Jordi Altena
.JPG) Altena with RKC Waalwijk in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Sleeuwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | VV Sleeuwijk | ||
| 2014–2018 | Dordrecht | ||
| 2018–2024 | Vitesse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Vitesse | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | De Treffers | 27 | (3) |
| 2025–2026 | RKC | 21 | (2) |
| 2026– | Heart of Midlothian | 18 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2026 | |||
Jordi Altena (born 4 December 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender, midfielder or winger for Heart of Midlothian FC.
Early life
Altena was born on 4 December 2003. Born in the Netherlands, he is a native of Sleeuwijk in North Brabant.[1]
Career
As a youth player, Nieling joined the youth academy of Dutch side VV Sleeuwijk. Following his stint there, he joined the youth academy of Dutch side FC Dordrecht in 2014. Four years later, he joined the youth academy of Dutch side SBV Vitesse and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2023, where he made two league appearances and scored zero goals.[2]
Ahead of the 2024–25 season, he signed for Dutch side De Treffers, where he made twenty-seven league appearances and scored three goals. During the summer of 2025, he signed for Dutch side RKC Waalwijk, where he made twenty-one league appearances and scored two goals. Six months later, he signed for Scottish side Heart of Midlothian after receiving interest from American side D.C. United and Spanish side Real Valladolid.[3]
Career statistics
- As of 21 August 2026[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vitesse | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| De Treffers | 2024–25 | Tweede Divisie | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 3 | ||
| Total | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 3 | ||||
| RKC | 2025–26 | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 23 | 4 | ||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 23 | 4 | ||||
| Heart of Midlothian | 2025–26 | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2026–27 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 68 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 7 | ||
- ↑ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Scottish Cup
- ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup
References
- ↑ "'Eén jaar knallen, dan breng ik je terug naar betaald voetbal': hoe zijn De Treffers-coach bijdroeg aan de carrière van Jordi Altena" ['One year of hard work, then I'll bring you back to professional football': how his De Treffers coach contributed to Jordi Altena's career] (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ Jordi Altena at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Jordi Altena: Transfer interest ignored, beautiful Hearts, a crazy journey and Derek McInnes' message". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ https://www.soccerway.com/player/altena-jordi/bsoRsCbt/
External links
- Jordi Altena at WorldFootball.net
- Jordi Altena at Ererat (in Dutch)
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Sleeuwijk
- Dutch men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football wingers
- SBV Vitesse players
- De Treffers players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Eredivisie players
- Tweede Divisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen