Peter Wisgerhof

Dutch footballer

Peter Wisgerhof
Wisgerhof in 2010
Personal information
Full name Peter Wisgerhof
Date of birth (1979-11-19) 19 November 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Wageningen, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
ONA '53
Vitesse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Vitesse 15 (0)
2000–2009 NEC 270 (16)
2009–2014 Twente 122 (8)
Total 407 (24)
International career
2000–2001 Netherlands U21 13 (1)
2010–2011 Netherlands 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Wisgerhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtər ˈʋɪsxərɔf]; born 19 November 1979) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Vitesse, NEC and Twente.

Career

Club

Wisgerhof made his debut in professional football, being part of the Vitesse squad in the 1999–2000 season. He was allowed to sign on loan with NEC for half a year. He then signed permanently with NEC, then played nine seasons for the club until making a switch in 2009 to Twente, who had sold defender Rob Wielaert to Ajax. Wisgerhof signed a contract with Twente for three-and-a-half years.[1] Here he has quickly played himself into the squad.

In his second season, 2009–10, Twente became Eredivisie champions. In the summer of 2010, he became captain, after Blaise Nkufo left Twente for Seattle Sounders FC. At the start of the 2010–11 season, he and Twente won the Johan Cruyff Shield after defeating Ajax 1–0.

In 2011, Twente came second in the 2010–11 Eredivisie, behind Ajax. Wisgerhof played a notable role in this victory as he was claimed to have made an obvious schwalbe (dive), which was much commented on in the local and international press.[2] On 30 July 2011, Wisgerhof won his second Johan Cruyff Shield with Twente after his side again defeated Ajax, 2–1.

International

Wisgerhof made 13 appearances for the Netherlands national under-21 team, scoring one goal. On 10 October 2010, Netherlands senior team head coach Bert van Marwijk called him up (at age 30) to the squad for the 17 November match against Turkey. In the second half of the match, Wisgerhof made his debut as a substitution for the injured Joris Mathijsen.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe[a] Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitesse 1999–00 Eredivisie 15 0 0 0 3 0 – 18 0
NEC 2000–01 Eredivisie 34 4 4 1 – – 38 1
2001–02 30 1 1 0 – – 31 1
2002–03 32 1 4 0 – – 36 1
2003–04 33 1 1 0 2 0 – 36 1
2004–05 27 1 1 0 2 0 – 30 1
2005–06 31 0 4 1 – 3 0 38 1
2006–07 34 2 2 0 – 2 1 38 2
2007–08 32 1 3 1 – 6 0 41 2
2008–09 17 2 1 0 6 0 – 24 2
Twente 2008–09 Eredivisie 17 3 4 0 0 0 – 21 3
2009–10 33 1 4 0 12 0 – 49 1
2010–11 32 0 5 0 11 1 1 0 49 1
2011–12 28 4 2 0 12 0 3 0 45 4
2012–13 11 0 1 0 8 1 1 0 21 1
2013–14 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Jong FC Twente 2013–14 Jupiler League 2 0 2 0
Career total 407 21 37 3 56 2 16 1 516 27
  1. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
  2. ^ Includes the Johan Cruyff Shield and Eredivisie playoffs matches.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2010 1 0
2011 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Club

Twente

References

  1. ^ Wisgerhof tekent donderdag voor 3,5 jaar bij FC Twente
  2. ^ Kim, Randy (1 August 2011). "Worst Dive Ever?". Huffington Post.
  3. ^ a b "Peter Wisgerhof – Voetbal International profile". Voetbal International.
  4. ^ "2011: FC TWENTE SLAAT DE EERSTE SLAG". totoknvbbeker.nl. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

External links

  • Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)