Sven Botman
{{short description|Dutch footballer (born 2000)}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sven Botman
| image = RC Lens - Lille OSC (17-09-2021) 65.jpg
| caption = Botman playing for Lille in 2021
| full_name = Sven Adriaan Botman{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2786707 |title=2022/23 Premier League squad lists |publisher=Premier League |date=14 September 2022 |access-date=14 September 2022}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|12|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49908/Sven-Botman/overview |title=Sven Botman: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=11 July 2022}}
| birth_place = Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
| height = 1.93 m{{cite web |url=https://www.nufc.co.uk/teams/first-team/sven-botman/ |title=Sven Botman |publisher=Newcastle United F.C. |access-date=11 July 2022}}
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Newcastle United
| clubnumber = 4
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2009
| youthclubs1 = RKSV Pancratius
| youthyears2 = 2009–2020
| youthclubs2 = Ajax
| years1 = 2018–2020
| clubs1 = Jong Ajax
| caps1 = 28
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2019–2020
| clubs2 = → Heerenveen (loan)
| caps2 = 26
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2020–2022
| clubs3 = Lille
| caps3 = 62
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2022–
| clubs4 = Newcastle United
| caps4 = 61
| goals4 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U15
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U16
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017
| nationalteam3 = Netherlands U18
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam4 = Netherlands U19
| nationalcaps4 = 10
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2019
| nationalteam5 = Netherlands U20
| nationalcaps5 = 2
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2020–2022
| nationalteam6 = Netherlands U21
| nationalcaps6 = 12
| nationalgoals6 = 2
| club-update = 23:56, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Sven Adriaan Botman (born 12 January 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for {{English football updater|NewcastU}} club Newcastle United. He has represented the Netherlands at youth levels under-15 through under-21.
Club career
=Ajax=
On 23 June 2018, Botman made his debut for the senior team of Ajax in a friendly against VVSB.{{cite web|website=Sky Sports|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/vvsb-vs-ajax/teams/389263|title=VVSB v Ajax game report|date=23 June 2018}} He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong Ajax on 17 August 2018 in a game against Roda JC Kerkrade.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/08/17/netherlands/eerste-divisie/roda-jc/jong-ajax/2794377/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=17 August 2018}}
=Lille=
On 15 May 2020 he signed a deal with Ajax, which would keep him at the club until 30 June 2023. However, a few months later, on 31 July 2020, he signed a five-year deal with the French club Lille OSC, who bought him from Ajax for almost 7 million euros.[https://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/nieuws/934925/botman-heeft-transfer-te-pakken-ajax-ontvangt-miljoenen-voor-verdediger.html Botman to Lille], VoetbalPrimeur.nl, 31 July 2020 He made a good start[https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/botman-lijkt-al-niet-meer-weg-te-denken-bij-franse-koploper-lille Good start for Botman at Lille] VI, 19 October 2020 and was a starter for the entire 2020–21 season. Lille surprisingly won the Ligue 1 and, for the first time in the club's history, also the Trophée des Champions. This supercup was won by a 1–0 victory over Coupe de France Paris Saint-Germain.
=Newcastle United=
On 28 June 2022, Botman signed for Premier League club Newcastle United on a five-year deal for €40 million.{{Cite web |date=28 June 2022 |title=Newcastle United agree Sven Botman deal |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/all-completed-premier-league-transfers-listed/bltee786573bd1d95b7#csc6ee2486ee546f3f |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=28 June 2022 |publisher=Newcastle United F.C.}} On 24 September 2023, Botman scored his first goal for Newcastle in a record 8–0 away win over Sheffield United.{{Cite web |date=24 September 2023 |title=Sheffield United vs. Newcastle United |url=https://www.premierleague.com/match/93380 |publisher=Premier League}} In March 2024, he sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury during an FA Cup match against Manchester City, which would sideline him for six to nine months.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68619899 |title=Newcastle United: Sven Botman out for up to nine months with ACL injury |work=BBC Sport |date=20 March 2024 }} On 16 December, Botman made his return from his anterior cruciate ligament injury in a Professional Development League Premier League 2 game vs the Chelsea F.C. Development Squad and Academy{{Cite web |last=Waugh |first=Chris |date=16 December 2024 |title=Newcastle's Sven Botman to step up injury recovery with Under-21s |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5998440/2024/12/16/newcastle-sven-botman-injury-update |work=The New York Times |access-date=16 December 2024}}
International career
He has captained the Netherlands at under-21 level, as well as being called up to the senior Netherlands squad for the first time in November 2020.{{cite news |title=Player Profile |publisher=Newcastle United FC |url=https://www.nufc.co.uk/teams/first-team/sven-botman/ |accessdate=16 November 2020}} In October 2022, Botman was included in the preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.{{cite tweet|number=1583413124987658240|user=OnsOranje|title=🦁 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝: This is the longlist of 39 players where our final World Cup 2022 squad will be selected from! 📋 |date=21 October 2022}}
Personal life
Botman's girlfriend Chana Kesselaar is a fashion stylist from Amsterdam. The pair have been in a long-term relationship since 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www.newcastleworld.com/news/newcastle-united-fashion-stylist-wag-posts-cute-social-message-to-her-award-nominated-other-half-4156315 | title=NUFC WAG posts cute social message to her award-nominated other half | date=24 May 2023 }}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 25 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=S. Botman|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sven-botman/463014/|website=Soccerway|access-date=16 May 2021}}
| 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, Coupe de France, FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jong Ajax
|28 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 2 | |||||
| Heerenveen (loan)
|2019–20{{soccerbase season|112740|2019|access-date=16 December 2023}} |26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 2 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Lille
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|112740|2020|access-date=16 December 2023}} |37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|112740|2021|access-date=16 December 2023}}
|Ligue 1 |25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Trophée des Champions}} | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!62||3||3||0||0||0||13||0||1||0||79||3 | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Newcastle United
|2022–23{{soccerbase season|112740|2022|access-date=16 December 2023}} |36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 44 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|112740|2023|access-date=16 December 2023}}
|Premier League |17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|112740|2024|access-date=4 January 2025}}
|Premier League |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!61||2||4||0||10||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||76||2 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!177||9||11||0||10||0||14||0||1||0||213||9 |
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Honours
Lille
- Ligue 1: 2020–21{{cite web|url=https://www.beinsports.com/us/ligue-1/video/lille-crowned-ligue-1-champions-with-angers-w/1692496|title=Lille Crowned Ligue 1 Champs With Win In Angers|website=BeIN Sports|date=23 May 2021|access-date=24 May 2021}}
- Trophée des Champions: 2021{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12370362/lille-1-0-paris-saint-germain-les-dogues-clinch-first-french-super-cup|title=Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup|publisher=Sky Sports|date=1 August 2021|access-date=1 August 2021}}
Newcastle United
- EFL Cup: 2024–25;{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c62zl58dg8qt#Line-ups |title=Liverpool 1–2 Newcastle United: Line-ups |website=BBC Sport |date=16 March 2025 |access-date=16 March 2025}} runner-up: 2022–23{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64693810 |title=Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United |first=Phil |last=McNulty |website=BBC Sport |date=26 February 2023 |access-date=26 February 2023}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.nufc.co.uk/teams/first-team/sven-botman/ Profile] at the Newcastle United F.C. website
- [https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/185184/speler/18722 Profile] at the Royal Dutch Football Association website (in Dutch)
- {{UEFA player}}
{{Newcastle United F.C. squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Haarlemmermeer
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:SC Heerenveen players
Category:Newcastle United F.C. players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Category:Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England