Michael Brouwer
Goalkeeper · Utrecht · №25
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Sparta Rotterdam
PEC Zwolle
Eredivisie
|
2:2 | |
Utrecht
PSV Eindhoven
Eredivisie
|
1:6 | |
|
Sparta Rotterdam
Utrecht
Eredivisie
|
3:3 | |
Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie
|
1:4 | |
Groningen
Utrecht
Eredivisie
|
2:1 | |
Ajax
Utrecht
Eredivisie
|
0:0 | |
Utrecht
Heerenveen
Eredivisie
|
3:2 | |
|
PSV Eindhoven
Utrecht
Eredivisie
|
4:3 | |
Utrecht
GO Ahead Eagles
Eredivisie
|
2:0 | |
FC Twente
Utrecht
Eredivisie
|
0:2 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Eredivisie | 2025 | 10 |
| UEFA Europa League | 2025 | 8 |
| Eredivisie | 2026 | 5 |
About the player
Michael Brouwer waited 1,912 days to make his professional debut. Heracles Almelo signed him in 2013, and for years he sat as reserve goalkeeper, finally appearing in a league match on 25 September 2018.
The breakthrough, when it came, came away from Heracles. On loan at FC Emmen in the 2021–22 season, Brouwer helped the club win the Eerste Divisie title and go up to the Eredivisie. He returned to Heracles for the following season as first-choice goalkeeper and did not miss a game, playing all 38 league matches and keeping 16 clean sheets as Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title themselves. He was named Eerste Divisie Goalkeeper of the Season for that campaign.
Brouwer's route through Dutch football began in the youth ranks at AGOVV Apeldoorn, before spells with Vitesse and FC Twente shaped him further as a teenager. He returned to AGOVV for the 2012–13 season, the last stop before Heracles Almelo. In July 2024 he moved on a free transfer to FC Utrecht, signing a two-year contract.
At youth international level, Brouwer was capped once by the Netherlands at Under-16 level in 2009, though he has not gone on to represent the senior side.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Utrecht 13 matches
- 2026 FC Utrecht U21 1 match
- 2019 — 2024 Heracles Almelo 87 matches
- 2022 Emmen 39 matches
- 2013 — 2020 Heracles Almelo U21 38 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Utrecht | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 25/26 | Utrecht | UEFA Europa League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
| 25/26 | Utrecht | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 25/26 | FC Utrecht U21 | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 25/26 | Utrecht | KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 24/25 | Utrecht | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 24/25 | Utrecht | KNVB Beker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 23/24 | Heracles Almelo | Eredivisie | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 060 |
| 22/23 | Heracles Almelo | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 38 | 0 | 2 | 3 420 |
| 21/22 | Emmen | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 420 |
| 21/22 | Emmen | KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 20/21 | Heracles Almelo | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 553 |
| 20/21 | Heracles Almelo | KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 19/20 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Preliminary Round | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 |
| 19/20 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 |
| 19/20 | Heracles Almelo | KNVB Beker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 18/19 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 |
| 18/19 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Preliminary Round | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 |
| 18/19 | Heracles Almelo | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 18/19 | Heracles Almelo | KNVB Beker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 17/18 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 |
| 16/17 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 15/16 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 |
| 15/16 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften nacompetitie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 14/15 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 12/13 | Heracles Almelo U21 | Beloften nacompetitie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Total | Heracles Almelo | 87 | 0 | 3 | 7 708 | |
| Total | Emmen | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 510 | |
| Total | Heracles Almelo U21 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 420 | |
| Total | Utrecht | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 056 | |
| Total | FC Utrecht U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Total | Netherlands U16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 Heracles Almelo Utrecht
- 21/22 Emmen Heracles Almelo
- 21/22 Heracles Almelo Emmen
- 13/14 Heracles U21 Heracles Almelo
- 12/13 AGOVV Apeldoorn Heracles U21
- 12/13 Twente/Her U19 AGOVV Apeldoorn
- 11/12 Vitesse U19 Twente/Her U19
- 10/11 Vitesse U17 Vitesse U19
- 08/09 Vitesse Youth Vitesse U17
