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Martijn Reuser
Personal information
Full name Martijn Franciscus Reuser
Date of birth (1975-02-01) 1 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Rood Wit Amsterdam
Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2000 Ajax 45 (6)
1997–1999 → Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 56 (14)
2000 → Ipswich Town (loan) 8 (2)
2000–2004 Ipswich Town 83 (12)
2004–2006 Willem II 47 (14)
2006–2008 RKC Waalwijk 40 (11)
2008–2010 NAC Breda 37 (1)
Total 317 (60)
International career
1998 Netherlands 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martijn Franciscus Reuser (born 1 February 1975 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch international footballer who played top-flight football in both the Netherlands and England.[1]

Career

Reuser began his career at Dutch club Ajax and, having joined at youth level, made the step up to play in the first team. He was a skilful, goal-scoring midfielder who looked capable of being a permanent fixture in the Dutch national setup. His career was looking very promising, but he suffered a serious knee injury, which appeared to end his Ajax career. He moved to another Dutch side, Vitesse Arnhem. It was here that Reuser made his one and only international appearance against Ghana in a friendly. He did not really hit it off at Vitesse and was re-signed by Ajax.

He made only one appearance for the first team and he was loaned to English club Ipswich Town in the 1999–2000 season after being scouted by Romeo Zondervan.[2] Having scored a late winner on his début against Fulham[3] and a memorable goal to seal off Ipswich's play-off win against Barnsley at Wembley,[4] Ipswich signed him on a permanent basis.[5] During his four-year stay at Portman Road he established a reputation as a free-kick taker.[6] He was troubled by injury problems during his Ipswich Town career. Despite this, he managed to score 6 goals in his first full season with the club, establishing himself as one of the most dangerous attacking midfielders in the Premier League, helping Ipswich to an impressive fifth-place finish in the 2000-2001 season and a return for the club to UEFA Cup football. After that, however, the injuries really set in. Ipswich were relegated the following season and he also fell out with new manager Joe Royle.

Reuser left Ipswich and joined Willem II for the 2004–2005 season. He was less troubled by injury in the Netherlands, but he missed two months of the season with Achilles tendon problems. He was still the club's top scorer as the team finished 11th in the table. The following season was more difficult for Willem II. Reuser spent a lot of the season on the sidelines, and the side finished 16th in the table, which meant play-offs again for Reuser. He saved his side, with a hat-trick in their semi-final against FC Zwolle. Reuser signed for another Dutch side RKC Waalwijk for the 2006–2007 season. He played for NAC Breda in the 2009–10 season. In January 2012, Reuser was linked with a return to former club Ipswich Town.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax 1993–94 Eredivisie 2 0 1 0 — 1[c] 0 0 0 4 0
1994–95 Eredivisie 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995–96 Eredivisie 18 3 0 0 — 4[d] 0 2[e] 0 24 3
1996–97 Eredivisie 19 3 0 0 — 3[d] 0 0 0 22 3
1997–98 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998–99 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Eredivisie 3 0 0 0 — 2[f] 1 0 0 5 1
Total 45 6 1 0 0 0 10 1 2 0 58 7
Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 1997–98 Eredivisie 24 6 0 0 — 0 0 — 24 6
1998–99 Eredivisie 32 8 2 2 — 4[f] 1 — 38 11
Total 56 14 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 62 17
Ipswich Town (loan) 1999–00 First Division 8 2 0 0 0 0 — 3[g] 2 11 4
Ipswich Town 2000–01 Premier League 26 6 1 0 7 0 — — 34 6
2001–02 Premier League 24 1 2 0 1 2 3[f] 0 — 30 3
2002–03 First Division 16 2 1 0 0 0 1[f] 0 — 18 2
2003–04 First Division 17 3 2 1 1 0 — 1[g] 0 21 4
Total 91 14 6 1 9 2 4 0 4 2 114 19
Willem II 2004–05 Eredivisie 27 9 2 0 — — — 34 6
2005–06 Eredivisie 20 5 0 0 — 2[f] 0 0 0 22 5
Total 47 14 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 51 14
RKC Waalwijk 2006–07 Eredivisie 20 1 0 0 — — 0 0 20 1
2007–08 Eerste Divisie 20 10 0 0 — — 0 0 20 10
Total 40 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 11
NAC Breda 2008–09 Eredivisie 21 1 4 1 — 3[h] 1 — 28 3
2009–10 Eredivisie 15 0 1 0 — 3[i] 0 — 16 0
Total 36 1 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 44 3
Career total 315 60 16 4 9 2 26 3 6 2 372 71
  1. ^ Includes appearances in FA Cup and KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Includes appearances in EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  6. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  7. ^ a b Appearance(s) in First Division play-offs
  8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League play-offs
  9. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Source:[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 1998 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Ajax

Ipswich Town

References

  1. ^ "Martijn Reuser". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. ^ "The Ex-Files: Martijn Reuser". www.twtd.co.uk. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Ipswich 1 Fulham 0". Sporting Life. 25 March 2000. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Ipswich triumph at last". BBC Sport. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Ipswich go Dutch". BBC Sport. 23 June 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ "My Favourite Footballer ... Martijn Reuser". The Equaliser (Blog). 27 September 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  7. ^ Martijn Reuser Archived 20 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine NAC Breda. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  8. ^ Martijn Reuser at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ Martijn Reuser at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ "Ipswich triumph at last". BBC News. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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