Paul Verhaegh

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Paul Verhaegh
Personal information
Full name Paul Johannes Gerardus Verhaegh[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-01) 1 September 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Kronenberg, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)
Right-back
Youth career
S.V. Kronenberg
VVV-Venlo
PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 PSV 0 (0)
2003–2004
AGOVV Apeldoorn
(loan)
33 (1)
2004–2006 FC Den Bosch 56 (4)
2006–2010
Vitesse
138 (6)
2010–2017 FC Augsburg 186 (20)
2017–2019 VfL Wolfsburg 33 (2)
2019–2020 Twente 7 (0)
Total 453 (33)
International career
2006–2007
Netherlands U21
20 (5)
2009 Netherlands B 2 (0)
2013–2014 Netherlands 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2014
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Johannes Gerardus Verhaegh (born 1 September 1983) is a former Dutch professional

right-back.[2]

Club career

Verhaegh began his career at

AGOVV Apeldoorn. He then moved to FC Den Bosch in 2004, making 32 league appearances, before moving to Vitesse after the 2004–05 season.[3] After four years, he left Vitesse and signed a two-year contract with FC Augsburg
on 27 May 2010.

After having spent seven years with FC Augsburg, Verhaegh switched to VfL Wolfsburg, after agreeing to a two-year deal.[4] In April 2019, it was announced that Verhaegh had been released by the club with immediate effect.[5]

On 5 June 2019, Dutch club FC Twente signed Verhaegh on a one-year contract with the club following a medical.[2] Verhaegh announced his retirement on 3 June 2020.[6]

International career

Verhaegh was a member of the Netherlands U-21 squad that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

He made his debut for the senior national team against Portugal in a 1–1 friendly draw on 15 August 2013.[7] He was also part of the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[8] He started in the round of 16 match against Mexico, where the Netherlands relied on late goals to progress to the quarter-finals on their way to finishing third.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AGOVV Apeldoorn
(loan)
2003–04
Eerste Divisie 33 1 0 0 33 1
FC Den Bosch
2004–05
Eredivisie 32 0 0 0 32 0
2005–06
Eerste Divisie 24 4 0 0 24 4
Total 56 4 0 0 0 0 56 4
Vitesse
2005–06
Eredivisie 12 0 0 0 6[a] 0 18 0
2006–07
32 2 0 0 5[a] 0 37 2
2007–08
33 0 1 0 34 0
2008–09
31 2 1 0 32 2
2009–10
30 2 2 0 32 2
Total 138 6 4 0 11 0 153 6
FC Augsburg 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 30 1 3 0 33 1
2011–12 Bundesliga 26 1 3 1 29 2
2012–13
17 0 1 0 18 0
2013–14
30 3 3 0 33 3
2014–15
27 6 1 0 28 6
2015–16 25 6 2 0 8[b] 1 35 7
2016–17
31 3 0 0 31 3
Total 186 20 13 1 8 1 207 22
VfL Wolfsburg
2017–18
Bundesliga 31 2 2 0 33 2
2018–19
2 0 1 0 3 0
Total 33 2 3 0 0 0 36 2
Twente
2019–20
Eredivisie 7 0 1 0 8 0
Career total 453 33 21 1 19 1 493 35
  1. ^ a b Eredivisie play-offs for UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2013 1 0
2014 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours

FC Augsburg

Netherlands U21

Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Paul Verhaegh naar FC Twente". FC Twente. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Paul Verhaegh" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Ausgburg captain Paul Verhaegh makes Wolfsburg switch". Bundesliga. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Verhaegh released". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 29 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Oud-international Verhaegh stopt na solide loopbaan met voetballen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Portugal vs Netherlands". Soccerway.
  8. ^ "Van Gaal heeft verrassingen in petto in voorselectie". Voetbalzone. 13 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Paul Verhaegh » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Netherlands - P. Verhaegh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  11. ^ "FCA schlägt auch Eindhoven und gewinnt Maspalomas-Cup". Augsburger-Allgemeine.de. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: Brazil-Netherlands". FIFA. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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