Tygo Land

Tygo Land
Personal information
Date of birth	11 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth	Peize, Netherlands
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	PSV
Number	31
Youth career
0000–2015	VV Peize
2011–2022	Heerenveen
2022–2023	PSV
Senior career*
Years	Team
2023–2024	Jong PSV
2023–	PSV
International career‡
2021–2022	Netherlands U16
2022–2023	Netherlands U17
2023–	Netherlands U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Tygo Land (born 11 January 2006) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club PSV.

Club career

Land joined the PSV Academy on 12 August 2022, joining from the SC Heerenveen academy where he had been at since he was five years old. ^[1] He quickly made his way up to Jong PSV where he impressed. He made his debut on 12 August 2023, exactly a year after joining the club. He got substituted for Joey Veerman in the 90th minute and ended up winning 2–0 over FC Utrecht. His first real impact in the first team was on 13 April 2024, where he got substituted on in the 79th minute. This match is where he got his first goal contribution for PSV's first team, assisting the sixth goal of the match against Vitesse. This goal was scored by Hirving Lozano.

On 11 October 2023, he was listed in the 2023 NXG, made by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.^[2]

In May 2024, he was selected as part of the Eerste Divisie team of the season.

Career statistics

As of match played 29 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jong PSV	2023–24	Eerste Divisie	26	4	—		—		—		26	4
	2024–25	Eerste Divisie	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		29	4	—		—		—		29	4
PSV	2023–24	Eredivisie	6	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	0	0	8	0
Career total			35	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	37	4

^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

PSV

Eredivisie: 2023–24

References

^ "Tygo Land joins PSV Academy". www.psv.nl. 15 August 2022.
^ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

External links

Tygo Land – UEFA competition record (archive)
Tygo Land at Soccerway

[UCL-3] Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[1] "Tygo Land joins PSV Academy". www.psv.nl. 15 August 2022.

[2] Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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