Lars Veldwijk

Lars Veldwijk
Personal information
Full name Lars Veldwijk
Date of birth (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991
Place of birth Uithoorn, Netherlands
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sparta Rotterdam
Number 9
Youth career
SV Argon
FC Volendam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 FC Volendam 2 (0)
2011–2013 FC Utrecht 5 (0)
2012–2013 → FC Dordrecht (loan) 31 (14)
2013–2014 Excelsior 38 (30)
2014–2016 Nottingham Forest 12 (0)
2015–2016 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 33 (14)
2016–2017 KV Kortrijk 9 (1)
2017 → Aalesund (loan) 16 (5)
2017–2018 FC Groningen 18 (4)
2018– Sparta Rotterdam 8 (4)
National team
2016– South Africa 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Lars Veldwijk (born 21 August 1991) is a Dutch-born South African professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Sparta Rotterdam.

Club career

Excelsior

Veldwijk represented Eerste Divisie side Excelsior in the 2013–14 season, and scored 35 goals in 45 appearances across all competitions.[1]

Nottingham Forest

On 12 June 2014, Veldwijk signed for Nottingham Forest from Excelsior for a fee of £500,000 that could rise to £1 million depending on various clauses.[2] He made his debut on 16 August 2014 against Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium as a 92nd-minute substitute for fellow striker Matty Fryatt.[3] Veldwijk made his first start for Forest on 26 August 2014 in a 2-0 win against Huddersfield Town in the second round of the League Cup.[4] Veldwijk went on loan to PEC Zwolle for the 2015–16 season, during which time he scored 14 goals in 33 league appearances.[5][6] Upon his return to Forest he scored his first and only goal for the club in a 2-1 EFL Cup win against Millwall on 23 August 2016.[7]

Loan to Aalesunds FK

On 31 March 2017, Veldwijk signed for the Norwegian football club Aalesunds FK on loan, with an option to buy when the loan period is over.

International career

On 27 October 2016, Veldwijk received his first call-up for the South African national football team for their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Senegal.[8] He is eligible for South African citizenship as his father was a native.[9] Veldwijk debuted for South Africa in a friendly 1-1 tie with Mozambique on 15 November 2016.[10]

Career statistics

As of 27 August 2017[11]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Volendam 2010–11 Eerste Divisie 2000——20
FC Utrecht 2011–12 Eredivisie 5000——50
2012–13 Eredivisie 0000——00
Total 500000—00
FC Dordrecht (loan) 2012–13 Eerste Divisie 311433—2[lower-alpha 1]23619
Excelsior 2013–14 Eerste Divisie 383031—4[lower-alpha 1]44535
Nottingham Forest 2014–15 Championship 1101020—140
2015–16 Championship 000000—00
2016–17 Championship 100021—31
Total 1201041—171
PEC Zwolle (loan) 2015–16 Eredivisie 331410—2[lower-alpha 2]03614
Kortrijk 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 9120—00111
Aalesund (loan) 2017 Eliteserien 16532——197
Groningen 2017–18 Eredivisie 18400—0031
Career total 16668136208617174
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Eredivisie European place play-offs

References

  1. ↑ Geertsema, Niiwino (12 July 2017). "Wie is Lars Veldwijk, de nieuwe spits van FC Groningen?". RTV Noord. Retrieved 13 July 2017. (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ "Reds coach says Lars Veldwijk can be a 'real asset' for Nottingham Forest - in time". Nottingham Post. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bolton 2-2 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Huddersfield 0-2 Nott'm Forest". BBC Sport. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lars Veldwijk: Nottingham Forest striker seals PEC Zwolle loan move". BBC Sport. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Makhaya, Ernest (12 July 2017). "Bafana Bafana striker Lars Veldwijk signs for Groningen". Goal. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Millwall 1-2 Nottm Forest". BBC Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  8. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367130/index.html
  9. ↑ www.realnet.co.uk. "Lars Veldwijk cleared for Bafana's World Cup qualifier with Senegal". Kick Off. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  10. ↑ http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/BafanaBafana/live-mozambique-v-bafana-bafana-20161115
  11. ↑ "Netherlands - L. Veldwijk - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
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