Paul Verhaegh

Not to be confused with Paul Verhaeghe or Pål Varhaug.

Paul Verhaegh
Personal information
Full name Paul Johannes Gerardus Verhaegh[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-01) 1 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Kronenberg, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
S.V. Kronenberg
VVV-Venlo
PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 PSV 0 (0)
2003–2004 → AGOVV Apeldoorn (loan) 33 (1)
2004–2006 FC Den Bosch 56 (4)
2006–2010 Vitesse 138 (6)
2010–2017 FC Augsburg 186 (20)
2017–2019 VfL Wolfsburg 33 (2)
2019–2020 Twente 7 (0)
Total 453 (33)
International career
2006–2007 Netherlands U21 20 (5)
2009 Netherlands B 2 (0)
2013–2014 Netherlands 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2014
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Johannes Gerardus Verhaegh (born 1 September 1983) is a former Dutch professional footballer who played as a right-back.[2]

Club career

Verhaegh began his career at PSV Eindhoven, making 33 league appearances while on loan at AGOVV Apeldoorn. He then moved to FC Den Bosch in 2004, making 32 league appearances, before moving to Vitesse after the 2004–05 season.[3] After four years, he left Vitesse and signed a two-year contract with FC Augsburg on 27 May 2010.

After having spent seven years with FC Augsburg, Verhaegh switched to VfL Wolfsburg, after agreeing to a two-year deal.[4] In April 2019, it was announced that Verhaegh had been released by the club with immediate effect.[5]

On 5 June 2019, Dutch club FC Twente signed Verhaegh on a one-year contract with the club following a medical.[2] Verhaegh announced his retirement on 3 June 2020.[6]

International career

Verhaegh was a member of the Netherlands U-21 squad that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

He made his debut for the senior national team against Portugal in a 1–1 friendly draw on 15 August 2013.[7] He was also part of the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[8] He started in the round of 16 match against Mexico, where the Netherlands relied on late goals to progress to the quarter-finals on their way to finishing third.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AGOVV Apeldoorn (loan) 2003–04 Eerste Divisie 33 1 0 0 – 33 1
FC Den Bosch 2004–05 Eredivisie 32 0 0 0 – 32 0
2005–06 Eerste Divisie 24 4 0 0 – 24 4
Total 56 4 0 0 0 0 56 4
Vitesse 2005–06 Eredivisie 12 0 0 0 6[a] 0 18 0
2006–07 32 2 0 0 5[a] 0 37 2
2007–08 33 0 1 0 – 34 0
2008–09 31 2 1 0 – 32 2
2009–10 30 2 2 0 – 32 2
Total 138 6 4 0 11 0 153 6
FC Augsburg 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 30 1 3 0 – 33 1
2011–12 Bundesliga 26 1 3 1 – 29 2
2012–13 17 0 1 0 – 18 0
2013–14 30 3 3 0 – 33 3
2014–15 27 6 1 0 – 28 6
2015–16 25 6 2 0 8[b] 1 35 7
2016–17 31 3 0 0 – 31 3
Total 186 20 13 1 8 1 207 22
VfL Wolfsburg 2017–18 Bundesliga 31 2 2 0 – 33 2
2018–19 2 0 1 0 – 3 0
Total 33 2 3 0 0 0 36 2
Twente 2019–20 Eredivisie 7 0 1 0 – 8 0
Career total 453 33 21 1 19 1 493 35
  1. ^ a b Eredivisie play-offs for UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2013 1 0
2014 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours

FC Augsburg

Netherlands U21

Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Paul Verhaegh naar FC Twente". FC Twente. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Paul Verhaegh" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Ausgburg captain Paul Verhaegh makes Wolfsburg switch". Bundesliga. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Verhaegh released". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 29 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Oud-international Verhaegh stopt na solide loopbaan met voetballen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Portugal vs Netherlands". Soccerway.
  8. ^ "Van Gaal heeft verrassingen in petto in voorselectie". Voetbalzone. 13 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Paul Verhaegh » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Netherlands - P. Verhaegh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  11. ^ "FCA schlägt auch Eindhoven und gewinnt Maspalomas-Cup". Augsburger-Allgemeine.de. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: Brazil-Netherlands". FIFA. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.