Peter Wisgerhof

Peter Wisgerhof

Personal information
Full name	Peter Wisgerhof
Date of birth	19 November 1979 (1979-11-19)
Place of birth	Wageningen, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Twente
Number	4
Youth career
	ONA '53
	Vitesse
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	Vitesse	15	(0)
2000–2009	NEC	270	(16)
2009–	Twente	100	(7)
National team‡
2010–	Netherlands	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2010

Peter Wisgerhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeː.tər ˈʋɪs.χər.ˌɦɔf]) (born 19 November 1979 in Wageningen, Gelderland) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a central defender for Eredivisie club FC Twente.

Career

Club career

Wisgerhof made his debut in professional football, being part of the Vitesse squad in the 1999–00 season. He was allowed to sign on loan with N.E.C. for half a year. He then signed permanently with N.E.C., and he then played nine seasons for NEC Nijmegen, until making a switch in 2009 to FC Twente who had sold defender Robbie Wielaert to Ajax Amsterdam. Wisgerhof signed a contract with Twente for 3,5 years. Here he has quickly played himself into the squad. In his second season, Twente became Dutch league champions. In the summer of 2010 he became captain, after Blaise Nkufo left Twente for the Seattle Sounders FC. At the start of the season, he and Twente won the Johan Cruijff Shield after defeating Ajax Amsterdam with a 1-0 victory. In 2011, Twente came second in the Dutch Eredivisie, behind Ajax, but beat Ajax in the Johan Cruijff Shield match. Wisgerhof played a notable role in this victory as he was claimed to have made an obvious schwalbe (dive), which was much commented on in the local and international press.

National team

Wisgerhof played 13 times for the Netherlands national under-21 football team and scored 1 goal. On the 10th of October 2010 Bert van Marwijk called up Wisgerhof at age 30 for the National squad match on the 17th of November against Turkey. In the second half of the match, Wisgerhof made his debut as a substitution for the injured Joris Mathijsen.

Statistics

Season	Club	Appearances	Goals	Competition
1999/00	Vitesse	15	0	Eredivisie
2000/01	NEC	34	4	Eredivisie
2001/02	NEC	30	1	Eredivisie
2002/03	NEC	32	1	Eredivisie
2003/04	NEC	33	1	Eredivisie
2004/05	NEC	27	1	Eredivisie
2005/06	NEC	31	1	Eredivisie
2006/07	NEC	34	2	Eredivisie
2007/08	NEC	32	1	Eredivisie
2008	NEC	17	2	Eredivisie
2009	Twente	17	3	Eredivisie
2009/10	Twente	33	1	Eredivisie
2010/11	Twente	25	Honours Club FC Twente Eredivisie: 2009–10- Johan Cruijff Schaal: 2010, 2011 Sporting positions Preceded by Dennis Gentenaar N.E.C. Man of the Year 2004–2005 Succeeded by Romano Denneboom References