Thomas Verhaar

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Thomas Verhaar
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Verhaar in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
0000–2008 Sparta Rotterdam
2008–2010 Willem II
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 VOC
2013Houston Dutch Lions (loan) 9 (2)
2014–2019 Sparta Rotterdam 117 (36)
2019 Ajax Cape Town 12 (5)
2019–2021 Excelsior 38 (3)
2021–2022 AFC 31 (7)
2022–2023 VOC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Verhaar (born 8 March 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger. [1]

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Career

Verhaar played in the youth academy of Sparta Rotterdam and Willem II, before ending up at amateur club VOC. He played for the club for four years and made his senior debut there. During this period, he was also on a three-month loan with American club Houston Dutch Lions. [2] In the summer of 2014, he was signed by Sparta Rotterdam, at that time playing in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. [3] He made his debut on 10 August 2014 in a 2–1 home win over Den Bosch. Verhaar was in the starting lineup, but was replaced by Giovanni Hiwat during the match. [4] During his second game he scored his first goal; away against Achilles '29 he made another start and secured the 1–3 final score in injury time. [5] In the 2015–16 season, Verhaar won the Eerste Divisie title with Sparta, and as a result the club from the Spangen area returned to the Eredivisie after a six-year absence. At the end of the 2017–18 season, Sparta relegated to the Eerste Divisie again. There, Verhaar played another eight games before moving to South African club Ajax Cape Town in January 2019. [6] He played there for six months. In June 2019, he returned to Rotterdam, this time to Excelsior where he signed a two-year contract. [7]

On 7 April 2021, he agreed to join AFC for the 2021–22 season. [8] [9] After one season, he returned to his first senior club VOC, before retiring from football in 2023. [10]

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

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References

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  5. "Achilles '29 vs. Sparta Rotterdam - 15 augustus 2014 - Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. Tempelman, Chris (17 January 2019). "Verhaar gaat avontuur aan bij Ajax Cape Town". Voetbal International (in Dutch).
  7. Oevelen, Wesley van (26 June 2019). "Oud-Spartaan Thomas Verhaar gaat aan de slag bij Excelsior". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch).
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