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OptaJohan

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1 - The official Bluesky page for Stats Perform’s Dutch and Belgian football coverage, brought to you by OptaJohan. Illuminating.

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OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 2d

10 - For the first time in club history, N.E.C. found the net at least once in each of their first ten Eredivisie games of the season. Philosophy.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 2d

19y294d - Ayoub Oufkir (19 years and 294 days) is the youngest Sparta Rotterdam player to assist a goal in consecutive Eredivisie matches since Kevin Strootman in December 2008 (18 years and 311 days). Provider.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 3d

2 - Oliver Braude is the first sc Heerenveen defender with two assists in a single eredivisie game since Denzel Dumfries in August 2017. Draufgänger.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 3d

63 - There were 63 shots in De Graafschap – Jong PSV, the highest tally in any match in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie or Eredivisie over the last eight seasons. Entertainment.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 3d

0 - sc Heerenveen – NAC Breda is the first Eredivisie game to see a goal despite seeing no shots on target in the first half since Feyenoord – Ajax in December 2021. Zeroes.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 5d

0 - John Heitinga is the first person in UEFA Champions League history to lose his first three games with a club both as a player and as a manager, losing his first five as a player with Ajax in 2003-04 and his first three with them as a manager in 2025-26. Mismatch.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 5d

49.4% - Ajax played 83 passes, completed 41 passes and recorded a passing accuracy of just 49.4 percent in the opposition half tonight, in all three cases their worst performance in all competitions on record (since 2014-15). Invisible.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 5d

6 - Ajax lost six consecutive European games for the second time in club history, after previously doing so in 1988-1989 (also 6), in a run that however included the Cup Winner's Cup semi-final and final. Records.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 5d

4 - Ajax conceded four goals in the first half of a European match for the second time in club history, after previously doing so against Vasas in February 1958. Drowning.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 5d

41y348d - Ajax' Remko Pasveer (41 years and 348 days) is the third-oldest player to ever feature in the UEFA Champions League, after Marco Ballotta for Lazio in 2007 (43 years and 252 days) and Gianluigi Buffon for Juventus in 2020 (42 years and 315 days). Evergreen.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 6d

46 - There were 46 passes in the build up to Dennis Man's second goal for PSV against Napoli last night, the most on record prior to a goal in the UEFA Champions League (since 2003-04). Team.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 6d

10 - Since the 2023-24 campaign, no team have scored more goals from outside the box in the Champions League than PSV (10, alongside Borussia Dortmund), with three of them tonight against Napoli. Trademark.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 6d

6 - PSV are the first Dutch side to score 6+ goals in a single UEFA Champions League/European Cup game since Ajax in October 1979 (10-0 v Omonia Nicosia). Playground.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 8d

3 - Ayase Ueda is the fourth Feyenoord player with a hat-trick in the first half of an Eredivisie game this century, after John Guidetti, Dirk Kuijt and Santiago Giménez. Triple.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 9d

0-0 - The 2025-26 season is the first campaign in Eredivisie history in which none of the first 80 matches ended in a 0-0 draw. Feast.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 9d

5 - AZ are unbeaten in five consecutive Eredivisie away games against Ajax for the second time in club history, after previously doing so in 1978-1981 (5). Grip.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 9d

79'' - Youssef El Kachati scored 79 seconds after coming off the bench, making him the fastest substitute to do so for N.E.C. since Javier Vet in October 2021 (after 63 seconds), also against FC Twente. Impact.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 9d

17 - N.E.C. - FC Twente (3-3) saw only 17 shots, the lowest tally in a match in the Eredivisie this season. Efficient.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 14d

50 - Renate Jansen made more substitute appearances for the Oranje Vrouwen than any other player this century (50), scoring seven of her eight international goals coming off the bench, including a hattrick against Indonesia in October 2024. Changes.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 14d

16+35 - Sherida Spitse is both the second-youngest debutant for The Netherlands women (16 years, 94 days in 2006) and the fourth-oldest player to appear for the Oranje Leeuwinnen this century (35 years, 46 days in her last match). Longevity.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 15d

11 - The Netherlands started a match without a player from the Dutch league for the fifth time in 2025, as many times as in all previous years combined. Reference.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 16d

2 - Nelson Amadin is the first FC Emmen player with two goals from outside the box in a single league game since Raymond Gyasi against Achilles'29 in March 2016. Distance.

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OptaJoe @optajoe.com · 16d

50 – Games taken to reach 50 senior international goals (select players):

Erling Haaland (Norway) – 46
Harry Kane (England) – 71
Neymar (Brazil) – 74
Kylian Mbappé (France) – 90
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) - 90
Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 107
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 114

Colossal.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 16d

6 - Players with 3+ goals for the Norwegian national team in a single game this century:

Erling Haaland (6 times)
All other players (5 times)

Overpowered.

OptaJohan @optajohan.optajoe.com · 17d

85 - For the first time in the last 35 years, Vitesse avoided defeat in a league game despite trailing by at least two goals in the 85th minute of play. Mentality.