Mats Wieffer
Wieffer with Feyenoord in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999[1]
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 41 (3)
International career‡
2023– Netherlands 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024
‡ 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 20 December 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Twente 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 1010——20
Excelsior 2020–21 Eerste Divisie 31140——351
2021–22 34420—6[lower-alpha 1]1425
Total 655600061776
Feyenoord 2022–23 Eredivisie 2514181—373
2023–24 152106[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]0233
Total 4035114210606
Career total 10681211427113912
  1. ↑ Appearances in Eerste Divisie promotion/relegation play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202371
Total71
Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Wieffer goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Mats Wieffer
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
121 November 2023Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal Gibraltar2–06–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Feyenoord

Individual

References

  1. ↑ UEFA.com. "Mats Wieffer | Netherlands | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mats Wieffer at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Mats Wieffer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Mats Wieffer tekent bij FC Twente". Borne Boeit (in Dutch). 6 August 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mats Wieffer". sbvexcelsior.nl (in Dutch). SBV Excelsior. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Enthousiaste FC Twente-debutant Wieffer op een roze wolk: "Een fantastische dag"". RTV Oost (in Dutch). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mats Wieffer na tien jaar van FC Twente naar Excelsior: "Mooie tijd geweest"". RTV Oost (in Dutch). 30 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Arnesen blij met komst Wieffer: 'Hij is uit het juiste hout gesneden" (in Dutch). 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Extra defensieve zorgen smetje op bekerwinst van Feyenoord" [extra defensive worries blemish Feyenoord's cup win]. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Koeman roept drie debutanten op" [Koemans includes three debutants] (in Dutch). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Mats Wieffer at Soccerway
  15. 1 2 "Mats Wieffer- Nederlands Elftal" (in Dutch). KNVB.nl. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "Nine clubs provide players for Eredivisie Team of the Month". Eredivisie. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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