Maikel Aerts (born June 26, 1976 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch goalkeeper who currently plays for Willem II. He started his career at FC Den Bosch. He played 107 games for Den Bosch (1994-2001), 9 games for Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen (2001-2002) and 71 games for RBC Roosendaal (2002-2005), and then moved to Feyenoord Rotterdam.
After some serious mistakes during the 2005/2006 season, he was banned to the bench by coach Erwin Koeman and as of July 2006 Feyenoord decided to leave him out of the squad. Aerts was transferred to Willem II from Tilburg.
On February 3, 2007 he played his first Eredivisie match for Willem II against Heracles Almelo
Maikel Aerts is the nephew of three time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion Peter Aerts.
| Season | Team | Games | Division |
| 1994/1995 | FC Den Bosch | 10 | Eerste Divisie |
| 1995/1996 | FC Den Bosch | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 1996/1997 | FC Den Bosch | 1 | Eerste Divisie |
| 1997/1998 | FC Den Bosch | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 1998/1999 | FC Den Bosch | 32 | Eerste Divisie |
| 1999/2000 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | Eredivisie |
| 2000/2001 | FC Den Bosch | 30 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2001/2002 | GB Antwerpen | 9 | Eerste Klasse |
| 2002/2003 | RBC Roosendaal | 17 | Eredivisie |
| 2003/2004 | RBC Roosendaal | 34 | Eredivisie |
| 2004/2005 | RBC Roosendaal | 20 | Eredivisie |
| 2005/2006 | Feyenoord | 4 | Eredivisie |
| 2006/2007 | Willem II Tilburg | 7 | Eredivisie |