Wessel Dammers

Dutch footballer

Wessel Dammers
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Randers
Number	4
Youth career
	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Feyenoord	0	(0)
2015–2016	→ Cambuur (loan)	19	(0)
2017–2020	Fortuna Sittard	65	(4)
2020–2022	Groningen	45	(1)
2022	→ Willem II (loan)	14	(1)
2022–2023	Willem II	34	(1)
2023–	Randers	22	(1)
International career
2012–2013	Netherlands U18	2	(0)
2013–2014	Netherlands U19	7	(1)
2014	Netherlands U20	1	(0)
2014	Netherlands U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024

Wessel Dammers (born 1 March 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Randers FC.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Dammers is a youth exponent from Feyenoord. He made his senior debut on 11 December 2014 against Standard Liège in a UEFA Europa League game. He replaced Terence Kongolo after 67 minutes in a 0–3 away win.^[3]

On 27 March 2020, Dammers signed a three-year contract with Groningen.^[4] On 29 January 2022, Dammers joined Willem II on loan until the end of the season.^[5]

On 24 August 2022, Dammers returned to Willem II on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract.^[6] A year later, on 25 June 2023, Dammers signed a three-year deal with Danish Superliga club Randers FC.^[7]

Honours

Individual

Eredivisie Team of the Month: May 2022^[8]

Eerste Divisie Team of the Year: 2022–23^[9]

References

^ Wessel Dammers at Soccerway
^ Wessel Dammers at WorldFootball.net
^ "Standard vs. Feyenoord - 11 December 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
^ "FC Groningen trekt Wessel Dammers aan". fcgroningen.nl (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 27 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ "Welkom Wessel!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Willem II. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "Wessel, welkom terug!" (in Dutch). Willem II. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ RANDERS FC HENTER WESSEL DAMMERS, randersfc.dk, 25 June 2023
^ "Seven clubs provide players for Eredivisie team of the month (May)". eredivisie.eu. May 20, 2022.
^ "Team van het Jaar: PEC Zwolle hofleverancier; Armenteros rechtsbuiten". Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.