Bart Nieuwkoop

Bart Nieuwkoop has been used more as a squad right-back than an automatic starter for Feyenoord in the 2025-2026 Eredivisie, with 17 appearances made up of five starts and 12 substitute outings. One goal from that workload points to limited attacking output, while three yellow cards and no reds suggest a combative but controlled role. His six Europa League appearances add useful depth, but the league split indicates he is currently closer to rotation cover than a first-choice fixture.

Nieuwkoop's career has largely revolved around Feyenoord, with one loan to Willem II and a productive spell at Union Saint-Gilloise before returning to Rotterdam. At 30, the pattern reads less like a linear climb and more like a player who left for regular football, rebuilt value in Belgium and came back as an experienced depth option. The available season records list goals in multiple campaigns, including three-goal returns in both 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 at Union, which hints at more attacking contribution in that period than he is showing this season.

The transfer record is fairly clear: a 2019-2020 loan from Feyenoord to Willem II, a free move to Union Saint-Gilloise in 2021, then a €1.8m return to Feyenoord in August 2023. That sequence is notable because Feyenoord let him leave for nothing and later paid a fee to bring him back, suggesting his Union spell restored his standing. His current €2.00m market value sits only slightly above that fee, so the move looks like a value-retention signing rather than a major resale play.