Wouter Burger

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Wouter Burger
Personal information
Full name Wouter Burger
Date of birth (2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Zuid-Beijerland, Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Basel
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2008 ZBVH
2008–2011 SHO
2011–2013 Excelsior
2013–2019 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Feyenoord 8 (0)
2020 → Excelsior (loan) 7 (0)
2020–2021 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 18 (2)
2021– Basel 4 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Netherlands U15 8 (3)
2016–2017 Netherlands U16 9 (4)
2017–2018 Netherlands U17 15 (0)
2018 Netherlands U18 2 (1)
2018– Netherlands U19 16 (4)
Honours
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner England 2018 U-17 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 April 2021

Wouter Burger (born 16 February 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as midfielder for FC Basel.[1][2]

Club career[]

Feyenoord[]

Burger started playing football at amateur club ZBVH in the village of Zuid-Beijerland near Rotterdam. Via SHO and Excelsior, he joined the Feyenoord youth academy.[3] On 30 March 2017, Burger signed his first professional contract at the age of 16.[4]

Burger made his first-team debut for Feyenoord on 17 August 2018 in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third round qualifiers against AS Trenčín, coming on for Tyrell Malacia in the 83rd minute.[5] On 29 August 2019, Burger scored his first goal in professional football in a 3–0 away win against Hapoel Be'er Sheva for Feyenoord in the play-off round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. In December 2018, he signed another contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2023.[6]

Loan to Excelsior[]

Burger was sent on loan to his former youth club Excelsior in the second half of the 2019–20 season.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the loan agreement was cut short. Burger played in all seveb league games for Excelsior, before the league was suspended.[8]

Loan to Sparta[]

Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Burger was sent on another loan to a Rotterdam-based club – this time Sparta.[9][10] Here he made 18 first team appearences in the Eredivisie scoring two goals.

Basel[]

On 31 August 2021 Swiss Super League club Basel announced that Burger had signed a four-year contract with them.[11] He made his domestic league debut for his new club on 12 September being substituted in during the away game as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Lugano.[12]

International career[]

With the Netherlands U17 team, Burger participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in England. The team eventually won the final over Italy after a penalty-shootout. Burger was subsequently included in the UEFA team of the tournament.[13]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 3 October 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Feyenoord 2018–19 Eredivisie 1 0 1 0 1[a] 0 0 0 3 0
2019–20 6 0 0 0 4[a] 1 0 0 10 1
2020–21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22 1 0 0 0 1[b] 0 0 0 2 0
Total 9 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 16 1
Excelsior (loan) 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 7 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0
Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 18 2 1 0 – 1[c] 0 20 2
Basel 2021–22 Swiss Super League 4 0 1 0 2[b] 0 – 7 0
Career total 38 2 3 0 8 1 1 0 50 3
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearance in Eredivisie European competition play-offs

Honours[]

Feyenoord

Netherlands U17

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Netherlands - W. Burger - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ Wouter Burger at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "ZBVH en SHO zijn trots op hun EK-finalist Wouter Burger (Oranje onder 17)". KNVB (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Feyenoord contracteert jeugdspeler Wouter Burger". Feyenoord (in Dutch). 30 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Feyenoord vs. AS Trenčín - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Feyenoord talent Wouter Burger uit Zuid-Beijerland verlengd contract bij Feyenoord tot 2023". Hoeksche Waard Nieuws (in Dutch). 12 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Feyenoord verhuurt Zuid-Beijerlandse Wouter Burger (18) aan stadsgenoot Excelsior". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 23 January 2020.
  8. ^ "'Ik woog 72 toen ik in de basis stond bij Feyenoord, nu zit ik op 80 kilo'". Voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 3 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Wouter Burger op huurbasis naar Het Kasteel". Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch). 3 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Sparta huurt Wouter Burger van Feyenoord". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 2 October 2020.
  11. ^ FC Basel 1893 (31 August 2021). "Wouter Burger stösst von Feyenoord Rotterdam zum FCB". Wouter Burger joins FCB from Feyenoord Rotterdam. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  12. ^ FC Basel 1893 (12 September 2021). "1:1 im Tessin – Lugano und der FCB Teilen sich die Punkte". 1:1 in Ticino - Lugano and FCB share the points. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Soccerway Match Report". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  15. ^ Saffer, Paul (20 May 2018). "Netherlands win #U17EURO: at a glance". UEFA.com.

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