Wouter Gudde

Gudde is a defender who was born in Schiedam and raised in Maassluis and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Sparta Rotterdam squad in the 2004–05 season. He had played for amateur side Excelsior Maassluis before joining Sparta. He joined RKC in 2008. He finished his playing career in 2011 at Excelsior where injury cut short his career.

After retiring as a player, Gudde became commercial director at former club Excelsior. He left his position in April 2019 to become Managing Director at FC Groningen. He left the club in 2024. In May 2025, Gudde was named temporary chairman and CEO at Burton Albion.

His father Eric Gudde was for 10 years the head coach at Excelsior Maassluis and 10 years general manager at Feyenoord.