#34Defender - Right-Back

Joël Veltman

Joël Ivo Veltman

NetherlandsAge34Right-Back

Market Value€1.50m

Brighton & Hove Albion· Premier League

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11g

90min blocks

Position

Defender - Right-Back

Main Position

Right-Back

Date of Birth

1992-01-15(34)

Height

1,84

Preferred Foot

right

Place of Birth

Velsen

Citizenship

Netherlands

Contract & Agent

Joined

2020-07-29

Contract Until

2026-06-30

Last Extension

2025-01-01

Agent

SEG ✓

Outfitter

Nike

Market Value

€1.50m

Last Updated

2026-06-03

Honours

Dutch champion ×3Dutch Cup winnerDutch Super Cup winner ×2Dutch U19 Champion

Career Achievements

Veltman has won three Dutch Eredivisie titles, one KNVB Cup, and two Johan Cruyff Shields with Ajax. He also won the Dutch U19 championship early in his career.

Biography

Joël Veltman is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League. Born in Velsen, he began his career at Ajax, where he won multiple domestic titles and established himself as a reliable defender. He moved to Brighton in 2020, bringing his experience to the English top flight.

Playing Style

Veltman is a versatile defender known for his strong positional sense and ability to play both as a right-back and a center-back. He excels in one-on-one defensive situations and is comfortable on the ball, contributing to build-up play. His main weakness is a lack of pace, which can be exposed against faster attackers.

Market Value History

Season Stats (Premier League)

All seasons (89)

Season	Comp	Apps	G	A	YC	RC	Min
25/26	Premier League	24	1	0	5	0	1050
25/26	FA Cup	2	0	0	0	0	167
25/26	EFL Cup	2	0	1	0	0	143
24/25	Premier League	21	0	0	5	0	1699
24/25	FA Cup	2	0	2	1	0	168
24/25	EFL Cup	1	0	0	0	0	22
23/24	Premier League	27	1	1	4	0	1582
23/24	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	UEFA Europa League	6	0	0	2	0	376
23/24	EFL Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Premier League	31	1	1	6	0	2193
22/23	FA Cup	3	0	0	0	0	119
22/23	EFL Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
21/22	Premier League	34	1	1	6	0	2881
21/22	FA Cup	2	0	0	1	0	121
21/22	EFL Cup	1	0	0	0	0	63
2021	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	UEFA Euro	1	0	0	0	0	2
2019	UEFA Nations League Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	World Cup	2	0	0	0	0	14
2009	U17 World Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	UEFA Under-17 Euro	1	0	0	0	0	40
20/21	UEFA Nations League A	3	0	0	1	0	193
20/21	Premier League	28	1	1	3	0	2282
20/21	International Friendlies	2	0	0	1	0	135
20/21	FA Cup	3	0	0	0	0	121
20/21	EFL Cup	3	0	0	1	0	248
19/20	Johan Cruijff Schaal	1	0	0	1	0	90
19/20	KNVB Beker	1	0	0	0	0	14
19/20	Eredivisie	19	0	0	1	0	1651
19/20	UEFA Europa League	0	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	4	0	0	2	0	360
19/20	UEFA Champions League	5	0	0	1	0	428
18/19	UEFA Nations League A	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	KNVB Beker	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Eredivisie	9	1	0	3	0	479
18/19	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	European Qualifiers	3	0	0	2	0	270
18/19	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	UEFA Champions League	5	0	0	1	0	309
17/18	KNVB Beker	2	0	0	0	0	203
17/18	Eredivisie	30	1	1	6	0	2485
17/18	International Friendlies	2	0	0	1	0	108
17/18	UEFA Europa League Qualifying	2	0	1	1	0	180
17/18	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	2	0	0	1	0	180
16/17	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	1	0	0	0	0	90
16/17	KNVB Beker	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Eredivisie	30	0	3	6	0	2695
16/17	International Friendlies	4	2	0	1	0	360
16/17	UEFA Europa League	10	0	0	5	0	794
16/17	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	4	0	0	1	0	360
15/16	KNVB Beker	1	0	0	0	0	90
15/16	Eredivisie	34	2	8	4	0	3026
15/16	International Friendlies	5	0	0	0	0	319
15/16	UEFA Europa League Qualifying	2	0	0	0	0	180
15/16	UEFA Europa League	5	0	0	1	0	450
15/16	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	2	0	0	1	0	161
14/15	Johan Cruijff Schaal	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	KNVB Beker	1	0	0	0	0	90
14/15	Keuken Kampioen Divisie	3	0	0	1	0	177
14/15	Eredivisie	25	4	0	3	0	2186
14/15	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	168
14/15	European Qualifiers	1	0	0	0	0	38
14/15	UEFA Europa League	3	0	0	0	0	283
14/15	UEFA Champions League	5	0	0	2	0	431
13/14	Johan Cruijff Schaal	1	0	0	0	0	1
13/14	KNVB Beker	4	0	0	0	0	303
13/14	Keuken Kampioen Divisie	3	1	0	0	0	241
13/14	Eredivisie	25	2	2	2	0	2157
13/14	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	180
13/14	UEFA Europa League	1	0	0	1	0	90
13/14	UEFA Champions League	3	0	0	1	1	228
12/13	Johan Cruijff Schaal	0	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	KNVB Beker	3	0	0	0	0	187
12/13	Beloften Eredivisie	4	1	0	0	0	360
12/13	Beloften nacompetitie	14	0	0	1	0	1170
12/13	Eredivisie	7	0	0	0	0	322
12/13	International Friendlies	4	0	0	0	0	193
12/13	UEFA Europa League	0	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	UEFA Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Beloften Eredivisie	12	0	0	0	0	992
11/12	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	International Friendlies	3	0	0	1	0	270
11/12	UEFA Europa League	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	UEFA EURO U19 Championship Qualifiers	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	U19 Division 1 Spring	8	0	0	0	1	685
10/11	International Friendlies	3	1	0	0	0	133
09/10	UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	U19 Division 1 Spring	1	0	0	0	0	85

