Mike Havekotte (born 12 September 1995) 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 le ...

who plays as a goalkeeper for club

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

Club career

ADO Den Haag

Havekotte joined

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

on 6 July 2018, after stints as the backup goalkeeper at

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

and Excelsior. Havekotte made his professional debut with ADO Den Haag in a 4–2 loss to VVV-Venlo on 19 January 2019. In the second half of the 2019–20 season, he was sent on loan to

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

and in September 2020, Havekotte joined MVV Maastricht on a one-season loan.

Helmond Sport

On 30 July 2021, Havekotte signed a two-year contract with an option for an additional year with Helmond Sport. Prior, he had been the starting goalkeeper during his two loan spells with Dordrecht and MVV, respectively. He made his debut for Helmond Sport on 6 August in a 0–2 loss to

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

. On 27 August, he held his first clean sheet in a 1–0 win over

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively for ...

TOP Oss

On 3 July 2023, Havekotte signed a two-year contract with

International career

Havekotte was part of the Netherlands U17 who won the

2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eleventh edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship under its current age grouping. Slovenia hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May. An appeal by the Hungarian Football Federa ...

, but did not make an appearance. Havekotte was a youth international for the Netherlands U18s and

Netherlands U19 The Netherlands national under-19 football team represents the Netherlands at this age level and is governed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond — KNVB. They compete in international competitions like the UEFA European Under-19 Champion ...

Water polo

Havekotte is the son of

Robert Havekotte Robert Jan Havekotte (born January 25, 1967) is a retired water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in ninth position with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...

, a Dutch former water polo player. Mike played water polo himself at

BZC Brandenburg Biltsche Zwemclub Brandenburg is a swimming and water polo club based in the Dutch town of Bilthoven. History Biltsche Zwemclub Brandenburg was founded on August 18, 1926. BZC Brandenburg comes from the Biltsche Swim Club was founded on May 14, 19 ...

as a youth, alongside football. He represented a Dutch youth team in water polo, winning a tournament in Ukraine in 2010. Havekotte had to choose between football and water polo, and opted to remain in football because of the greater potential in the sport.

Career statistics

Honours

Netherlands U17 * UEFA European Under-17 Championship:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Havekotte, Mike Living people 1995 births People from De Bilt Footballers from Utrecht (province) Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Dutch male water polo players Excelsior Rotterdam players ADO Den Haag players FC Dordrecht players MVV Maastricht players Helmond Sport players TOP Oss players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football goalkeepers