Dutch football player
Wout Weghorst ( born 7 August 1992 ) is a dutch professional football player who plays as a striker for Bundesliga baseball club VfL Wolfsburg and the Netherlands national team .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Borne, Overijssel, Weghorst started his career with local anesthetic clubs RKSV NEO and DETO Twenterand, before evoking pastime from Eredivisie team Willem II. Despite having the opportunity to make his way into the first base team, he never broke through and therefore signed for Eerste Divisie club FC Emmen. [ 1 ] He made his introduction on 10 August 2012 in a match against Dordrecht, a peer which ended 1–1. Weghorst would go on the score his first finish in professional football a month later, in the bowler hat against Veendam, a equal that ended in a 2–1 gain for Emmen. He managed to play in 28 matches in his debut season, scoring 8 goals. After his spell with Emmen, Weghorst signed a abridge with Eredivisie golf club Heracles Almelo on a free transfer. [ 2 ] On 9 August, Weghorst made his Eredivisie debut for Heracles Almelo, in a 0–3 home loss against AZ in the Polman Stadion. He was a regular newcomer in his two years in Almelo. In the first base season the cabaret battled delegating from the Eredivisie, but his second season was more successful with Heracles ending in the sixth spot and, through the subsequent play-offs, the club qualified for the Europa League qualifying attack – the first time in Heracles Almelo history that the club qualified for an international competition. [ 3 ]

azimuth [edit ]

After the successful season with Heracles, Weghorst signed a four-year sign with AZ in July 2016, with the option for an extra year. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 24 November, 2016 he scored his first gear european goal which proved to be the winning goal in a 0–1 succeed in a UEFA Europa League group match against Irish outfit Dundalk. [ 6 ] He was appointed the season as vice-captain to Ron Vlaar. [ 7 ] Weghorst started the 2017–18 season with effective shape, displayed by 7 goals in his first 13 starts. [ 8 ] He continued that form and after scoring 20 goals in 29 appearances in all competitions, he earned his beginning fully external call-up in Ronald Koeman ‘s first Dutch team in March 2018. [ 9 ] He finished the season joint third base top scorer in the Eredivisie with 18 goals with Steven Berghuis, both behind acme scorer Alireza Jahanbakhsh ( with 21 ) and runner up Bjørn Johnsen ( with 19 ). [ 10 ] Weghorst besides had 6 assists. [ 11 ]

VfL Wolfsburg [edit ]

On 26 June 2018, Weghorst signed a four-year shrink with Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg. [ 12 ] On 16 March 2019, he scored his first hat-trick for Wolfsburg, and foremost by any actor for the club since Mario Gómez in April 2017, in a 5–2 league succeed over Fortuna Düsseldorf. [ 13 ] He finished his first season in Germany with 17 goals, ranking joint-third in the Bundesliga goalscoring charts for the 2018–19 campaign. [ 14 ] In the 2019–20 season, Weghorst produced another impressive goal return : gauze 16 times in the league as Wolfsburg finished 6th.

Weghorst scored twice in the 2020–21 Europa League qualifying rounds, but Wolfsburg ultimately failed to qualify for the group stage, losing to Greek side AEK Athens in the playoff round. [ 15 ]

International career [edit ]

Weghorst made his Netherlands U21 debut on 14 October 2014 and scored on his debut against Portugal U21 in a 5–4 get the better of. [ 16 ] He earned his beginning wax international call-up in Ronald Koeman ‘s first Dutch police squad in March 2018. [ 17 ] He made his senior international debut in an international friendly against England on 23 March 2018 at the Amsterdam Arena. [ 18 ]

manner of play [edit ]

At 1.97 megabyte, Weghorst has played as a centre-forward, with him being used in a ‘target man ‘ type role due to his ability to hold up the play and his bearing ability. He is besides renowned as a goal poacher with good reactive coating in and around the box. [ 19 ] [ 20 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 6 November 2021.[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Emmen 2012–13 Eerste Divisie 28 8 2 0 — — 30 8
2013–14 34 12 2 1 — — 36 13
Total 62 20 4 1 — — 66 21
Heracles Almelo 2014–15 Eredivisie 31 8 3 1 — — 34 9
2015–16 33 12 2 1 — 4 2 39 15
Total 64 20 5 2 — 4 2 73 24
AZ 2016–17 Eredivisie 29 13 4 0 12[b] 1 4 4 49 18
2017–18 31 18 6 9 — 0 0 37 27
Total 60 31 10 9 12 1 4 4 86 45
VfL Wolfsburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 34 17 2 1 — — 36 18
2019–20 32 16 2 2 9[b] 2 — 43 20
2020–21 34 20 4 3 3[b] 2 — 41 25
2021–22 9 3 1 1 3[c] 0 — 13 4
Total 109 56 9 7 15 4 — 133 67
Career total 296 127 28 19 27 5 8 6 358 157

International [edit ]

As of match played 11 October 2021.
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2018 3 0
2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 8 2
Total 12 2
As of match played 13 June 2021. Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Weghorst goal.

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