Marco Bizot (; born 10 March 1991) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Brest and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Ajax

Born in

Hoorn Hoorn () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. It is the largest town an ...

, Netherlands, Marco Bizot started his career in his early youth for SV Westfriezen in

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, Netherlands. This is where he was discovered at age ten, and brought to

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's youth academy in 2000, from where he started in the E-youth levels. He joined the

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selection for the 2010–11 season, where he received ample playing time under coaches Pieter Huistra and Fred Grim. After a successful season with Jong Ajax, Bizot received a contract extension, and was loaned to Cambuur in the Dutch

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for the 2011–12 season, in order to gain experience and to prove himself as a player.

Groningen

On 14 June 2012, Ajax and

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came to the agreement of a direct transfer of Bizot. Bizot developed into a solid

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goalkeeper and played 50 matches in two season for the team.

Genk

On 22 June 2014, it was announced that Groningen had sold Bizot to Belgian side

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. He signed a contract for three years.

AZ

On 10 May 2017, Bizot signed a contract at AZ. He was picked as the replacement of

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, who returned to

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after a loan spell. Bizot played all 40 official games in the following season and met the finals of the TOTO KNVB Cup. After the summer, he remained consistent with the most clean sheets ever in the

. In February 2020 he extended his contract to mid-2022.

Brest

On 4 August 2021, Brest announced that Bizot had penned a three-year contract with the club, for a reported fee of €1 million. He made his competitive debut for the club on the first matchday of the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season; a 1–1 draw against

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. Bizot kept his first clean sheet for Brest on 31 October, which was also the club's first win of the season, a 2–0 home victory against

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. In the 2023–24 season, he contributed to his club's impressive campaign, with 13 clean sheets, as they secured a third-place finish in the league and first ever qualification to the

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International career

Bizot earned his first full international call up in

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's first

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squad in March 2018. He made his debut in a friendly against

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on 11 November 2020. Bizot received a call up on 1 March 2024 for a brace of friendlies against Scotland and Germany.

Career statistics

International

References

External links

Profile
at the Royal Dutch Football Association website (in Dutch) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bizot, Marco 1991 births Living people Footballers from Hoorn Dutch men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Netherlands men's international footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players AFC Ajax players SC Cambuur players FC Groningen players K.R.C. Genk players AZ Alkmaar players Stade Brestois 29 players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Belgian Pro League players Ligue 1 players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Dutch people of French descent 21st-century Dutch sportsmen