Etienne Vaessen
Goalkeeper · Groningen · №1
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Groningen
FC Twente
Eredivisie
|
2:2 | |
Groningen
Fortuna Sittard
Eredivisie
|
2:3 | |
PSV Eindhoven
Groningen
Eredivisie
|
5:1 | |
ADO Den Haag
Groningen
Eredivisie
|
1:4 | |
Groningen
Utrecht
Eredivisie
|
2:1 | |
Ajax
Groningen
Eredivisie
|
2:0 | |
Heracles
Groningen
Eredivisie
|
1:2 | |
Groningen
NEC Nijmegen
Eredivisie
|
2:1 | |
Groningen
Excelsior
Eredivisie
|
2:3 | |
Feyenoord
Groningen
Eredivisie
|
3:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Eredivisie | 2025 | 11 |
| Eredivisie | 2026 | 5 |
About the player
Etienne Vaessen carries the number 1 shirt for FC Groningen after arriving on a free transfer from RKC Waalwijk in June 2024, signing a three-year contract with an option for a fourth.
The match finished 1–1 and went to penalties, which RKC won 5–4 to seal a return to the Eredivisie. Vaessen was the club's regular goalkeeper through that campaign.
A collision with Ajax's Brian Brobbey on 30 September 2023 left Vaessen with a serious head injury and forced the match to be abandoned; he was carried off to applause from the stands and later returned to playing. At Groningen, he was named to the Eredivisie Team of the Month for August 2024.
Vaessen made his senior debut for Suriname on 5 June 2024, in a 2026 World Cup qualifier against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that Suriname won 4–1. He has since gone on to earn 13 caps without scoring, was named in the squad for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and featured in the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League as Suriname reached the quarter-finals against Canada.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Groningen 67 matches
- 2017 — 2024 RKC Waalwijk 210 matches
- 2017 — 2018 RKC Waalwijk U21 7 matches
- 2016 Brabant United U21 3 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Groningen | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 1 | 360 |
| 25/26 | Groningen | Eredivisie | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 513 |
| 25/26 | Groningen | Play-Offs Conference League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 25/26 | Groningen | KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 24/25 | Groningen | Eredivisie | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 880 |
| 23/24 | RKC Waalwijk | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 645 |
| 22/23 | RKC Waalwijk | Eredivisie | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 880 |
| 21/22 | RKC Waalwijk | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 790 |
| 19/20 | RKC Waalwijk | Eredivisie | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 112 |
| 19/20 | RKC Waalwijk | KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 18/19 | RKC Waalwijk | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 150 |
| 18/19 | RKC Waalwijk | Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 |
| 18/19 | RKC Waalwijk | KNVB Beker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| 17/18 | RKC Waalwijk | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 193 |
| 17/18 | RKC Waalwijk | KNVB Beker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 17/18 | RKC Waalwijk U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 16/17 | RKC Waalwijk | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 647 |
| 16/17 | RKC Waalwijk U21 | Beloften Eerste Divisie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 |
| 16/17 | RKC Waalwijk | Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 15/16 | Brabant United U21 | Beloften Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| Total | RKC Waalwijk | 210 | 0 | 2 | 18 707 | |
| Total | Groningen | 67 | 0 | 2 | 5 928 | |
| Total | Suriname | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 350 | |
| Total | RKC Waalwijk U21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | |
| Total | Brabant United U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 RKC Waalwijk Groningen
- 15/16 WSC RKC Waalwijk
