Jurre van Aken (born 23 February 2003) is a Dutch footballer who plays for

Jong AZ Jong AZ is a Dutch association football team, based in Wijdewormer in the Zaanstreek. It is the reserve team of AZ, based in Alkmaar, and plays in the Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Net ...

in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

Club career

Van Aken joined the academy at

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...

in 2014 from amateur side Victoria Obdam. By following the route from Victoria Ondam to AZ van Aken was hoping to follow in the footsteps of former Cameroon international

Willie Overtoom Willie Overtoom (born 2 September 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Early life The son of a Dutch father and a Cameroonian mother, Overtoom lived the first three ye ...

who also took that pathway. He signed a pro contract with AZ in June 2021 up to the summer of 2023, with the option of an extra season. He made his debut in the

on 15 April 2022 against

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

appearing as a substitute in a 1-0 home defeat. He scored his first league goal on 27 January, 2023 away at

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

. In April 2023 he played in the 2022-23 UEFA Youth League final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5-0 winners.

International career

Van Aken was called up to the Netherlands U19 squad in October 2021.

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* Living people 2003 births Dutch men's footballers Eerste Divisie players Jong AZ players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub