Micky van de Ven

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Micky van de Ven
Micky Van De Ven pre-match training (cropped).jpg
Van de Ven warming up with Tottenham Hotspur in 2024
Personal information
Full name Micky van de Ven [1]
Date of birth (2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 23) [2]
Place of birth Wormer, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 37
Youth career
0000–2013 WSV '30
2013–2019 Volendam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Volendam 45 (2)
2021–2023 VfL Wolfsburg 38 (1)
2023– Tottenham Hotspur 27 (3)
International career‡
2022–2023 Netherlands U21 11 (0)
2023– Netherlands 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:30, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:57, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Micky van de Ven (born 19 April 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Netherlands national team. [3]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Van de Ven began his career with FC Volendam, and made his first team debut against Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie, going on to make 19 appearances during the 2019–20 season. [4] He assumed the captaincy during his first full season and scored twice in 26 appearances as Volendam reached the promotion play-offs. [4]

Van de Ven transferred to German club VfL Wolfsburg in 2021 for a fee of £3.15 million [5] and played all but one of the team's Bundesliga matches during the 2022–23 season, scoring his only goal in a 2–0 win against Borussia Dortmund. [4] Van de Ven recorded the highest top speed of any defender in the Bundesliga that season, at 22.3 mph. [6]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 8 August 2023, it was announced that Van de Ven had signed a six-year deal with English club Tottenham Hotspur. [7] The transfer was reported to be in the region of €50m, equality with the club's record fee for a centre-back in Cristian Romero the year before. [8]

Van de Ven debuted on 13 August during the first matchday of the 2023–24 Premier League season, starting in an away match against Brentford. [9] On 7 October 2023, he scored his first goal in English football in Tottenham's 1–0 win at Luton Town. [10]

On 6 November 2023, Van de Ven was substituted with a hamstring injury during a game against Chelsea. [11] He returned from injury in a 2–2 draw with Manchester United on 14 January 2024. [12] Later that month, on 31 January, he was recorded as the Premier League's fastest-ever player at 37.38 kilometres per hour (23.23 mph) since data collection in 2020–21, during a match against Brentford. [13]

On 10 May 2024, Van de Ven was awarded Tottenham's Player of the Season award at the Official Supporters' Clubs award night ceremony, having started 28 of the club's 38 games up until that point. [14]

International career

In October 2022, Van de Ven was included in the preliminary Netherlands squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [15] He captained the under-21 team at the Under-21 Euro 2023. [5]

In August 2023, he received his first official call-up to the Netherlands senior national team by head coach Ronald Koeman, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland. [16]

On 13 October 2023, Van de Ven debuted for the Dutch senior squad in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against France, replacing Nathan Aké in the 80th minute. [17]

On 29 May 2024, Van de Ven was named in the Netherlands' squad for UEFA Euro 2024. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Volendam II 2019–20 Tweede Divisie 61————61
Volendam 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 19010———200
2020–21 Eerste Divisie26210——1 [lower-alpha 3] 0282
Total45220——10482
VfL Wolfsburg 2021–22 Bundesliga 5000—00—50
2022–23 Bundesliga33130———361
Total38130—00—411
Tottenham Hotspur 2023–24 Premier League 2731010——293
Career total1167601000101247
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 6 June 2024 [20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202320
202410
Total30

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  5. 1 2 "A 'Cruyffian' talent set for Premier League move?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Micky van de Ven: who is Wolfsburg's lightning-fast Dutch defender?". Bundesliga . Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Van de Ven arrives from VfL Wolfsburg". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. ↑ The Athletic Staff. "Spurs complete Van de Ven signing". The Athletic . Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Spurs kick off post-Harry Kane era with 2–2 draw at Brentford". The National. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Anderson, Jess (7 October 2023). "Luton Town 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ "Team news | Van de Ven, Maddison, Richarlison & Davies updates | Wolves vs Spurs". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  12. ↑ ""Ridiculous" Micky van de Ven's recovery from injury should be transformative for Tottenham". The Athletic. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Van de Ven becomes fastest Premier League player". Premier League. 6 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Micky completes clean sweep of Player of the Season awards". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Van Gaal neemt 39 spelers op in voorlopige selectie voor WK" [Van Gaal includes 39 players in provisional squad for World Cup] (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Drie debutanten in definitieve selectie Oranje". KNVB (in Dutch). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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