Jetro Willems
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Willems in July 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jetro Willems | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | PSV | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spartaan'20 | |||
| Sparta Rotterdam | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | (0) |
| 2011– | PSV | 123 | (9) |
| 2015– | → Jong PSV | 2 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Netherlands U17 | 15 | (0) |
| 2011 | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Netherlands U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012– | Netherlands | 21 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2016. | |||
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Jetro Willems (born 30 March 1994) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left back for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. He represented the Netherlands national team at Euro 2012 and therefore is the youngest player ever at a UEFA European Championship. He was 18 years and 71 days old, when playing the UEFA European Championship match at Metalist Statium in Kharliv, Ukraine, on 9 June 2012.[2]
Club career
Sparta Rotterdam
Willems began his career with Spartaan '20, and moved to Sparta Rotterdam. In Sparta he progressed through the club's youth categories, and made his debut on 16 January 2011, in a match against Go Ahead Eagles.[3] He made 16 appearances in the Dutch second division..
PSV
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On 31 August 2011, Willems joined PSV Eindhoven, on a three-year contract.[4] He received the No. 43 jersey. He made his PSV debut on 23 October, in a match against Vitesse Arnhem.[5] Willems became the youngest Dutchman to play in a UEFA competition when he started against Hapoel Tel-Aviv, on 3 November.[6] In the same month, he was permanently promoted for the first team squad.[7]
In December, Willems was targeted for a move to Manchester United, with Sir Alex Ferguson looking for 'the next Patrice Evra'.[8] On 3 April 2012, his contract was upgraded and extended until 2016.[9]
Willems scored his first professional – and PSV – goal on 22 April 2012, against NEC Nijmegen.[10] With this goal, he became the youngest goalscorer in the 2011–12 Eredivisie. He experienced a great amount of playing time in the 2011–12 season because Erik Pieters was injured. Although being young and quite inexperienced, he quickly showed evidence of his raw talent, especially his technique and attacking traits.
On 15 July 2015, Willems had a serious injury and missed the first half of the 2015-16 season.
International career
Willems became UEFA European Under-17 champion with the Netherlands in 2011.[11]
While being selected for the Under-19 squad, on 7 May 2012, Willems was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the Euro 2012 tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk as part of the preliminary squad. He was still in the Oranje Euro 2012 squad, after Van Marwijk had made a first cut to 27 players on 15 May 2012.[12] Willems also made the final cut into the 23-man squad, being given the number 15 shirt.[13] He made his first unofficial appearance for the senior national team on 22 May 2012 in a friendly match against FC Bayern Munich.
On 26 May 2012, Willems made his first appearance with Netherlands, in a match against Bulgaria.[14]
At the European Championships, Willems made his first start for the Netherlands, against Denmark, becoming the youngest ever player to play at the Euros and the fourth-youngest player to play for the Netherlands, at 18 years and 71 days of age.[15] The record was previously held by Belgian Enzo Scifo, at 18 years and 115 days.[16] He featured in all the group stage games; however, the Netherlands were eliminated from the tournament after losing all three group games.[17]
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
| 2010–11 | Sparta Rotterdam | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | PSV | Eredivisie | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 2014–15 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 2015–16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Netherlands | 139 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 180 | 10 | 31 | |
| Career total | 139 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 180 | 10 | 31 | ||
- Statistics accurate as of last match played on 28 August 2016.
- Reserves performance
| Club performance | League | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Netherlands | League | Total | ||||
| 2014–15 | Jong PSV | Jupiler League | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Career total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
International
| Netherlands | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | ||
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | ||
- Statistics accurate as of 1 September 2016.
Honours
Club
- PSV
- Eredivisie (2): 2014-15, 2015-16
- KNVB Cup (1): 2011–12
- Johan Cruijff Shield (3): 2012, 2015, 2016
- Maspalomas Cup (1): 2015[18]
International
- Netherlands
Individual
- Youngest Player ever to play at UEFA Euro.
- Youngest male Dutch player ever to play European football.
References
- ↑ http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/attachments/football-manager-2012-stories/278364d1349956395-darran-donald-evolution-football-manager-player-month.png
- ↑ Glenday, Craig (2013). Guinness World Records 2014. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-908843-15-9.
- ↑ Sparta Rotterdam – Go Ahead Eagles (16-01-2011); Voetbal International, 16 January 2011 (Dutch)
- ↑ Jeugdinternational Jetro Willems naar PSV (Youth International Jetro Willems on PSV); PSV Eindhoven, 31 August 2011 (Dutch)
- ↑ Vitesse – PSV (23-10-2011); Voetbal International, 23 October 2011 (Dutch)
- ↑ PSV fight back to progress against Hapoel Tel-Aviv; UEFA, 3 November 2011
- ↑ Willems definitief naar eerste selectie PSV (Willems' definitely on PSV's first team); ED, 29 November 2011 (Dutch)
- ↑ United turn to PSV youngster Willems as Fergie searches for the next Evra; Daily Mail, 12 December 2011
- ↑ Contract Jetro Willems opengebroken en verlengd (Jetro Willems' contract broken and extended); PSV Eindhoven, 3 April 2012 (Dutch)
- ↑ PSV – NEC (22-04-2012); Voetbal International, 22 April 2012 (Dutch)
- ↑ UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2011, UEFA.com, Retrieved 1. 9. 2014
- ↑ Oranje cut provisional squad By Berend Scholten on UEFA.com
- ↑ Bouma and Willems make final Dutch squad; UEFA, 26 May 2012
- ↑ Oranje met Van Persie én ook Huntelaar tegen Bulgarije (Oranje with Van Persie and Huntelaar against Bulgaria); Voetbal International, 26 May 2012 (Dutch)
- ↑ Jetro Willems sets age mark; ESPN
- ↑ Teenager Willems breaks Scifo's record; UEFA, 9 June 2012
- ↑ "Portugal 2–1 Netherlands" BBC Sport. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Resilient PSV win Maspalomas Cup". PSV.nl. 11 January 2015.
External links
- PSV's official website profile
- Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
- Jetro Willems – FIFA competition record
- Jetro Willems – UEFA competition record
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