Mark Flekken
Netherlands
GK
Age
32
Appearances
0
Clean sheets
0
About Mark Flekken
Mark Flekken is one of Ronald Koeman's 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a goalkeeper in the Netherlands squad. He goes into the group stage aged 32 and plays his club football for Bayer Leverkusen, where he has been first-choice in goal this season.
He has played 54 matches for Leverkusen this season, his first in the Bundesliga, keeping his place in goal throughout the campaign. The Netherlands open Group F against Japan on 14 June 2026, with Sweden and Tunisia completing the group, having qualified by winning UEFA Group G in November 2025. For Flekken the tournament will be a first senior World Cup, his place in Ronald Koeman's final 26 now confirmed after a settled season in club football.
He has played 54 matches for Leverkusen this season, his first in the Bundesliga, keeping his place in goal throughout the campaign. The Netherlands open Group F against Japan on 14 June 2026, with Sweden and Tunisia completing the group, having qualified by winning UEFA Group G in November 2025. For Flekken the tournament will be a first senior World Cup, his place in Ronald Koeman's final 26 now confirmed after a settled season in club football.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Clean sheets
0
Goals conceded
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Playing Style
Mark Flekken is an experienced goalkeeper whose game is built on his distribution, comfortable taking the ball under pressure and starting attacks from the back. He was Bayer Leverkusen's first-choice in 2025-26 and was a regular Premier League keeper at Brentford before that. He stands 1.95 m and has logged 3,060 club minutes this season, going into the group stage in Ronald Koeman's squad at the age of 32.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Mark Flekken's first at senior level, with no senior World Cup on his record. His international career to date runs to 8 senior caps for the Netherlands. Ronald Koeman has named him in the 26-man squad for the finals, and he is part of the group-stage squad as one of the goalkeeping options. He stays among the Netherlands' goalkeepers on the final list.
National Team
Netherlands
Tier 2
£24m
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Goal Rush Impact
Flekken's work for the Netherlands is in goal, an experienced keeper whose strength is his distribution and his reading of the game from the back. He has played 54 club matches this season and brings that workload into the group stage as one of Ronald Koeman's goalkeeping options for the finals. That experience gives the Netherlands a settled presence to call on in goal. On the Goal Rush card the Netherlands are a Tier 2 side at £24m.
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Flekken at the 2026 World Cup
Mark Flekken is a confirmed goalkeeper in Ronald Koeman's 26-man Netherlands squad for the 2026 World Cup. He is in the side opening their Group F campaign in mid-June.
Picking Netherlands in Goal Rush
The Netherlands are a Tier 2 side at £24m in Goal Rush. They open Group F against Japan on 14 June, and Flekken is among the goalkeepers in the confirmed 26.
Mark Flekken World Cup 2026 FAQs
The Netherlands are a Tier 2 side at £24m on the Goal Rush card. Mark Flekken is in Ronald Koeman's confirmed 26 as a goalkeeper, so his role is the quick reference at that team price.
Mark Flekken is a goalkeeper for the Netherlands. He plays his club football for Bayer Leverkusen and is named in Ronald Koeman's 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup, listed among the goalkeepers in the final 26.
No. The 2026 World Cup will be Flekken's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, with his place confirmed in Ronald Koeman's 26-man Netherlands squad after the Netherlands qualified by winning UEFA Group G.
Mark Flekken plays his club football for Bayer Leverkusen. He is named among the Netherlands' goalkeepers in Ronald Koeman's confirmed 26, with the team opening their Group F campaign against Japan in mid-June.
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