Sem Dirks (born 14 March 2001) is a Dutch professional
footballer who plays as a
left-back.
Club career
AZ
Dirks played youth football for
DEM before joining the
AZ youth academy in 2012.
He progressed through various of AZ's youth teams before being promoted to the
reserves in 2020, competing in the Dutch second-tier
Eerste Divisie. Dirks made his professional debut with the team in a 6–1 league loss to
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
on 29 August 2020, starting the match at
left-back before being replaced by
Tijs Velthuis
Tijs Velthuis (born 12 January 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Salernitana, on loan from Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.
Career
Velthuis joined NAC Breda on a season-long loan deal on 13 July 202 ...
in the 68th minute.
On 18 June 2021, Dirks signed his first professional contract with AZ; a one-year deal with an option for an additional year.
VVV-Venlo
On 31 January 2022, Dirks was loaned to
VVV-Venlo, following teammate
Richard Sedláček
Richard Sedláček (born 21 June 1999) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as midfielder for club VVV-Venlo.
Club career AZ
Sedláček played in the Sparta Prague youth academy until 2018, where he moved to Dutch club AZ, initiall ...
who had signed a permanent deal with the club. Dirks made his debut for the club as a starter on 4 February in a 5–0 away victory in the regional derby against
MVV.
On 19 May, his deal was made permanent and he signed a two-year deal with an option for an additional year.
Style of play
A
left-footed
Footedness is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. It is the foot equivalent of handedness. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a certain foot to complete the action of kick as opposed to ...
defender, comfortable playing both
centrally and at the
left side
Left may refer to:
Music
* ''Left'' (Hope of the States album), 2006
* ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016
* "Left", a song by Nickelback from the album '' Curb'', 1996
Direction
* Left (direction), the relative direction opposite of right
* ...
, Dirks has described himself as a "technically skilled" and "tactically aware" defender, with good physicality and heading abilities.
Career statistics
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dirks, Sem
2001 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Jong AZ players
VVV-Venlo players
Eerste Divisie players
Sportspeople from Beverwijk
Footballers from North Holland