Wouter Burger (born 16 February 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as midfielder for FC Basel.[2][3]
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Full name | Wouter Burger | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 21) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zuid-Beijerland, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Basel | ||||||||||||
Number | 23 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2006–2008 | ZBVH | ||||||||||||
2008–2011 | SHO | ||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Excelsior | ||||||||||||
2013–2019 | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2018–2021 | Feyenoord | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||
2020 | → Excelsior (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||
2021– | Basel | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Netherlands U15 | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||
2016–2017 | Netherlands U16 | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Netherlands U17 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018 | Netherlands U18 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||
2018– | Netherlands U19 | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2021 |
Burger started playing football at amateur club ZBVH in the village of Zuid-Beijerland near Rotterdam. Via SHO and Excelsior, he joined the Feyenoord youth academy.[4] On 30 March 2017, Burger signed his first professional contract at the age of 16.[5]
Burger made his first-team debut for Feyenoord on 17 August 2018 in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third round qualifiers against AS Trenčín, coming on for Tyrell Malacia in the 83rd minute.[6] On 29 August 2019, Burger scored his first goal in professional football in a 3–0 away win against Hapoel Be'er Sheva for Feyenoord in the play-off round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. In December 2018, he signed another contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2023.[7]
Burger was sent on loan to his former youth club Excelsior in the second half of the 2019–20 season.[8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the loan agreement was cut short. Burger played in all seven league games for Excelsior, before the league was suspended.[9]
Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Burger was sent on another loan to a Rotterdam-based club – this time Sparta.[10][11] Here he made 18 first team appearances in the Eredivisie scoring two goals.
On 31 August 2021 Swiss Super League club Basel announced that Burger had signed a four-year contract with them.[12] He made his domestic league debut for his new club on 12 September being substituted in during the away game as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Lugano.[13]
With the Netherlands U17 team, Burger participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in England. The team eventually won the final over Italy after a penalty-shootout. Burger was subsequently included in the UEFA team of the tournament.[14]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Feyenoord | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
Excelsior (loan) | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
Basel | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
Career total | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 3 |
Feyenoord
Netherlands U17
Individual
FC Basel – current squad | |
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