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Jasper van der Werff

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Jasper van der Werff
Personal information
Full name Jasper van der Werff
Date of birth (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
FC Basel
(on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
Number 21
Youth career
2008–2018 FC St. Gallen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 FC St. Gallen 9 (0)
2018– Red Bull Salzburg 4 (0)
2018–2019FC Liefering 12 (0)
2020–FC Basel (loan) 14 (0)
International career
2014 Switzerland U16 2 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:05, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Jasper van der Werff (born 9 December 1998) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Basel on loan from Red Bull Salzburg in the Swiss Super League.

Professional career

Van der Werff made his professional debut for St. Gallen in a 2–0 Swiss Super League win over FC Basel on 17 February 2018.[1] In the summer of 2018 van der Werff transferred to RB Salzburg and he was loaned ot to FC Liefering.

On 9 January 2020 FC Basel announced that they had loan contracted van der Werff for one and a half seasons.[2] After three test games van der Werff played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 2 February as Basel were defeated 1–2 by St. Gallen.[3]

International career

Van der Werff was born in Switzerland to Dutch parents who had moved to Speicher, Switzerland the previous year.[4][5] He grew up in Speicher and represented the Switzerland U16 twice in 2014.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Basel vs. St. Gallen - 17 February 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ FC Basel 1893. "Jasper van der Werff wechselt leihweise zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2020-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC St. Gallen 1:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  4. ^ Ralf Streuer, FCSG-Nachwuchshoffnung van der Werff: "Meine Eltern waren nervöser als ich", Tagblatt, 2 March 2018
  5. ^ "St. Gallen muss mehrere Wochen auf Jasper van der Werff verzichten". 19 March 2018.
  6. ^ Switzerland, St. Galler Tagblatt AG. "Ein Abend im Zeichen des Sports".