National Team Matches (87)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	YC
2021-06-27	Netherlands	✈	2:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0
2021-06-21	North Macedonia	🏠	3:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0
2021-06-17	Austria	🏠	2:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0
2021-06-13	Ukraine	🏠	3:2	UEFA Euro	2	0	0
2021-06-06	Georgia	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2021-06-02	Netherlands	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2021-03-30	Netherlands	✈	0:7	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2021-03-27	Latvia	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2021-03-24	Netherlands	✈	4:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2020-11-18	Netherlands	✈	1:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0
2020-11-15	Bosnia-Herzegovina	🏠	3:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0
2020-11-11	Spain	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2020-10-14	Netherlands	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	13	0	0
2020-10-11	Netherlands	✈	0:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0
2020-10-07	Mexico	🏠	0:1	International Friendlies	45	0	1
2020-09-07	Italy	🏠	0:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	1
2020-09-04	Poland	🏠	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0
2019-11-19	Estonia	🏠	5:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2019-11-16	Netherlands	✈	0:0	European Qualifiers	90	0	1
2019-10-13	Netherlands	✈	1:2	European Qualifiers	90	0	0
2019-10-10	Northern Ireland	🏠	3:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2019-09-09	Netherlands	✈	0:4	European Qualifiers	90	0	1
2019-09-06	Netherlands	✈	2:4	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2019-06-09	Netherlands	✈	1:0	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0
2019-06-06	Netherlands	✈	1:3	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0
2019-03-24	Germany	🏠	2:3	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2019-03-21	Belarus	🏠	4:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2018-11-19	Netherlands	✈	2:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0
2018-11-16	France	🏠	2:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0
2018-10-16	Netherlands	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2018-10-13	Germany	🏠	3:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0
2018-09-09	Netherlands	✈	2:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0
2018-09-06	Peru	🏠	2:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2018-06-04	Netherlands	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2018-05-31	Netherlands	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2018-03-26	Netherlands	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2018-03-23	England	🏠	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2017-11-14	Netherlands	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	90	0	1
2017-11-09	Netherlands	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	18	0	0
2017-10-10	Sweden	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2017-10-07	Netherlands	✈	1:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2017-09-03	Bulgaria	🏠	3:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2017-08-31	Netherlands	✈	4:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2017-06-09	Luxembourg	🏠	5:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0
2017-06-04	Ivory Coast	🏠	5:0	International Friendlies	90	2	0
2017-05-31	Netherlands	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2017-03-28	Italy	🏠	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2017-03-25	Netherlands	✈	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2016-11-13	Netherlands	✈	1:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2016-11-09	Belgium	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	90	0	1
2016-10-10	France	🏠	0:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2016-10-07	Belarus	🏠	4:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2016-09-06	Netherlands	✈	1:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0
2016-09-01	Greece	🏠	1:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2016-06-04	Netherlands	✈	0:2	International Friendlies	4	0	0
2016-06-01	Netherlands	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2016-05-27	Netherlands	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2016-03-29	Netherlands	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2016-03-25	France	🏠	2:3	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2015-11-13	Netherlands	✈	2:3	International Friendlies	45	0	0
2015-10-13	Czechia	🏠	2:3	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2015-10-10	Netherlands	✈	1:2	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2015-09-06	Netherlands	✈	3:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2015-09-03	Iceland	🏠	0:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2015-06-12	Netherlands	✈	0:2	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2015-06-05	United States	🏠	3:4	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2015-03-31	Spain	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2015-03-28	Turkiye	🏠	1:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2014-11-16	Latvia	🏠	6:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2014-11-12	Mexico	🏠	2:3	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2014-10-13	Netherlands	✈	2:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2014-10-10	Kazakhstan	🏠	3:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0
2014-09-09	Netherlands	✈	2:1	European Qualifiers	38	0	0
2014-09-04	Netherlands	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	78	0	0
2014-07-12	Netherlands	✈	0:3	World Cup	1	0	0
2014-07-09	Netherlands	✈	4:2	World Cup	-	0	0
2014-07-05	Netherlands	✈	3:4	World Cup	-	0	0
2014-06-29	Netherlands	✈	1:2	World Cup	-	0	0
2014-06-23	Netherlands	✈	0:2	World Cup	-	0	0
2014-06-18	Netherlands	✈	2:3	World Cup	-	0	0
2014-06-13	Netherlands	✈	1:5	World Cup	13	0	0
2014-06-04	Wales	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2014-05-31	Ghana	🏠	1:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2014-05-17	Ecuador	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2014-03-05	Netherlands	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0
2013-11-19	Colombia	🏠	0:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0
2013-11-16	Netherlands	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0