Jean-Paul Patrick Boëtius (born 22 March 1994) is a professional

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who plays as an

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and a winger for club

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. A one-time international for the Netherlands national team, Boëtius plays for the Suriname national team. He made his debut for hometown club

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in 2012 at the age of 18 and remained at the club for three years before moving to Swiss club

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. At Basel, he failed to establish himself. Following a loan to Belgian side

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in the second half of the 2016–17 season, he returned to Feyenoord.

Club career

Feyenoord

Boëtius made his debut for

at the age of 18, when then-manager

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named him in the starting line-up in

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, the main football rivalry in The Netherlands, at home against long-time rivals

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on 28 October 2012. Having never made the bench before, Boëtius was a shock addition in the starting line-up and ended up scoring the equaliser in a game that ended in a 2–2 draw to cap off a positive debut performance. He quickly became a starter for the Rotterdam-based club as a left winger. In his first season in the

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, Boëtius played in 20 league games, scoring 4 goals and delivering 2 assists. Feyenoord finished the 2012–13 season on 3rd position and secured a spot in the

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for the next season. However, Boëtius' season was ended prematurely after suffering a knee injury during a training session in April. Because of the knee injury, Boëtius missed the beginning of the 2013–14 season. He made his season debut on 15 September 2013 coming off the bench in the 62nd minute against

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. Just five minutes after entering the pitch Boëtius scored a goal giving his team a 2–1 lead. During the season Boëtius scored 10 goals in 29 appearances. He finished 3rd among the league's assists leaders with a total of 9 assists. Feyenoord ended the season on the second place only behind Ajax, earning a spot in the

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third qualifying round.

Basel

On 2 August 2015, it was announced that Boëtius was signed by Swiss side

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. On the next day Basel confirmed the transfer, stating that Boëtius had signed a four-year contract with them. Boëtius joined Basel's first team for their 2015–16 season under head coach Urs Fischer. Boëtius made his first team debut for Basel in the

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play-off round on 19 August in the match against

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which ended in a 2–2 draw. Boëtius played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the

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on 22 August as Basel won 3–1 against

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. He scored his first goal for the team in the Europa League group stage away game on 10 December 2015 and it was the only goal of the match as Basel won 1–0 against

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. He scored his first league goal for the club on 20 April 2016 in the home game in the

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as Basel won 3–0 against

. However, during the season Boëtius was used mainly as a substitute by trainer Fischer Boëtius as the club won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total. In the following season Boëtius could not reach the status of becoming a regular player either and so during the winter break the club looked for another solution. On 31 January 2017, FC Basel announced that they loaned Boëtius to

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until the end of the season and that KRC had the option for a permanent takeover. Genk did not pull the option. However, Boëtius did not return to Basel and he moved on. During his short time with the club, Boëtius played a total of 36 games for Basel scoring a total of 7 goals. 14 of these games were in the

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, three in the

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, six in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 13 were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league, three in the

the other were scored in the Europa League.

Feyenoord

On 23 June 2017, Feyenoord announced that Boëtius would return to the club on a three-year contract. On 22 April 2018, he played as Feyenoord won the 2017–18

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final 3–0 against

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. At the start of the 2018–19 season, Boëtius received a disciplinary suspension for refusing a training mandatory for players who did not start the match against Fenerbahce. During the first league match of the season, the attacker was sent off after receiving his second yellow card, for a sarcastic applause towards the referee after receiving his first yellow card. After that, Feyenoord manager

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told him it was going to be a difficult situation for him, and he was allowed to leave the club.

Mainz 05

In August 2018, Boëtius joined

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side

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on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Feyenoord was reported as €3.5 million. On 27 October 2018, Boëtius scored his first goal in the

in a 1-2 loss to

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. On 18 May 2019, Boëtius scored two goals for Mainz in a 4-2 victory over

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. On 20 June 2020, Boëtius scored Mainz's second goal in a 3–1 victory over

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in the penultimate match of the Bundesliga season. The win secured the club's place in the

for the following campaign.

Hertha BSC

On 8 August 2022, Boëtius joined

side

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on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract and joining his former coach with Mainz, Sandro Schwarz. Boëtius appeared in 21 league matches with Hertha in his lone season at the club, exercising his release clause at the end of the campaign, as Hertha was relegated to the second division.

Darmstadt

After a year and a half of cancer treatments, on 21 January 2025 Boëtius signed a contract with SV Darmstadt in 2. Bundesliga.

International career

On 6 March 2013, Boëtius was called up for the preliminary squad of the Dutch national team for the first time, aged only 18. He made his debut for the Netherlands national team on 5 March 2014 in an exhibition match against France at

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in Saint-Denis. He started the match as a left winger but was substituted in the 72nd minute as the Netherlands were defeated 0–2. Boëtius was called up to the Dutch preliminary squad for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. However, he was omitted in coach

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's final selection. On 9 June 2025, Boëtius' request to switch international allegiance to

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was approved by

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. He debuted for the Suriname national team in a 1–1

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tie with El Salvador national team on 10 June 2025.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Boëtius is of Surinamese descent. Boëtius is a cousin of

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, another professional football player, who played for Ajax and for

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. In September 2022 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Basel *

: 2015–16 Feyenoord *

: 2017–18 *

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Netherlands U17 *

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References

External links

Profile
at the Hertha BSC website * * *
Profile season 2015/16 on the Swiss Football League homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boetius, Jean-Paul 1994 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Surinamese men's footballers Suriname men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Men's association football wingers Feyenoord players FC Basel players K.R.C. Genk players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Hertha BSC players SV Darmstadt 98 players Eredivisie players Swiss Super League players Belgian Pro League players Bundesliga players Surinamese expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium 21st-century Surinamese sportsmen 21st-century Dutch sportsmen Surinamese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dual internationalists (men's football) 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players