Joris Kramer
Dutch footballer (born 1996)
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Joris Kramer (born 2 August 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles.[1]
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Kramer with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Heiloo, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV De Foresters | |||
| 2009–2015 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Jong AZ | 56 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → FC Dordrecht (loan) | 36 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | AZ | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → SC Cambuur (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | NEC | 22 | (0) |
| 2023– | Go Ahead Eagles | 89 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2026 | |||
Career
He is a product of the youth academy at AZ Alkmaar, but made his start in the game on loan away from the club.[2] Kramer made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for FC Dordrecht on 5 August 2016 in a game against FC Oss.[3]
After returning to AZ, he went on to become frustrated with his game time, which included a whole year on the substitutes bench and not playing any minutes. He subsequently moved on a season-long loan to SC Cambuur in October 2020.[4] He played in the 2021-22 season on loan for Go Ahead Eagles, making 30 appearances and scoring two goals, a tally which included a goal in a home match against Fortuna Sittard in a 4-3 win in which he headed in the winning goal after Go Ahead Eagles had been 1-3 behind earlier in the match.[2] On 1 July 2022, Kramer signed a three-year contract with NEC.[5]
On 29 June 2023, Kramer returned to Go Ahead Eagles on a three-year deal.[2] On 26 May 2024, he scored the winning goal in the extra time of a 2–1 away victory over Utrecht in the European competition play-offs final, securing a UEFA Conference League berth for his club.[6] He played in the final of the KNVB Cup as Go Ahead Eagles won the trophy for the first time in their history, winning on penalties against AZ Alkmaar on 21 April 2025. The game had ended 1-1 in normal time after Kramer was adjudged to have fouled AZ's Ernest Poku leading to a penalty converted by Troy Parrott, before Go Ahead Eagles scored a 98th minute equaliser leading to their goalkeeper Jari De Busser saving two penalty kicks in the resultant shoot-out.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 1 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 0 | — | — | — | 56 | 0 | |||||
| FC Dordrecht (loan) | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| AZ | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| SC Cambuur (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| NEC | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 252 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 285 | 7 | ||
- Appearances in European play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield