Jean-Paul Boëtius (born 22 March 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger for German 2.
Boëtius made his debut for Feyenoord at the age of 18, when then-manager Ronald Koeman named him in the starting line-up in De Klassieker, the main football rivalry in The Netherlands, at home against long-time rivals Ajax on 28 October 2012.
Feyenoord ended the season on the second place only behind Ajax, earning a spot in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
Boëtius made his first team debut for Basel in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round on 19 August in the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv which ended in a 2–2 draw.
[3] Boëtius played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Cornaredo on 22 August as Basel won 3–1 against FC Lugano.
[5] He scored his first league goal for the club on 20 April 2016 in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park as Basel won 3–0 against FC Lugano.
[7] In the following season Boëtius could not reach the status of becoming a regular player either and so during the winter break the club looked for another solution.
After that, Feyenoord manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst told him it was going to be a difficult situation for him, and he was allowed to leave the club.
[16] On 20 June 2020, Boëtius scored Mainz's second goal in a 3–1 victory over Werder Bremen in the penultimate match of the Bundesliga season.
[19] On 6 March 2013, Boëtius was called up for the preliminary squad of the Dutch national team for the first time, aged only 18.
[21] Boëtius is a cousin of Urby Emanuelson, another professional football player, who played for Ajax and for FC Utrecht.