Wouter Burger

Wouter Burger (born 16 February 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Swiss Super League club FC Basel.[2][3]

Wouter Burger
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-16) 16 February 2001
Place of birth Zuid-Beijerland, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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 47 (3)
International career
2015–2016 Netherlands U15 8 (3)
2016–2017 Netherlands U16 9 (4)
2017–2018 Netherlands U17 15 (0)
2018 Netherlands U18 2 (1)
2018–2019 Netherlands U19 16 (4)
2021–2022 Netherlands U21 4 (0)
Honours
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
WinnerEngland 2018U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:58, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Feyenoord

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]

Loan to Excelsior

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]

Loan to Sparta

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.

Basel

On 31 August 2021 Swiss Super League club Basel announced that Burger had signed a four-year contract with them.[12] Burger joined Basel's first team during their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen. 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] In his first season Burger played 35 domestic league and Conference League matches without scoring a goal. He scored his first goal for his club in the first match of the 2022–23 Swiss Super League season. It was the equaliser in the away game at the Schützenwiese on 16 July 2022 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Winterthur.[14]

International career

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.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 March 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Feyenoord 2018–19 Eredivisie 10101[lower-alpha 1]00030
2019–20 Eredivisie 60004[lower-alpha 1]100101
2020–21 Eredivisie 1000000010
2021–22 Eredivisie 10001[lower-alpha 2]00020
Total 90106100161
Excelsior (loan) 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 7000—0070
Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 18210—1[lower-alpha 3]0202
Basel 2021–22 Swiss Super League 260208[lower-alpha 2]0—360
2022–23 Swiss Super League 2132012[lower-alpha 2]2—355
Total 47340202—715
Career total 81560263101148
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Appearance in Eredivisie European competition play-offs

Honours

Feyenoord

Netherlands U17

Individual

References
  1. "Wouter Burger | FC Basel – Die offizielle Website". FC Basel (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. "Netherlands - W. Burger - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. Wouter Burger at WorldFootball.net
  4. "ZBVH en SHO zijn trots op hun EK-finalist Wouter Burger (Oranje onder 17)". KNVB (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
  5. "Feyenoord contracteert jeugdspeler Wouter Burger". Feyenoord (in Dutch). 30 March 2017.
  6. "Feyenoord vs. AS Trenčín - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. "Feyenoord talent Wouter Burger uit Zuid-Beijerland verlengd contract bij Feyenoord tot 2023". Hoeksche Waard Nieuws (in Dutch). 12 December 2018.
  8. "Feyenoord verhuurt Zuid-Beijerlandse Wouter Burger (18) aan stadsgenoot Excelsior". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 23 January 2020.
  9. "'Ik woog 72 toen ik in de basis stond bij Feyenoord, nu zit ik op 80 kilo'". Voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 3 August 2020.
  10. "Wouter Burger op huurbasis naar Het Kasteel". Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch). 3 October 2020.
  11. "Sparta huurt Wouter Burger van Feyenoord". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 2 October 2020.
  12. FC Basel 1893 (31 August 2021). "Wouter Burger stösst von Feyenoord Rotterdam zum FCB". Wouter Burger joins FCB from Feyenoord Rotterdam. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  13. FC Basel 1893 (12 September 2021). "1:1 im Tessin – Lugano und der FCB Teilen sich die Punkte". 1:1 in Ticino - Lugano and FCB share the points. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  14. FC Basel 1893 (16 July 2022). "1:1 in Winterthur - Punkteteilung zum Saisonstart". 1:1 in Winterthur - points shared at the start of the season. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  15. "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  16. "Soccerway Match Report". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  17. Saffer, Paul (20 May 2018). "Netherlands win #U17EURO: at a glance". UEFA.com.
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