Mats Wieffer
![]() Wieffer with Feyenoord in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 16 November 1999||
Place of birth | Borne, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Feyenoord | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
RKSV NEO | |||
2010–2018 | FC Twente | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Jong FC Twente | 1 | (0) |
2018–2020 | FC Twente | 1 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Excelsior | 65 | (5) |
2022– | Feyenoord | 48 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Netherlands | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:13, 4 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Mats Wieffer (born 16 November 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eredivisie side Feyenoord and the Netherlands national team.
Club career
Born in Borne,[3][4] Wieffer played youth football for RKSV NEO aged 5 before joining FC Twente's academy at the age of 10.[4][5] He made one Derde Divisie appearance for Jong FC Twente in the 2017–18 season,[3] prior to making his professional debut for Twente on 30 October 2018 in a 4–2 KNVB Beker win over VV Noordwijk.[6] He made his league debut in a 2–0 win over TOP Oss in March 2019.[2]
In June 2020, Wieffer joined Excelsior on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract with the club.[7]
In June 2022, Wieffer moved to Feyenoord on a four-year contract.[8] On 13 January 2023, he scored his first goal for the club while also providing an assist in a 3–1 cup win over PEC Zwolle.[9] On 13 April 2023, Wieffer scored his first goal in a European club competition, scoring the one and only goal in a 1–0 win over A.S. Roma in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League.[10]
International career
On 17 March 2023, Wieffer received his first call-up to the Netherlands senior national team for the Euro 2024 qualifying matches against France and Gibraltar.[11] He made his debut on 27 March as a starter in a 3–0 win over Gibraltar.[12]
On 21 November 2023, Wieffer scored his first senior international goal in the Netherlands' 6–0 win against Gibraltar.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 3 March 2024[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Twente | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Excelsior | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 1 | 42 | 5 | |||
Total | 65 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 77 | 6 | ||
Feyenoord | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8[b] | 1 | — | 37 | 3 | |
2023–24 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||
Total | 48 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 8 | ||
Career total | 114 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 152 | 14 |
- ^ Appearances in Eerste Divisie promotion/relegation play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
International
- As of match played 21 November 2023[15]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2023 | 7 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 1 |
- Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Wieffer goal.[15]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 November 2023 | Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal | ![]() |
2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Honours
Feyenoord
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: August 2023,[17]
References
- ^ UEFA.com. "Mats Wieffer | Netherlands | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ a b Mats Wieffer at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Mats Wieffer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Mats Wieffer tekent bij FC Twente". Borne Boeit (in Dutch). 6 August 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Mats Wieffer". sbvexcelsior.nl (in Dutch). SBV Excelsior. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Enthousiaste FC Twente-debutant Wieffer op een roze wolk: "Een fantastische dag"". RTV Oost (in Dutch). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Mats Wieffer na tien jaar van FC Twente naar Excelsior: "Mooie tijd geweest"". RTV Oost (in Dutch). 30 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Arnesen blij met komst Wieffer: 'Hij is uit het juiste hout gesneden" (in Dutch). 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Extra defensieve zorgen smetje op bekerwinst van Feyenoord" [extra defensive worries blemish Feyenoord's cup win]. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Wieffer laat De Kuip ontploffen met Europese primeur" [Wieffer makes De Kuip explode with his first European goal]. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Koeman roept drie debutanten op" [Koemans includes three debutants] (in Dutch). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Oranje neemt twijfels niet weg met pover optreden tegen Gibraltar" [Netherlands doesn't take away doubts after poor showing against Gibraltar] (in Dutch). 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Hincks, Michael (21 November 2023). "Gibraltar 0–6 Netherlands: Calvin Stengs Scores Hat-Trick as Dutch Sign Off Qualifying in Style with Thumping Win". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ Mats Wieffer at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Mats Wieffer- Nederlands Elftal" (in Dutch). KNVB.nl. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Feyenoord verslaat Go Ahead en is na zes jaar weer kampioen van Nederland" [Feyenoord beats Go Ahead and is champions of the Netherlands after six years] (in Dutch). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Nine clubs provide players for Eredivisie Team of the Month". Eredivisie. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Borne, Overijssel
- Footballers from Overijssel
- Dutch men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Twente players
- Jong FC Twente players
- Excelsior Rotterdam players
- Feyenoord players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Derde Divisie players
- Netherlands men's international footballers