Tyrick Bodak
Squad number 25 · Telstar
Their 2026 World Cup
Tyrick Bodak travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Curaçao, wearing number 25, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 3 matches (1 draw and 2 defeats) and bowed out in the group stage (Group E), beaten by Ivory Coast 2-0.
The goalkeeping job went to E. Room (3 matches, 270′).
Another 3 players in the Curaçao squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Curaçao team page.
Biography
Tyrick Jeremy Bodak (born 15 May 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Curaçao national team.
Club career Bodak came through the youth system at De Graafschap and joined PSV in June 2019. He signed his first professional contract on 11 August 2020. In June 2023, he moved to Cambuur. In 2024, Bodak joined Telstar in the Eerste Divisie, where he was the third-choice goalkeeper behind Ronald Koeman jr. and Joey Houweling. He was part of the squad that won promotion to the Eredivisie through the play-offs in the 2024–25 season—the club's first top-flight return in 47 years—albeit without making an appearance. Following promotion he remained third-choice, with Daan Reiziger arriving to back up Koeman jr.
International career Bodak has represented Curaçao at youth level. In July 2021, he was named in Curaçao's squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. However, they were forced to withdraw from the tournament due to high number of COVID-19 positive cases across the staff and players.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.