| Marco Bizot | |
| Birth Place: | Hoorn, Netherlands |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 1991 |
| Height: | 1.94 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Brest |
| Clubnumber: | 40 |
| Youthyears1: | –2000 |
| Youthclubs1: | SV Westfriezen |
| Youthyears2: | 2000–2011 |
| Youthclubs2: | Ajax |
| Years1: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs1: | Ajax |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs2: | → Cambuur (loan) |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs3: | Groningen |
| Caps3: | 50 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs4: | Genk |
| Caps4: | 54 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs5: | AZ |
| Caps5: | 125 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021– |
| Clubs6: | Brest |
| Caps6: | 107 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam2: | Netherlands |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 02:27, 20 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 11 November 2020 |
Marco Bizot (pronounced as /nl/; born 10 March 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Brest and the Netherlands national team.
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]
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.
On 22 June 2014, it was announced that Groningen had sold Bizot to Belgian side Genk. He signed a contract for three years.
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.
On 4 August 2021, Brest announced that Bizot had penned a three-year contract with the club, for a reported fee of €1 million.[3] [4] He made his competitive debut for the club on the first matchday of the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season; a 1–1 draw against Lyon.[5] Bizot kept his first clean sheet for Brest on 31 October, which was also the club's first win of the season, a 2–0 home victory against Monaco.[6] In the 2023–24 season, he contributed to his club's impressive campaign,[7] with 13 clean sheets,[8] as they secured a third-place finish in the league and first ever qualification to the UEFA Champions League.[9]
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.
Bizot received a call up on 1 March 2024 for a brace of friendlies against Scotland and Germany. [10]
| Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cambuur (loan) | 2011–12 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Groningen | 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||||
| Genk | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 0 | |||
| AZ | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 125 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | — | 164 | 0 | ||||
| Brest | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 107 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 351 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 425 | 0 | |||