Wouter Verstraaten (born 10 March 1996) is a Dutch footballer. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in the United States and England.[1]

Wouter Verstraaten
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Heeze, The Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Geldrop
Youth career
Geldrop
2004–2015 PSV Eindhoven
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Pacific Tigers 56 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Eindhoven 2 (0)
2018 Portland Timbers U23s 6 (0)
2019 Geldrop
2019–2020 Consett 5 (1)
2020–2021 South Shields 17 (1)
2021–2022 Achilles Veen 7 (0)
2022– Geldrop
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2022

Biography

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Verstraaten enrolled at Durham University in September 2019 as a postgraduate sport scholar in the business school, and in addition to playing for the university football team also made appearances for Consett and South Shields – signing a full-time contract for the latter in May 2020.[2]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 24 December 2022[3]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Eindhoven 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Portland Timbers U23s 2018[4] PDL 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Consett 2019–20[5] Northern Football League 5 1 0 0 5[a] 0 10 1
South Shields 2019–20[6] Northern Premier League 11 1 0 0 2[b] 0 13 1
2020–21[7] 6 0 3[c] 0 1[d] 0 10 0
Total 17 1 3 0 3 0 23 1
Achilles Veen 2021–22 Hoofdklasse 7 0 1[e] 1 0 0 8 1
Career total 37 2 4 1 8 0 49 3
Notes
  1. ^ One appearance in the Durham Challenge Cup, one appearance in the League Cup and three appearances in the FA Vase
  2. ^ Appearances in the Integro League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in FA Cup qualification
  4. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy qualification
  5. ^ Appearances in the KNVB Cup

References

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  1. ^ "'Hoever en Van den Berg keken even op, van: hè, een Nederlandse jongen'". voetbalzone.nl.
  2. ^ "Post Graduate student Wouter Verstraaten signs professional contract for South Shields". Durham University. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ Wouter Verstraaten at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ "2018 Statistics". uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Wouter Verstraaten". consettafc.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ^ "2019–20 Statistics". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ "2020–21 Statistics". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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