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Nick Viergever

Nick Viergever
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Viergever with Ajax
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 27)
Place of birth Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Left Back
Club information
Current team
Ajax
Number 26
Youth career
Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Sparta Rotterdam 30 (0)
2010–2014 AZ 114 (5)
2014– Ajax 62 (3)
National team
2009–2010 Netherlands U21 5 (0)
2012– Netherlands 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 February 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Nick Viergever (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnɪk ˈfiːrɣeːvər]; born 3 August 1989) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Ajax and the Netherlands national team as a defender.

Viergever made his debut in the Eredivisie with Sparta Rotterdam in a 1–1 draw with NEC on 10 May 2009, coming on as a substitute for Edwin van Bueren in the second half.

In the summer of 2010, Viergever moved to AZ. He was named as vice-captain behind Maarten Martens at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, after Niklas Moisander and Rasmus Elm had left the club. With Martens ruled out through a long-term injury, Viergever skippered AZ for the most of the season.

On 24 May 2014, it was announced that Viergever had signed a four-year contract with Ajax. Viergever scored an important goal for Ajax against FC Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League. After a 2-0 victory in the first leg in Amsterdam Viergever saw his team trailing with 3-0 in the away game in Gelsenkirchen before hitting the net in 110th minute of extra time, sending his club to the semi-finales on away goals for the first time in over twenty years.

On 7 May 2012, Viergever was one of nine uncapped players named in the provisional list of 36 players for the Euro 2012 tournament by Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk. He did not make the final cut. On 15 August 2012, Viergever made his debut under new manager Louis van Gaal in the 4–2 away loss to Belgium in a friendly match.


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