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Dundee United

Bert Esselink

Defender · Dundee United · 27 · Netherlands

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Season score
48.6
Premiership 26/27, 9 matches
Last 5 weeks
45.7
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€500k
+€150k (+43%) since 20 May 2026
Transfermarkt, 1 Oct 2026
Born
16 Sep 1999
Height
191 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2027
Wikipedia views
248 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

25 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 46.7 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
13–19 Oct 202619044.747.744.6
6–12 Oct 202619049.747.549.8
15–21 Sep 202619046.547.446.4
1–7 Sep 2026218037.648.837.5
25–31 Aug 202619058.048.159.0
18–24 Aug 202619561.047.062.4
4–10 Aug 202619049.446.749.3
28 Jul – 3 Aug 202616253.746.353.6
12–18 May 2026210644.646.144.9
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 2026213540.146.741.6
23–29 Dec 202519042.746.742.6
16–22 Dec 202526546.446.446.6
9–15 Dec 202519041.046.840.9
18–24 Nov 202516432.347.432.1
4–10 Nov 202519043.847.643.7
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202519046.947.646.8
21–27 Oct 202519034.248.635.6
14–20 Oct 202519033.949.833.8
30 Sep – 6 Oct 202519033.451.335.1
23–29 Sep 2025218054.051.652.1
9–15 Sep 202519045.651.645.5
26 Aug – 1 Sep 202519044.452.544.4
12–18 Aug 2025112052.552.752.4
5–11 Aug 2025218061.453.060.5
29 Jul – 4 Aug 202519054.650.054.6

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: level with expectation (−0.3 a week).

30.040.050.060.070.029 Jul9 Sep21 Oct9 Dec12 May25 Aug13 OctExpected 47.7Score 44.7

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €500k +€150k (+43%) since 20 May 2026 1 Oct 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €460k no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €487k–€1.0M +11% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age −12% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Yalçın Kayan at 26 (€600k, scoring 48.0) +100%; Yanis Zouaoui at 26 (€600k, scoring 46.5) +317%; Gustav Granath at 28 (€450k, scoring 49.4) −11%.
0€200K€400K€600K20222023202420252026€500k€460k
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€460k
1 Oct 2026Transfermarkt€500k
20 May 2026Transfermarkt€350k
10 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€350k
28 May 2025Transfermarkt€300k
3 Apr 2025Transfermarkt€300k
9 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€400k
7 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€500k
28 Mar 2024Transfermarkt€600k
29 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€500k
6 Oct 2023Transfermarkt€450k
31 May 2023Transfermarkt€300k
10 Jan 2023Transfermarkt€300k
20 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€300k
11 Jan 2022Transfermarkt€250k
29 Sep 2021Transfermarkt€50k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
1 Jul 2025Stal Mielec Dundee UnitedFree or loan
3 Jul 2023APOEL Nicosia Stal MielecFree or loan
30 Jun 2023Olympiakos N. APOEL NicosiaFree or loan
26 Aug 2022APOEL Nicosia Olympiakos N.Free or loan
9 Jan 2022PAEEK Kyrenia APOEL Nicosia€10k

What the score is made of

Premiership 26/27: each part per 90 minutes against the average defender in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting −0.26
  • Creating −0.41
  • Progressing −0.46
  • Keeping the ball −0.72
  • Defending +0.09
  • Aerial +1.06
  • Finishing −0.17

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

020040060080028 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
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Maksym Talovierov Stoke City · 26––95%Compare
Ben Cabango Swansea City · 2649.2€9.0M95%Compare
Krystian Bielik Cardiff City · 2854.6€3.0M94%Compare
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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Bert Esselink.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Premiership 26/27Scottish PremiershipDundee United978748.648.8
Premiership 25/26Scottish PremiershipDundee United201,54042.842.9
UEFA Conference League 25/26Conference LeagueDundee United221067.666.8

Latest matches

31 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
17 Oct 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. JohnstoneD 1–19000–0.0344.7
10 Oct 2026Scottish PremiershipHibernianW 1–090000.020.0049.7
19 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenW 3–09000–0.0146.5
5 Sep 2026Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCD 1–19000–0.0227.1
2 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat MotherwellL 0–39000–0.0048.1
29 Aug 2026Scottish Premiershipat KilmarnockW 4–090000.130.0158.0
22 Aug 2026Scottish PremiershipDundee FCL 0–295000.190.0261.0
9 Aug 2026Scottish Premiershipat Heart of MidlothianL 0–49000–0.0249.4
31 Jul 2026Scottish PremiershipRangersD 1–16200–0.0053.7
17 May 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenD 1–11600–0.0048.7
All 31 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
17 Oct 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. JohnstoneD 1–19000–0.0344.7
10 Oct 2026Scottish PremiershipHibernianW 1–090000.020.0049.7
19 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenW 3–09000–0.0146.5
5 Sep 2026Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCD 1–19000–0.0227.1
2 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat MotherwellL 0–39000–0.0048.1
29 Aug 2026Scottish Premiershipat KilmarnockW 4–090000.130.0158.0
22 Aug 2026Scottish PremiershipDundee FCL 0–295000.190.0261.0
9 Aug 2026Scottish Premiershipat Heart of MidlothianL 0–49000–0.0249.4
31 Jul 2026Scottish PremiershipRangersD 1–16200–0.0053.7
17 May 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenD 1–11600–0.0048.7
12 May 2026Scottish PremiershipLivingstonD 0–090000.050.0043.9
3 Jan 2026Scottish PremiershipDundee FCL 0–145000.18–17.2
30 Dec 2025Scottish Premiershipat LivingstonW 3–190000.11–51.6
27 Dec 2025Scottish Premiershipat AberdeenD 1–19000––42.7
20 Dec 2025Scottish PremiershipHibernianD 1–12000––69.5
17 Dec 2025Scottish PremiershipCelticW 2–145000.03–36.1
13 Dec 2025Scottish PremiershipMotherwellD 0–09000––41.0
22 Nov 2025Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCL 0–36400––32.3
9 Nov 2025Scottish Premiershipat Heart of MidlothianD 1–19000––43.8
29 Oct 2025Scottish Premiershipat MotherwellL 0–29000––46.9
25 Oct 2025Scottish PremiershipSt. MirrenW 3–190000.19–34.2
18 Oct 2025Scottish Premiershipat RangersD 2–29000––33.9
4 Oct 2025Scottish PremiershipLivingstonD 1–190000.23–33.4
27 Sep 2025Scottish PremiershipKilmarnockL 0–29000––42.6
23 Sep 2025Scottish PremiershipAberdeenW 2–090100.53–65.4
13 Sep 2025Scottish Premiershipat HibernianD 3–39000––45.6
31 Aug 2025Scottish Premiershipat Dundee FCW 2–09000––44.4
14 Aug 2025Conference LeagueSK Rapid WienD 2–212000––52.5
10 Aug 2025Scottish PremiershipHeart of MidlothianL 2–39000––35.1
7 Aug 2025Conference Leagueat SK Rapid WienD 2–29000––87.7
3 Aug 2025Scottish Premiershipat Falkirk FCD 2–29000––54.6