Floor Spaan

Floor Spaan
Personal information
Full name Floor Jolijn Spaan[1]
Date of birth (2003-05-10) 10 May 2003[2]
Place of birth Broek in Waterland, Netherlands[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 AZ
Number 9
Youth career
SDOB
RKAV Volendam
2018–2020 SV Kadoelen
2020–2022 Telstar Reserves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 VV Alkmaar 14 (0)
2023– AZ 43 (16)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:42, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Floor Jolijn Spaan (born 10 May 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club AZ. She has previously played for VV Alkmaar.

Early life

Spaan was born in Broek in Waterland,[2] where she grew up in a family full of football-geared individuals.[3] Spaan herself began playing the sport at the age of 5, first joining SDOB before enjoying a brief spell with RKAV Volendam.[3][4] She often played on boys teams and also participated in indoor soccer.[4] Spaan then played for SV Kadoelen from 2018 to 2020, where she won a Dutch championship with the club.

In May 2020, she moved to the Telstar reserve team.[4] While Spaan had moved up the ranks of the Dutch football system as a midfielder, she played primarily as a striker with Telstar due to an overabundance of midfielders in the squad.[5] Spaan initially had trouble adapted to the new position, but she soon adjusted well and scored 12 goals in her second season at Telstar.[6]

Club career

VV Alkmaar

Spaan joined Eredivisie club VV Alkmaar in 2022. She made her professional debut on 22 September 2022, in an away match versus SC Heerenveen.[2] Despite having ostensibly grown more comfortable with her position on the frontline at Telstar, Spaan had a tough year in front of goal and did not manage to score a goal with her new club.[6] At the end of the season, VV Alkmaar was disbanded and replaced in the Eredivisie by business partners AZ.[7] Spaan had made 14 league appearances for the club.[8]

AZ

In June 2023, Spaan chose to continue playing in Alkmaar and signed a two-year contract with AZ.[3] On 8 September 2023, she scored her first professional goal in her debut for AZ.[3] On 18 November, Spaan scored 11 seconds into a match against FC Utrecht;[9] her swift strike set the record for fastest goal scored in the Eredivisie.[10] Spaan continued to show quality in front of the net, tallying 11 goals in her first season at AZ and becoming the team's 2023–24 topscorer.[5] However, the team did not have a highly successful season and only won two games in the first half of the campaign. Spaan directly contributed to both victories, scoring in September 2023 to beat Heerenveen[11] and then in the final match before the league's winter break to help produce an upset against Fortuna Sittard.[12] Spaan also later scored against FC Twente on 23 March 2024, contributing to a 2–2 draw in HZ's first AFAS Stadion match in 12 years.[13]

In her second season at AZ, Spaan scored 5 across 22 games, with an additional goal coming in the KNVB Cup.[14] On June 16, 2025, she signed a one-year extension with the club.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 August 2025[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VV Alkmaar 2022–23 Eredivisie 14 0 2 0 16 0
AZ Alkmaar 2023–24 21 11 1 0 22 11
2024–25 22 5 2 1 24 6
Total 43 16 3 1 46 17
Career total 57 16 5 1 62 17
  1. ^ Includes the KNVB Cup

References

  1. ^ "Speelronde 3: Kunnen koplopers FC Utrecht en Fortuna Sittard perfecte score houden?" [Matchday 3: Can league leaders FC Utrecht and Fortuna Sittard maintain a perfect score?]. Vrouwen Eredivisie. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Floor Spaan". AZ (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d Janse, Monique (25 November 2023). "Recordhoudster snelste goal gaf Pavlidis al eens nakijken. 'Al die aandacht hoeft van mij niet'" [The record holder for fastest goal already gave Pavlidis a run for his money. "I don't need all that attention."]. Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Talent Floor Spaan van Kadoelen naar Telstar" [Talent Floor Spaan from Kadoelen to Telstar]. Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal (in Dutch). 25 May 2020. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b van Lieshout, Amber (6 August 2025). "AZ-topscorer Spaan eerlijk: "Ik vond mezelf helemaal geen spits"" [AZ top scorer Spaan honest: "I didn't consider myself a striker at all"]. Vrouwenvoetbal Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b "AZ-topscorer Floor Spaan voelde zich niet thuis in de spits: 'Nu sta ik er met vertrouwen'" [AZ top scorer Floor Spaan didn't feel at home as striker: 'Now I'm there with confidence']. Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  7. ^ "AZ Vrouwen: selectie, voorbereiding & meer" [AZ Women: selection, preparation & more]. AZ. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Spaan verlengt contract bij AZ" [Spaan extends contract with AZ]. AZ. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  9. ^ Grinsven, Luuk van (18 November 2023). "Snelste Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie-doelpunt ooit levert stortvloed aan negatieve reacties op" [Fastest Azerion Women's Eredivisie goal ever sparks a flood of negative reactions]. FC Update (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  10. ^ van der Wijst, Bart (18 November 2023). "Floor Spaan van AZ maakt snelste goal ooit in Vrouwen Eredivisie" [AZ's Floor Spaan scores fastest goal ever in the Women's Eredivisie]. Sportnieuws. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  11. ^ Adams, Wout (15 September 2023). "Floor Spaan pakt ook hoofdrol bij eerste overwinning vrouwen AZ" [Floor Spaan also plays a leading role in AZ women's first victory]. Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  12. ^ "AZ boekt tegen nummer twee Fortuna tweede eredivisiezege dit seizoen" [AZ books second Eredivisie victory this season against number two Fortuna]. NOS (in Dutch). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  13. ^ Zondervan, Jarno (24 March 2024). "AZ-spits Floor Spaan scoort in stadion: 'Een kinderdroom die uitkomt'" [AZ striker Floor Spaan scores in the stadium: "A childhood dream come true"]. Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  14. ^ a b Floor Spaan at Soccerway
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