Sai van Wermeskerken
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sai van Wermeskerken | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Maastricht, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | full-back. | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Dordrecht | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2013 | Ventforet Kofu | ||
| 2013–2015 | FC Dordrecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | FC Dordrecht | 32 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Japan U23 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 July 2016 | |||
Sai van Wermeskerken (ファン ウェルメスケルケン 際, Fan Werumesukeruken Sai, born 28 June 1994) is a Japanese footballer of Dutch origin, who plays for FC Dordrecht, as a full-back..
Club career
Sai was born in Maastricht, Netherlands, to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother. When Sai was only 2-years old, his family moved to Japan after his father had got a job there. The van Wermeskerken family settled down in Yamanashi Prefecture. When 8, he entered Ventforet Kofu youth academy and started climbing up the career ladder. After several years in the youth system Kofu was rewarded with a contract by Dordrecht in July 2013. He made his first appearance for Dordrecht on 10 May 2015, in the Eredivisie match against Twente.[1]
International career
On 14 March 2016, Sai received his first call-up to the Japan national under-23 football team for the friendly match against Mexico.[2]
References
- ^ "New "Samurai" van Wermeskerken makes Eredivisie debut". FOOTBALL CHANNEL ASIA. May 12, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ "U-23 Japan National Team for Portugal trip". Japan Football Association. March 15, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.