Jasper van der Werff

Jasper van der Werff
Van der Werff in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Universitatea Cluj
Number 16
Youth career
–2008 FC Speicher
2008–2016 St. Gallen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 St. Gallen U21 23 (3)
2018 St. Gallen 9 (0)
2018–2022 Red Bull Salzburg 4 (0)
2018–2019 FC Liefering 12 (0)
2020–2021 → Basel (loan) 34 (1)
2021–2022 → SC Paderborn (loan) 30 (0)
2022–2024 SC Paderborn 7 (0)
2023–2024 → Hansa Rostock (loan) 21 (2)
2024– Universitatea Cluj 4 (0)
International career
2014 Switzerland U16 2 (0)
2018–2021 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024

Jasper van der Werff (born 9 December 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.

Club career

Van der Werff made his professional debut for St. Gallen in a 2–0 Swiss Super League win over Basel on 17 February 2018.[1] In the summer of 2018 van der Werff transferred to Red Bull Salzburg and he was loaned to FC Liefering.

On 9 January 2020, Basel announced that they had loan contracted van der Werff for one and a half seasons.[2] After three test games van der Werff played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 2 February as Basel were defeated 2–1 by St. Gallen.[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 21 January 2021 in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park against Lugano. It was the last goal of the game in the 89th minute and the equaliser as Basel managed a 2–2 draw.[4]

Van der Werff left the club as the contract ended. During his 18 months with the club, Van der Werff played a total of 50 games for Basel scoring the afore mentioned one goal. 34 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the Swiss Cup, five in the UEFA Europa League and seven were friendly games.[5]

On 19 May 2022, van der Werff signed with SC Paderborn on a permanent basis after playing at the club on loan in the previous season.[6] On 20 July 2023, van der Werff was loaned to Hansa Rostock for one season.[7]

On 6 August 2024, van der Werff signed with Universitatea Cluj in Romania.[8]

International career

Van der Werff was born in Switzerland to Dutch parents who had moved to Speicher, Switzerland the previous year.[9][10] He grew up in Speicher and represented the Switzerland U16 twice in 2014.[11]

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Basel

References

  1. ^ "Basel vs. St. Gallen - 17 February 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ FC Basel 1893. "Jasper van der Werff wechselt leihweise zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel homepage. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC St. Gallen 1:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ Marti, Casper (2021). "Punkteteilung mit Lugano nach packender Schlussphase". Points shared with Lugano after a thrilling final phase. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2021). "Jasper van der Werff". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ "VAN DER WERFF BLEIBT" (in German). Paderborn. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ^ "LEIHE FÜR EIN JAHR: F.C. HANSA VERPFLICHTET JASPER VAN DER WERFF" [LOAN FOR ONE YEAR: FC HANSA SIGNS JASPER VAN DER WERFF] (in German). FC Hansa Rostock. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Jasper van der Werff, noul jucător al Universității Cluj" [Jasper van der Werff, the new player of Universitatea Cluj] (in Romanian). FC Universitatea Cluj. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ^ Ralf Streuer, FCSG-Nachwuchshoffnung van der Werff: "Meine Eltern waren nervöser als ich", Tagblatt, 2 March 2018
  10. ^ "St. Gallen muss mehrere Wochen auf Jasper van der Werff verzichten". 19 March 2018.
  11. ^ Switzerland, St. Galler Tagblatt AG. "Ein Abend im Zeichen des Sports".