Mats Grotenbreg

Mats Grotenbreg
Grotenbreg with TOP Oss in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-21)21 January 1998
Place of birth Doetinchem, Netherlands
Date of death 25 June 2026(2026-06-25) (aged 28)
Place of death Middelaar, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Youth career
Jonge Kracht[2]
2007–2012 PSV[2]
2012–2017 Vitesse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Jong Vitesse 1 (0)
2017–2018 FC Oss 15 (1)
2018–2019 Jong Vitesse 27 (1)
2019–2020 VV DUNO
2020–2021 USV Hercules 4 (1)
2021–2023 GVVV 55 (0)
2023–2024 USV Hercules 7 (0)
2024–2025 Jonge Kracht
2025–2026 VRC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mats Grotenbreg (21 January 1998 – 25 June 2026) was a Dutch professional who played as a centre-back.[3] He also assisted his father Ronald as a coach at amateur team GVA.[4]

Club career

On 21 December 2023, Grotenbreg scored the winning goal for USV Hercules in a 3–2 victory over Ajax during the KNVB Cup second round.[5] In January 2024, he transferred to Jonge Kracht,[6] before joining VV DOVO for the 2024–25 season.[7]

Personal life and death

Grotenbreg was a contestant on the reality television show The Bachelorette.[8] He died on 25 June 2026, at the age of 28, after being struck by a boat while swimming in Middelaar.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Mats Grotenbreg at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Verdediger Grotenbreg nieuweling nummer zeven bij DUNO, voetbal247.nl, 27 July 2019
  3. ↑ Mats Grotenbreg at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mats Grotenbreg assistent van vader Ronald bij GVA" (in Dutch). Gelderlander. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "USV Hercules 3-2 Ajax: Amateurs pull off major upset in Dutch Cup". BBC Sport. 21 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Ajax-beul Mats Grotenbreg stapt over van derde divisie naar derde klasse" (in Dutch). Sportnieuws.nl. 26 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "DOVO versterkt zich met Mats Grotenbreg" (in Dutch). VV DOVO. 8 December 2023.
  8. 1 2 Mats Grotenbreg (28), die winnende goal Hercules tegen Ajax maakte, overleden (in Dutch)
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