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Mica Pinto signs with Vitesse

After announcing the departure of Maximilian Wittek for football in Germany, Vitesse announced the signing of Mica Pinto. The 30-year-old left-back did not renew his contract with Sparta Rotterdam and was free on the market. With the Arnhemmers, Mica Pinto signed a two-year contract.

“Mica Pinto was our first choice after Maximilian Wittek left. He is a builder full back, with excellent physical conditioning and an excellent passing quality. He is a group athlete. He knows the Eredivisie very well and will be a key player in helping us achieve our goals throughout this season,” said Vitesse director of football Benjamin Schmedes.

“I have already played against Vitesse several times and now I am very proud to wear the shirt of this important club. After a few successful seasons with Sparta Rotterdam, this was a step I wanted to take. I had good conversations with the club officials and with the coach, Phillip Cocu. I am extremely anxious to start wearing the Vitesse shirt. I will deliver everything on the pitch for the club” said Mica Pinto.

With Sparta Rotterdam’s shirt, Mica Pinto reached the milestone of 90 matches played and four goals scored. He also played for Fortuna Sittard and played 50 games with just one goal scored. In the Eredivisie alone, he has played 120 matches. He is an athlete with a lot of experience in Dutch football.

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Zico Buurmeester renews with AZ Alkmaar and is loaned to PEC Zwolle

PEC Zwolle announced the signing of Zico Buurmeester for just one season. The 21-year-old will have his first professional experience away from the AFAS Stadion. To sign with the Blauwvingers, Zico Buurmeester needed to renew his contract until the end of the 2025/2026 season.

Valued at €550,000, Zico Buurmeester played 81 games and scored 12 goals for Jong AZ Alkmaar. In the first team of AZ Alkmaar, Zico Buurmeester played only nine games and scored one goal.

Born in Egmond aan den Hoef, province of North Holland, the village is part of the city of Bergen and is approximately seven kilometers from Alkmaar. The arrival of Zico Buurmeester at PEC Zwolle is to compensate for the departure of Thomas van den Belt.

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RKC Waalwijk announce replacement for Vurnon Anita

Godfried Roemeratoe is RKC Waalwijk’s newest signing. The 23-year-old midfielder has signed with Waalwijkers until the end of the 2025/26 season. He leaves Israel, where he was playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

“We are delighted with the arrival of Godfried Roemeratoe. After Vurnon Anita left, we started looking for a replacement part. We are really looking forward to starting to see Godfried Roemeratoe wearing our shirt on the pitch,” said RKC Waalwijk director of football Frank van Mosselveld.

Before his adventure in Israel, Godfried Roemeratoe was in the Netherlands, where he played for FC Twente and Willem II. It was at FC Twente where he was most able to perform. In all, he defended the colors of the Tukkers in 50 games. At Hapeol Tel Aviv, he played 25 games and at Willem II, there were 23 games played.

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Yanick van Osch is SC Cambuur’s first signing

SC Cambuur is his first signing for next season and the name he landed at Cambuur Stadion to sign with Levinho was Yanick van Osch. The 26-year-old goalkeeper has signed a three-year deal with the Leeuwarders.

With more than one hundred professional games played in Holland, Yanick van Osch arrives with the mission of helping SC Cambuur to return to the elite of Dutch football in the new season that will start soon.

His history is to spend a few seasons in the clubs he defends. It was like that at PSV, the club that revealed him to professional football. He spent three seasons in the PSV first team before accepting an offer from Fortuna Sittard. At Fortuna Sittard Stadion he also spent three more seasons and played 65 games and conceded 120 goals.

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Milan Robberechts signs with Fortuna Sittard for two seasons

Fortuna Sittard announced another signing for next season. Milan Robberechts is another reinforcement that will arrive to help the club continue to remain in the Eredivisie for another season. His contract with Fortuna Sittard will run for two seasons, with the possibility of a third season if Fortuna Sittard triggers the contract extension clause.

Milan Robberechts will work with Danny Buijs. The same coach he worked with in Belgium when the captain was working at KV Mechelen last season. He arrives at no cost to Fortuna Sittard and is valued at 200,000 euros.

“I’m glad you’re here. Fortuna Sittard looks like a team that wants to keep growing within the Netherlands. I have the opportunity to develop further, mainly because I will be playing at a higher level competition. I’m really looking forward to getting started” said Milan Robberechts.

He never played professionally. Milan Robberechts will have his first opportunity in a senior team. In Belgium, he only played for KV Mechelen and always played in the club’s youth team. At just 19 years old, Milan Robberechts is a striker who plays on the right wing.

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Burak Yılmaz announces his retirement and leaves Fortuna Sittard

Burak Yılmaz will no longer be a Fortuna Sittard player. The experienced Turkish striker announced his departure and consequently his retirement from the pitch. He was still under contract with the Fortunezen, but chose to end his career.

The striker arrived in Sittard-Geleen to be part of a project where he would have the opportunity to work on the club’s coaching staff and later take over technical command of the team at the edge of the pitch. But the plans did not materialize and his adaptation to Dutch football was not the best.

Burak Yılmaz opted to return to his native Turkey and begin his career as an assistant coach at Beşiktaş JK, where he played 96 games and scored 32 goals. He leaves Fortuna Sittard Stadion with a mission to help the club stay in the successfully concluded Eredivisie. There were 27 games for Fortuna Sittard and nine goals scored.

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AZ Alkmaar renews Sem Dekkers’ contract

AZ Alkmaar have announced Sem Dekkers’ contract renewal. The young right-back’s new contract will run until the end of the 2025/26 season.

At just 19 years old, Sem Dekkers is seen as one of the promises of the Alkmaar club for the coming seasons. Last season he was present in the U21 squad of AZ Alkmaar.

In the Keuken Kampioen Divisie, for Jong AZ Alkmaar, he played 18 games and scored just one goal. He was part of the AZ Alkmaar squad that won the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League U20.

In December last year, Pascal Jansen added Sem Dekkers to the squad that traveled to Spain to train with the AZ Alkmaar first team.

“I had an excellent season with AZ Alkmaar. I played in all competitions and had the pleasure of winning the U20 Champions League. I managed to show good football and I’m sure that with this performance and focus, I’ll arrive as soon as possible in the professional team. I am very grateful for the confidence that AZ Alkmaar continues to place in my work,” said Sem Dekkers.

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Ajax announce second signing for next season

Ajax have announced the signing of Benjamin Tahirović. The Amsterdam club reached an agreement with AS Roma and paid around 7.5 million euros to take the Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder to Amsterdam.
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Born in Sweden, but with nationality from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Benjamin Tahirović was at AS Roma since February 2021. Without gaining space in the main team commanded by José Mourinho, the Italian club decided to sell Benjamin Tahirović.

“Benjamin Tahirović is a young midfielder who is strong in possession of the ball. He is one of the great talents and has an incredible mentality,” said Ajax director of football Sven Mislintat.

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AZ Alkmaar releases and Fedde de Jong is the new reinforcement of SC Cambuur

SC Cambuur announced the signing of Fedde de Jong. The youth trained in the AZ Alkmaar youth team signs with Levinho until the end of the 2025/26 season. The contract with the Cheeseheads ran until 2024/25.

Fedde de Jong wanted more game time, but AZ Alkmaar were unable to provide that for him and decided to trade the young midfielder to SC Cambuur’s Keuken Kampioen Divisie side next season.

Fedde de Jong joined AZ Alkmaar in 2016 when he left Uiteest. With the shirt of Jong AZ Alkmaar, he played 78 games in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie and scored eight goals. In the professional team, Fedde de Jong played only three games and scored one goal.

“We are very happy with this choice of Fedde de Jong. This shows that our club is also a team where we can provide space for young talent to develop and help us achieve our goals on the pitch. He is a great talent and we hope that with his help we can return to the Eredivisie as soon as possible” said SC Cambuur director of football Etiënne Reijnen.

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Ramon Leeuwin is the new assistant coach of AZ Alkmaar U18

AZ Alkmaar have announced a change in their youth coaching staff. Ramon Leeuwin becomes assistant coach to Michael van Zijtveld in the U18. He signed for one season with the club from Alkmaar.

At the age of 35, Ramon Leeuwin played for AZ Alkmaar for one season as a professional defender. He played only 18 games, but managed to be called up to the Surinamese national team.

“I had the opportunity to work in the AZ Alkmaar youth system during the last season and now I will have a more fixed role as assistant to Michael van Zijtveld. I was very happy with the opportunity, I am very grateful to AZ Alkmaar and Michael van Zijtveld who agreed to have me on his coaching staff. I already knew the club as a player and now I’m getting to know the club as a member of the coaching staff. This is fantastic” said Ramon Leeuwin.

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