Marco Bizot

Marco Bizot
Personal information
Full name	Marco Bizot
Date of birth	10 March 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth	Hoorn, Netherlands
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Stade Brestois
Number	40
Youth career
–2000	SV Westfriezen
2000–2011	Ajax
Senior career*
National team‡
Men's football
Representing Netherlands
UEFA Nations League
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 January 2021

Marco Bizot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkoː ˈbizɔt]; born 10 March 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Stade Brestois and the Netherlands national team.

Career[]

Ajax[]

Born in Hoorn, Netherlands, Marco Bizot started his career in his early youth for SV Westfriezen in Zwaag, Netherlands. This is where he was discovered at age ten, and brought to Ajax's youth academy in 2000, from where he started in the E-youth levels. He joined the Jong Ajax selection for the 2010–11 season, where he received ample playing time under coaches Pieter Huistra and Fred Grim. After a successful season with Jong Ajax, Bizot received a contract extension, and was loaned to Cambuur in the Dutch Eerste Divisie for the 2011–12 season, in order to gain experience and to prove himself as a player.^[1]

Groningen[]

On 14 June 2012, Ajax and Groningen came to the agreement of a direct transfer of Bizot. Bizot developed into a solid Eredivisie goalkeeper and played 50 matches in two season for the team.

Genk[]

On 22 June 2014, it was announced that Groningen had sold Bizot to Belgian side Genk. He signed a contract for three years.

AZ Alkmaar[]

On 10 May 2017, Bizot signed a contract at AZ. He was picked as the replacement of Tim Krul, who returned to Newcastle United after a loan spell. Bizot played all 40 official games in the following season and met the finals of the TOTO KNVB Cup. After the summer, he remained consistent with the most clean sheets ever in the Eredivisie.^[2] In February 2020 he extended his contract to mid-2022.

Stade Brestois[]

On 4 August 2021, Brest announced that Bizot had penned a three-year contract with the club.^[3] It is reported that the deal is a €1m deal.^[4]

International career[]

Bizot earned his first full international call up in Ronald Koeman’s first Netherlands squad in March 2018. He made his debut in a friendly against Spain on 11 November 2020.^[5]