Pelle van Amersfoort

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Pelle van Amersfoort
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Van Amersfoort with Heerenveen in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-01) 1 April 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Heemskerk, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al Shahaniya
Number 9
Youth career
–2014 Heerenveen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2019 Heerenveen 90 (9)
2015–2016Almere City (loan) 31 (8)
2019–2022 Cracovia 95 (22)
2023–2024 Heerenveen 50 (13)
2024– Al Shahaniya 22 (15)
International career
2013 Netherlands U17 4 (2)
2013 Netherlands U18 4 (1)
2014–2015 Netherlands U19 13 (6)
2015–2016 Netherlands U20 9 (1)
2017–2018 Netherlands U21 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 April 2025

Pelle van Amersfoort (born 1 April 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al Shahaniya. [1]

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Club career

Born in Heemskerk, Van Amersfoort is a youth exponent from Heerenveen. He made his Eredivisie debut on 20 September 2014 against Vitesse Arnhem replacing Morten Thorsby after 66 minutes in a 1–1 draw. [2]

On 29 November 2022, van Amersfoort signed a 2.5-year contract with Heerenveen. [3]

On 11 July 2024, Heerenveen announced van Amersfoort's transfer to Al Shahaniya in Qatar. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 April 2025 [1]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cracovia 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 348532 [c] 04111
2020–21 Ekstraklasa286521 [c] 01 [d] 0348
2021–22 Ekstraklasa33810348
Total9522115301011027
Heerenveen 2022–23 Eredivisie 193212 [e] 0234
2023–24 Eredivisie3110233313
Total501344205617
Al Shahaniya 2024–25 Qatar Stars League 221521432819
Career total16750171043303019463
  1. Includes Polish Cup, KNVB Cup, Emir Cup
  2. Includes Qatari Stars Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
  5. Appearances in Eredivisie European competition play-offs

Honours

Cracovia

References

  1. 1 2 Pelle van Amersfoort at Soccerway
  2. "Vitesse vs. Heerenveen - 20 September 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. "SCHERPSCHUTTER VAN AMERSFOORT KEERT TERUG IN FRIESLAND" (in Dutch). Heerenveen. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. "PELLE VAN AMERSFOORT ZET CARRIÈRE VOORT IN QATAR" [PELLE VAN AMERSFOORT CONTINUES CAREER IN QATAR] (in Dutch). SC Heerenveen. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.