Tommie van der Leegte

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van der Leegte, not Leegte.

Tommie van der Leegte

Van der Leegte (left)
Personal information
Full name	Tom van der Leegte
Date of birth	(1977-03-27) 27 March 1977
Place of birth	Bergeijk, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	EMK Nuenen
	PSV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1997	PSV	30	(1)
1997	→ RKC Waalwijk (loan)	12	(0)
1997–2000	RKC Waalwijk	68	(8)
2000–2003	Twente	58	(6)
2003	→ RKC Waalwijk (loan)	11	(0)
2003–2006	ADO Den Haag	80	(3)
2006–2007	VfL Wolfsburg	45	(0)
2007–2008	PSV	2	(0)
2008–2010	NAC Breda	28	(0)
Total		334	(18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tom van der Leegte (born 27 March 1977) is a retired Dutch footballer. He formerly played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven and VfL Wolfsburg.

Career

Van der Leegte made his debut as a 17-year-old for PSV. He was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. After two seasons for PSV he was loaned to RKC Waalwijk. After one season in Waalwijk he signed a contract with the club.

In the 2000–01 season, he was sold to FC Twente for 4 million gulden (approximately €1.8 million) where he played two seasons. In his third season at the club he had a loan spell for his second time at RKC Waalwijk where he finished the season. In the summer of 2003, he signed a contract at ADO Den Haag. After the first half of the 2005–06 campaign he signed a contract for VfL Wolfsburg. Among his teammates at VfL Wolfsburg, his fellow Dutch were Kevin Hofland and Rick Hoogendorp.

In May 2007, it was rumoured that van der Leegte would become Phillip Cocu's successor at PSV. A few days later PSV signed him for two years. He joined NAC Breda in September 2008 on a two-year contract.

Van der Leegte ended his career in March 2010, after long series of injuries.