Tygo Land (born 11 January 2006) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club PSV.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Peize, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder, Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PSV | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | VV Peize | ||
| 2011–2022 | Heerenveen | ||
| 2022–2023 | PSV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Jong PSV | 28 | (4) |
| 2023– | PSV | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (2) |
| 2023– | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 | |||
Club career
editPSV
editLand joined the PSV Academy on 12 August 2022, joining from the SC Heerenveen academy where he had been at since he was 5 years old. [1] He quickly made his way up to Jong PSV where he impressed. He made his debut on 12 August 2023, exactly a year after joining the club. He got substituted for Joey Veerman in the 90th minute and ended up winning 2-0 over FC Utrecht. His first real impact in the first team was on 13 April 2024, where he got substituted on in the 79th minute. This match is where he got his first goal contribution for PSV's first team, assisting the sixth goal of the match against Vitesse. This goal was scored by Hirving Lozano.
On 11 October 2023, he was listed in the 2023 NXGN, made by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[2]
In May 2024, he was selected as part of the Eerste Divisie team of the season.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 15 September 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong PSV | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 4 | — | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||||
| PSV | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
Honours
editPSV
References
edit- ^ "Tygo Land joins PSV Academy". www.psv.nl. 15 August 2022.
- ^ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.