Lewis Schouten (born 4 February 2004) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for Dutch club

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. ...

Club career

Schouten made his league debut in the

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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 ...

appearing as a substitute on 17 January 2022 against

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in a 2–0 defeat at the

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. Four days later he made his first start in a 2–0 win over

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, it was Jong AZ’s first win in four months. As well as Schouten,

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and

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made their first professional starts. On the 22 April 2022 Schouten signed a new contract with AZ to keep him at the club until 2027. He scored his first senior league goal on 3 February 2023 in a 4–3 win against

. 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

In September 2022 Schouten was included in the Dutch U19 squad.

Personal life

His father is Ronald Schouten, who played for AZ in the early 1990s.

Career statistics

References

2004 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Jong AZ players AZ Alkmaar players 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub