Thomas Oude Kotte

Thomas Oude Kotte (born 20 March 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club Telstar.

Thomas Oude Kotte
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996
Place of birth Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Telstar
Youth career
0000–2008 Groen Wit '62
2008–2016 Vitesse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Jong Vitesse 75 (6)
2016–2018 Vitesse 9 (0)
2018–2021 Excelsior 63 (2)
2021–2022 Vendsyssel 26 (2)
2022– Telstar 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:30, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

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]

Vendsyssel

On 23 July 2021, Oude Kotte moved to Denmark, where he signed a two-year deal with Danish 1st Division club Vendsyssel FF.[7] A year later, in June 2022, Vendsyssel announced the departure of Kotte.[8]

Telstar

Oude Kotte returned to the Netherlands after one season, signing a one-year contract with Eerste Divisie club Telstar.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 28 May 2022.
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Vitesse 2014–15 Beloften Eredivisie 10———10
2015–16 Beloften Eredivisie 162———162
2016–17 Tweede Divisie 331———331
2017–18 Derde Divisie 253———253
Total 756———756
Vitesse 2015–16 Eredivisie 200000—20
2016–17 Eredivisie 0000——00
2017–18 Eredivisie 70001[lower-alpha 2]00080
Total 90001000100
Excelsior 2018–19 Eredivisie 21000—2[lower-alpha 3]0230
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 21022——232
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 21221——233
Total 63243—20695
Vendsyssel 2021–22 1st Division 26210——272
Telstar 2022–23 Eerste Divisie 0000——00
Career total 1731053102018113
  1. Includes cup competitions such as KNVB Cup and Danish Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in relegation play-offs

Honours

Jong Vitesse

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.
  7. Vendsyssel skriver kontrakt med Hollænder, vendsysselff.dk, 23 July 2021
  8. To spillere med kontraktudløb i Vendsyssel FF, facebook.com, 22 June 2022
  9. Lambers, Milo (20 July 2022). "Mike Snoei kan nieuwe aanwinsten inpassen bij Telstar. Al zijn die nog niet fit: 'Voor die jongens is de voorbereiding vorige week begonnen'". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. Radstaat, Edwin (20 May 2018). "Jong Vitesse kampioen na ruime zege op Blauw Geel'38, UNA te sterk voor Westlandia". Voetbal247.nl (in Dutch).
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