Sam Beukema
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sam Beukema
| image =
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Deventer, Netherlands
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Bologna
| clubnumber = 31
| youthyears1 = 2005–2009
| youthclubs1 = DSC Diepenveen
| youthyears2 = 2009–2013
| youthclubs2 = Go Ahead Eagles
| youthyears3 = 2013–2014
| youthclubs3 = Twente
| youthyears4 = 2014–2017
| youthclubs4 = Go Ahead Eagles
| years1 = 2017–2021
| clubs1 = Go Ahead Eagles
| caps1 = 66
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2021–2023
| clubs2 = AZ
| caps2 = 54
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Bologna
| caps3 = 65
| goals3 = 1
| club-update = 22:43, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Sam Beukema (born 17 November 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Bologna.
Career
Beukema made his Eerste Divisie debut for Go Ahead Eagles on 1 September 2017 in a game against Helmond Sport.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/01/netherlands/eerste-divisie/stichting-helmond-sport/stichting-go-ahead-eagles/2463211/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=1 September 2017}}
=AZ Alkmaar=
On 31 March 2021, Beukema signed a contract at AZ until 2026, joining the team as of July 2021.{{cite web|publisher=AZ Alkmaar|url=https://www.az.nl/nl/nieuws/az-contracteert-beukema|title=AZ contracteert Beukema|date=31 March 2021}}
=Bologna=
On 3 July 2023, AZ agreed a fee of €10 million to sign Beukema, with Denso Kasius heading the other way.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 14 May 2025}}{{Soccerway|sam-beukema/499089}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes KNVB Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Go Ahead Eagles
|rowspan="3"|Eerste Divisie |6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21
|37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 9 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!66||9||7||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||73||11 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|AZ Alkmaar
|rowspan="2"|Eredivisie |24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5{{efn|One appearance in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearance(s) in play-off}} | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| 2022–23
|26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 44 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 6 | |
| rowspan="3"|Bologna
|30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25
|Serie A |35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 47 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!65 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 80 | 2 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!200 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 234 | 19 |
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Honours
Bologna
- Coppa Italia: 2024–25{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/clyglj8evzgt|title=AC Milan 0–1 Bologna: Bologna win Coppa Italia to end 51-year trophy drought|work=BBC Sport|date=14 May 2025|access-date=14 May 2025}}
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: January 2022,{{Cite web|url=https://eredivisie.eu/news/az-breaks-through-the-ajax-stronghold-in-the-eredivisie-team-of-the-month/|title=AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month|date=January 28, 2022|website=eredivisie.eu}} May 2023{{cite web |title=FC Twente main supplier in May's Eredivisie Team of the Month |url=https://eredivisie.eu/news/fc-twente-main-supplier-in-mays-eredivisie-team-of-the-month/ |website=Eredivisie |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602175526/https://eredivisie.eu/news/fc-twente-main-supplier-in-mays-eredivisie-team-of-the-month/ |archive-date=2 June 2023 |date=2 June 2023}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.bolognafc.it/player/sam-beukema/ Profile] at the Bologna FC 1909 website
- {{UEFA player}}
{{Bologna FC 1909 squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beukema, Sam}}
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Deventer
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Go Ahead Eagles players
Category:Bologna FC 1909 players
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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