAZ Alkmaar	11	0	3	0	901	1	2	11	0	4	7	10
2025-26 EredivisieAZ Alkmaar	20	0	7	1	1,272	1	0	20	7	8	16	22
2024-25 EredivisieAZ Alkmaar	2	0	0	0	92	0	0	2	1	0	2	2
Career4 seasons	35	1	10	1	2,382	2	2	35	9	13	28	35

Game log, 2026-27 UEFA Europa League

Game
6 Nov v JuventusL 1-2 6 Nov	0	1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
17 Sept @ SunderlandL 0-1 17 Sept	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0

Splits, UEFA Europa League

Split
AwayHome or away, 0W	1	0.0	90.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
HomeHome or away, 0W	1	1.0	27.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	2	0.5	58.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.5
Regular seasonStage, 0W	2	0.5	58.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.5
JuventusOpponent, 0W	1	1.0	27.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
SunderlandOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	90.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
AFAS Stadion, AlkmaarGround, 0W	1	1.0	27.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Stadium of Light, SunderlandGround, 0W	1	0.0	90.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0

Recent games

Nov '269
v FC Groningen
1 SHOT · 2 FA
W 4-3
Nov '261
@ Ajax Amsterdam
1 FA · 1 OFF
L 1-0
Oct '2626
v FC Twente
2 FC · 1 YC
L 2-0
Oct '2618
@ SC Cambuur
1 FC
D 2-2
Oct '2611
@ Feyenoord Rotterdam
1 FA · 1 OFF
L 2-0
Sept '2620
v Telstar
Did not record a stat
W 1-0
Sept '2612
v Willem II
1 SHOT · 1 FA
D 1-1
Sept '266
@ Heerenveen
Did not record a stat
W 3-2

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).