Tom van Weert (born 7 June 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club AEK Athens.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1990-06-07) 7 June 1990 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AEK Athens | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RKVV Sint-Michielsgestel | |||
| Den Bosch | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Den Bosch | 97 | (41) |
| 2014–2016 | Excelsior | 64 | (24) |
| 2016–2018 | Groningen | 48 | (17) |
| 2018–2021 | AaB | 81 | (27) |
| 2021–2022 | Volos | 34 | (18) |
| 2022– | AEK Athens | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2022 | |||
Van Weert made his debut in professional football in the Eerste Divisie (second-tier) for Den Bosch on 5 December 2008 in a match against PEC Zwolle.[1] On 6 March 2009, he scored his first senior goal in a 7–1 win over Eindhoven.[2] In the 2010–11 season he grew into a regular starter for the club. Van Weert suffered a serious injury during a match against Eindhoven on 28 April 2013, with the MRI scan revealing that he had torn off his anterior cruciate ligament.[3] Due to this injury, he was only able to make his comeback in the play-offs of the 2013–14 season.
On 10 June 2014, Excelsior announced that they had signed van Weert on a transfer. At Excelsior, he took over after Lars Veldwijk who had moved to Nottingham Forest.[4] He made his debut for the Rotterdam club in the first game of the season, on 9 August against NAC Breda, match which finished 1–1.[5] A week later, he scored his first goal for Excelsior against Go Ahead Eagles.[6] Van Weert played two seasons for Excelsior, who both years finished in fifteenth place in the Eredivisie, one place ahead of relegation. He contributed avoiding relegation by scoring thirteen and eleven goals, respectively, in his two seasons there.[7]
Van Weert signed a three-year contract with Groningen in June 2016, coming over on a free.[8] He made 112 appearances for the club, in which he scored 41 goals.[9]
On 29 August 2019, van Weert signed a three-year contract with Danish Superliga club AaB.[9] He later revealed that he also had offers from Portuguese club Sporting CP, but that chaotic circumstances in the club meant that the move did not go through.[10][11]
On 25 June 2021, Van Weert was announced by the Greek top-level club Volos.[12] By early January 2022, he had emerged as his team's leader, having scored ten goals and leading the top scorers table.[13]
On 7 September 2022, he joined the Greek top-level club AEK Athens on a two-year deal.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Den Bosch | 2008–09 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 28 | 18 | ||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 2 | — | 36 | 19 | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 98 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 118 | 45 | ||
| Excelsior | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 32 | 13 | 4 | 3 | — | 36 | 16 | |
| 2015–16 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | — | 34 | 15 | |||
| Total | 64 | 24 | 6 | 7 | — | 70 | 31 | |||
| Groningen | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 12 | |||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 18 | ||
| AaB | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | — | 28 | 11 | |
| 2019–20 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | — | 29 | 11 | |||
| 2020–21 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 9 | |||
| Total | 81 | 27 | 10 | 4 | — | 91 | 31 | |||
| Volos | 2021–22 | Superleague Greece | 31 | 17 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 17 | |
| 2022–23 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 18 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 18 | |||
| Career total | 326 | 125 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 370 | 143 | ||
AEK Athens F.C. – current squad | |
|---|---|
|
Super League Greece top scorers | |
|---|---|
|