Patrick Brouwer

Patrick Brouwer arrives at Telstar as someone else's bargain. His move on a free transfer last July, after his contract with Quick Boys had expired, was singled out by Hans Kraaij jr. in Voetbal International as the best transfer of the summer for nought euros.

That amateur spell was not where Brouwer started out. He came through the Sparta Rotterdam academy after joining as a teenager in 2017, working through the club's youth ranks and Jong Sparta before signing his first professional contract with the senior squad in May 2022 and making his debut for the first team that same year. A loan to FC Emmen followed in the 2023–24 season, in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie; Emmen held an option to sign him permanently but chose not to use it, and Brouwer returned to Sparta before leaving the club altogether.

Rather than another professional move, he dropped into amateur football with Quick Boys in the summer of 2024, where his form as the club's top scorer helped persuade Telstar to bring him in a year later. He signed a three-year contract with Telstar, joining a club that had just returned to the Eredivisie for the first time in 47 years.