Wesley Verhoek

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Wesley Verhoek
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Verhoek with Twente in July 2012
Personal information
Full name Wesley Verhoek
Date of birth (1986-09-25) 25 September 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Leidschendam, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
VUC
ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2012 ADO Den Haag 172 (27)
2012 Twente 11 (1)
2012–2015 Feyenoord 31 (1)
2015 → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 15 (2)
2015 Pune City 6 (0)
2017–2018 DHC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wesley Verhoek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛslivərˈɦuk] ; born 25 September 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He was known as a striker who can also play as a winger on either side of the pitch.

Contents

He spent most of his professional career at ADO Den Haag at different positions in attack. His younger brother John is also a professional footballer and Wesley played alongside his brother in the last four months of his ADO career, when the latter was loaned out by Stade Rennes to the Hague football club. After 8 years at ADO, Verhoek transferred to FC Twente [1] in the 2012 winter transfer window, but was traded 7 months later to Feyenoord [2] for Jerson Cabral, who went in the opposite direction.

Career

ADO Den Haag

Born in Leidschendam, Verhoek's career began when he signed a professional contract with ADO Den Haag, after the winter break in 2004–05 he played his first match in the first team of ADO Den Haag. Verhoek also played for the Dutch youth squad. In August 2011, ADO Den Haag and Nottingham Forest had agreed a fee [3] reported to be £2.5 million [4] for Verhoek to join Forest; however Verhoek he pulled out of the deal, reportedly due to home sickness. [4] [5] Verhoek denied this was the case. [6]

Twente

At the end of the transfer window in January 2012, Verhoek left ADO Den Haag to sign for FC Twente until July 2014. His time at Twente was not a big success, so he moved to Feyenoord on 31 August 2012.

Feyenoord

Verhoek joined Feyenoord from Twente on the last day of the 2012 summer transfer window. As part of the deal Jerson Cabral moved to FC Twente.

Go Ahead Eagles

Early 2015, during the January transfer window, Verhoek agreed to a loan move [7] and joined Go Ahead Eagles for the rest of the season.

Pune City and Delft

In September 2015, Verhoek joined Indian Super League side FC Pune City. [8] [9]

In October 2017, after returning to the Netherlands he joined amateur side DHC Delft. [10]

Personal life

Following his retirement as a player Verhoek had a fruit and vegetables shop. [11]

Career statistics

As of 26 January 2015
ClubSeasonLeagueCupInternationalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ADO Den Haag 2004–05 Eredivisie 912000111
2005–06 1913000221
2006–07 2012000221
2007–08 Eerste Divisie 2971100308
2008–09 Eredivisie1711100182
2009–10 3271000337
2010–11 3582000378
2011–12 1420040182
Total175281224019130
Twente 2011–12 Eredivisie91000091
2012–13 30006090
Total1210060181
Feyenoord 2012–13 Eredivisie2513000281
2013–14 60101080
2014–15 00001010
Total3114020371
Go Ahead Eagles 2014–15 Eredivisie10000010
Career total2193016212024732

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References

  1. ↑ "Wesley Verhoek naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Wesley Verhoek tekent vierjarig contract bij Feyenoord". Feyenoord Rotterdam. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Reds Agree Verhoek Fee". Nottingham Forest F.C. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. 1 2 Jackson, Keith (10 August 2011). "Rangers target Wesley Verhoek says he has no intention of leaving Holland". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Wesley Verhoek calls off move to Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Verhoek still wants foreign move". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "GA Eagles huurt Wesley Verhoek". Go Ahead Eagles. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "FC Pune City sign attacking pair". The Statesman. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Bilgi, Sumedh (8 September 2015). "FC Pune City sign Kalu Uche and Wesley Verhoek". Goal. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Liefhebber Wesley Verhoek voelt zich niet te groot voor DHC". Delft op zondag (in Dutch). 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Wesley Verhoek en zijn neef doneren fruit aan het HagaZiekenhuis". Omroep West (in Dutch). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.


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