Wilmer Kousemaker

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Wilmer Kousemaker
Personal information
Full name Wilmer Kousemaker
Date of birth (1985-07-12) 12 July 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Tholen, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Youth career
1996–2000 Tholense Boys
2000–2004 NAC Breda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 NAC Breda 8 (0)
2007–2009 HFC Haarlem 87 (12)
2009–2011 Den Bosch 41 (4)
2011–2014 Dordrecht 43 (4)
2014–2018 Capelle 106 (11)
2019–2020 Tholense Boys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilmer Kousemaker (born 12 July 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Football career

NAC Breda

Born in Tholen, Zeeland, Kousemaker started playing football at a young age at amateur club Tholense Boys. In 2000, he was brought to the NAC Breda youth academy at the age of 15. There he went to play with the under-17 team.

On 18 April 2004, Kousemaker made his senior debut against Volendam, replacing the injured Robbie Haemhouts, [1] who had substituted the similarly injured Nebojsa Gudelj earlier in the match. NAC lost this game 4–2. In January 2005, he made a few more appearances for NAC, also due to injuries to starters. Because Mark Schenning suffered an injury, Kousemaker was added to the first team squad. He played a few games and at the end of the season his amateur status was turned into a two-year professional contract. During the 2005–06 season, NAC struggled and head coach Ton Lokhoff was fired as a result. [2] His replacement Cees Lok soon announced that he did not see future prospects for Kousemaker. He was removed from the first-team squad and transfer-listed. A few months later, Lok was also dismissed and Kousemaker's future remained uncertain. [3]

Before the start of the 2006–07 season, Kousemaker made multiple appearances in pre-season games and left a good impression with new manager Ernie Brandts. However, this did not immediately result in playing time during the season, and Kousemaker opted ahead of the 2007–08 season to move to HFC Haarlem in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. [4]

Den Bosch and Dordrecht

On 31 December 2009, it was announced that Kousemaker would finish the ongoing season with Den Bosch as the successor to Adnan Barakat who had moved to Azerbaijani club FC Baku. [5] In May 2011, Kousemaker moved to Dordrecht. [6] In 2013, he was sidelined for a substantial period due to infectious mononucleosis. [7] At the end of the 2013–14 season, he won promotion with Dordrecht to the Eredivisie.

Later career and retirement

On 1 August 2014, he signed with Topklasse club VV Capelle. [8] Kousemaker retired from football in May 2020 as part of his first club, Tholense Boys. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kousemaker voor 2 seizoenen naar HFC Haarlem" (in Dutch). De Rat. 21 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Ton Lokhoff ontslagen bij NAC". FCUpdate.nl (in Dutch). 30 December 2005.
  3. ↑ "Kousemaker: "Prettig gevoel dat je belangrijk kan zijn"". Soccernews.nl (in Dutch). 22 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Kousemaker verruilt NAC Breda voor Haarlem". Soccernews.nl (in Dutch). 21 May 2007.
  5. ↑ "Den Bosch haalt Kousemaker als opvolger van Barakat". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 31 December 2009.
  6. ↑ "Kousemaker naar Dordrecht, Jongebloet blijft". FCUpdate.nl (in Dutch). 7 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Wilmer Kousemaker is hersteld van ziekte van Pfeiffer". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 25 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Wilmer Kousemaker naar Topklasser Capelle". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 1 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Oud-prof Wilmer Kousemaker zet punt achter zijn loopbaan". PZC (in Dutch). 17 May 2020.
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