Dylan Ruward

Central Defender - Zwolle
13 Dec 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Dylan Ruward

7 Edition

The Zwolle Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Zwolle find a way past Willem II

Willem II made Zwolle work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

No hiding place for Jamiro Monteiro

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jamiro Monteiro, and the manager let it.

Squad

Michy Chadli asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Bendegúz Kovács

Every debut is a small story about the future: Bendegúz Kovács, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Market

Still no ink between Zwolle and Sherel Floranus

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Zwolle, another week without a signature from Sherel Floranus.

Squad

Bendegúz Kovács is off the mark for Zwolle

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Zwolle Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Dylan Ruward asks to leave Zwolle

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Zwolle come up short against Groningen

Groningen left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Koen Kostons gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

3 Edition

The Zwolle Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Zwolle taken apart

0‑5 to Utrecht, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market

AZ come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Zwolle did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Zwolle dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Squad

A long afternoon for Tom de Graaff

Beaten 5 times, with 4 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.

Market

Zwolle bring in an old head

Adam Maher is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Naj Lulić

Every debut is a small story about the future: Naj Lulić, 18 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief

1 Edition

The Zwolle Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Nick Viergever stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Nick Viergever and Zwolle agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Younes Namli asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

No place for Dylan Ruward in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Dylan Ruward has his answer from Zwolle; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market

Still no ink between Zwolle and Ryan Thomas

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Zwolle, another week without a signature from Ryan Thomas.

Squad

Younes Namli handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Younes Namli. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

Market

The clock runs on Thomas Buitink's contract

36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief