Mees de Wit (born 17 April 1998) is a Dutch professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and host ...

Career

De Wit made his

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

debut for Jong Ajax on 25 August 2017 in a game against

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

. He signed for Sporting's U-23 team for the 2018–19 season on 19 July 2018. On 11 March 2019, Stefano van Delden, De Wit's agent in 2017 and 2018, made the news as he was suspected of threatening different members of the

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...

board on several occasions during the period from 26 October 2017 to 25 September 2018. On 20 January 2020, de Wit moved to Spanish club

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 se ...

on loan for the rest of the season. On 6 July 2021, he returned to the Netherlands and signed a contract with

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

for two years. De Wit performed exceptionally while playing for

, leading to a five-year contract with

starting in July 2022.

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Living people 1998 births Dutch footballers Footballers from Amsterdam Association football forwards Netherlands youth international footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Segunda División B players AFC Ajax players Jong Ajax players Sporting CP B players Orihuela CF players PEC Zwolle players AZ Alkmaar players Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub