Joey Veerman

Joey Veerman

Veerman with Heerenveen in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Johannes Cornelis Maria Veerman [1]
Date of birth	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth	Purmerend, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	PSV
Number	23
Youth career
2003–2005	RKAV Volendam
2005–2016	Volendam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Jong Volendam	14	(5)
2016–2019	Volendam	73	(12)
2019–2022	Heerenveen	71	(14)
2022–	PSV	94	(14)
International career‡
2016	Netherlands U19	1	(0)
2023–	Netherlands	16	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:23, 15 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Johannes Cornelis Maria Veerman (born 19 November 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club PSV and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Volendam

Joey Veerman during a friendly match in 2017

Veerman made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for FC Volendam on 9 September 2016, in a game against VVV-Venlo. ^[4]

Heerenveen

On 30 August 2019, Veerman signed for SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie. ^[5] He made his Eredivisie debut a day after signing, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow midfielder Jordy Bruijn in a 1–1 draw with Fortuna Sittard. ^[6]

PSV

On 4 January 2022, Veerman signed a 4.5-year contract with PSV. ^[7] Veerman scored the match winner against Go Ahead Eagles in the semi-final of the KNVB Cup on 2 March. ^[8] PSV would defeat rivals Ajax in the final on 17 April. ^[9]

On 28 October 2022, Veerman scored PSV's first goal in a 2–0 win over Arsenal in the penultimate match of the UEFA Europa League group stage which secured a place in at least the knockout round play-offs. ^[10] In the 2023–24 season, he became the player with most chances created in Eredivisie in 130 occasions. ^[11]

International career

In March 2023, Veerman received his first official call-up to the Dutch senior national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers against France and Gibraltar, but then had to withdraw along with Cody Gakpo, Matthijs de Ligt, Sven Botman and Bart Verbruggen, due to a food poisoning outbreak linked to a chicken curry dinner served by the Dutch national team’s staff. ^[12]

On 18 June 2023, Joey Veerman made his senior debut for the Netherlands at the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals when he came in as a substitute for Mats Wieffer against Italy. On 26 March 2024, he scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Germany. ^[13]

On 29 May 2024, Veerman was named in the Netherlands' squad for UEFA Euro 2024. ^[14]

Personal life

Joey and girlfriend Chantalle have a son together named Frenkie Joe. ^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 February 2025 ^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			KNVB Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Volendam	2016–17	Eerste Divisie	28	3	4	0	—		2 [a]	0	34	3
	2017–18	Eerste Divisie	34	7	2	0	—		—		36	7
	2018–19	Eerste Divisie	8	2	0	0	—		—		8	2
	2019–20	Eerste Divisie	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		73	12	6	0	—		2	0	81	12
Heerenveen	2019–20	Eredivisie	22	4	4	1	—		—		26	5
	2020–21	Eredivisie	31	7	4	2	—		—		35	9
	2021–22	Eredivisie	18	3	2	1	—		—		20	4
	Total		71	14	10	4	—		—		81	18
PSV	2021–22	Eredivisie	15	4	4	2	5 [b]	0	–		24	6
	2022–23	Eredivisie	33	4	4	0	12 [c]	5	1 [d]	0	50	9
	2023–24	Eredivisie	29	5	0	0	11 [e]	2	1 [d]	0	41	7
	2024–25	Eredivisie	17	1	3	0	6 [e]	0	1 [d]	0	27	1
	Total		94	14	11	2	34	7	3	0	142	23
Career total			237	40	27	6	34	7	5	0	304	53

1. Appearances in Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
3. Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 10 July 2024 ^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2023	6	0
	2024	10	1
Total		16	1

As of match played 26 March 2024

Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first. ^[17]

List of international goals scored by Joey Veerman

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2024	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany	8	Germany	1–0	1–2	Friendly

Honours

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2023–24 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• KNVB Cup: 2021–22, ^[18] 2022–23 ^[19]
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2022, ^[20] 2023 ^[21]

Individual

• Eredivisie Talent of the Month: February 2020 ^[22]
• Eredivisie Player of the Month: November 2023, ^[23] August 2024 ^[24]

References

1. "European Championship 2024: Booking List before Round of 16" (PDF). UEFA. 28 June 2024. p. 7. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. "Joey Veerman | Netherlands | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
3. Joey Veerman at Soccerway
4. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 9 September 2016.
5. "Heerenveen gunt KKD-pareltje Veerman eindelijk kans in de Eredivisie". Voetbal International. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
6. "Heerenveen laat twee punten liggen in aantrekkelijk thuisduel tegen Fortuna Sittard". Omrop Fryslân. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
7. "JOEY VEERMAN JOINS PSV FROM SC HEERENVEEN WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT" (Press release). PSV Eindhoven. 4 January 2022. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
8. "Go Ahead Eagles vs. PSV -- 2 March". Soccerway. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
9. "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS (in Dutch). 17 April 2022.
10. "PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Arsenal". BBC. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
11. Cocobassey, Patrick (29 May 2024). "5 players who created the most chances across Europe's top 7 leagues in the 2023-24 season (Ranked)". Sportskeeda.
12. "Vijf Oranjespelers naar huis; Koeman roept drie vervangers op". Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
13. "Veerman: 'Ik zat in een soort bubble'". Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 27 March 2024.
14. "Netherlands Euro 2024 squad: Ian Maatsen dropped, Georginio Wijnaldum and Daley Blind retained". The New York Times. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
15. "Veerman direct na Oranje vader geworden van zoontje Frenkie". VI (in Dutch). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
16. "J. Veerman". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
17. Joey Veerman at National-Football-Teams.com
18. "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS (in Dutch). 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
19. "PSV wint na strafschoppen van Ajax in bekerfinale vol irritaties en opstootjes" [PSV beats Ajax after penalty kicks in cup final full off irritations and fights]. NOS (in Dutch). 30 April 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
20. "Ajax - PSV". PSV Eindhoven. 30 July 2022. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
21. "Lang beslist duel met Feyenoord en bezorgt PSV veertiende Johan Cruijff Schaal" [Long decided duel with Feyenoord and gives PSV fourteenth Johan Cruijff Shield]. NOS (in Dutch). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
22. "Thorsten Kirschbaum named as eredivisie player of the month". Eredivisie. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020.
23. "Joey Veerman and Johan Bakayoko are named Eredivisie player and Johan Cruyff talent of the month". Eredivisie. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
24. "Joey Veerman named Eredivisie Player of the Month for August". Eredivisie. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

External links

• Profile Archived 6 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine at the PSV website
• Profile at the Royal Dutch Football Association website (in Dutch)
• Joey Veerman – UEFA competition record ( archive )