Mats Knoester (born 19 November 1998) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a centre back for

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club AGF, on loan from Ferencváros.

Club career

Knoester joined the

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

youth academy and developed there for 14 years, before transferring to

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on 17 January 2019. Knoester made his professional debut with Heracles in a 1–0

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win over Ajax on 9 February 2019. On 26 May 2022, Knoester signed with Ferencváros in Hungary. On 5 May 2023, he won the

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with Ferencváros, after Kecskemét lost 1–0 to Honvéd at the Bozsik Aréna on the 30th matchday. On 1 September 2023, Knoester joined AGF in Denmark on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.

Career statistics

Honours

Ferencváros *

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Mats Knoester
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OnsOranje U16 Profile

OnsOranje U17 Profile

Onsoranje U19 Profile

Feyenoord Academy Profile
1998 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Alphen aan den Rijn Men's association football central defenders Netherlands men's youth international footballers Eredivisie players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Heracles Almelo players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub