Joris Mathijsen

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Joris Mathijsen
Joris Mathijsen 2014.jpg
Joris Mathijsen (2014)
Personnel
birthday April 5, 1980
place of birth Goirle ,  Netherlands
size 182 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
1985-1989 VOAB
1989-1998 Willem II Tilburg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-2004 Willem II Tilburg 127 (6)
2004-2006 AZ Alkmaar 51 (2)
2006-2011 Hamburger SV 148 (6)
2011–2012 Málaga CF 28 (0)
2012-2015 Feyenoord Rotterdam 57 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2004–2012 Netherlands 84 (3)
1 Only league games are given.

Joris Mathijsen (born April 5, 1980 in Goirle , Netherlands ) is a former Dutch football player and today's football official. As a player, the central defender was under contract in the Netherlands, in Germany with Hamburger SV and in Spain. He is a former Dutch international and was runner-up in 2010. Since summer 2016 he has been Technical Director of Willem II Tilburg .

Career

society

In the Netherlands

Mathijsen initially played for VOAB in his native Goirle , a suburb of the city of Tilburg in the south of the Netherlands . At the age of nine, he moved to Willem II Tilburg and went through the other youth teams there until he was in the first team in the Dutch Eredivisie in 1998/99 . In 1999 he made his first appearance in the first division. After the defender had been used several times the following year, he was finally able to prevail in the third year. From 2001 to 2004 he was a regular player in the middle of the defense and played almost all competitive games for the club.

Mathijsen had his breakthrough after moving to AZ Alkmaar . Together with Tim de Cler and Kew Jaliens , he formed a defensive trio, which at that time also partially represented the defense in the Dutch national team . In its first season with North Holland, the club finished third and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup .

Hamburger SV

On August 23, 2006 Mathijsen moved to the German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV . On August 27, 2006, he made his debut on matchday three against Hertha BSC in the starting eleven. On October 20, 2007 Mathijsen scored his first Bundesliga goal in the game against VfB Stuttgart and at the same time HSV scored the 2,500th goal in the Bundesliga. At Hamburger SV he was a regular player and played 148 games in which he scored six goals. He also played six games in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Europa League with the Northern Germans in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons .

Málaga CF and retirement in the Netherlands

In the summer of 2011 Mathijsen moved to Málaga FC . He signed a two-year contract with the Spanish first division club with an option for another year. With the Andalusians, however, he only stayed one season, played 28 league games and three cup games and reached fourth place with his team, in the cup , Malaga was eliminated in the round of 16 against Real Madrid .

For the 2012/13 season he moved back to Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Netherlands . He signed a contract there for three seasons. In the 2013/14 season he was runner-up with Feyenoord. In his last season he finally reached the group stage of the Europa League 2014/15 with the team - after failing twice in qualifying in the previous seasons - and was used there in a game. By the end of the 2014/15 season he had completed a total of 57 league games (one goal) for Feyenoord. After the end of the season Mathijsen left the club and ended his active career at the turn of the year 2015/16.

National team

A few months after moving to AZ Alkmaar, Mathijsen made his debut in the national team on November 17, 2004. He was in the Dutch squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany and came to three missions there. He was also part of the squad at the 2008 European Championships and played two of the three group games. As group winners, the Netherlands met Russia in the quarter-finals and were eliminated by a 3-1 defeat a year later; Mathijsen was used in this game.

At the 2010 World Cup , he only missed the round of 16; in the final he lost with the team 0: 1 a. V. against European champions Spain . Two years later he was in the Dutch squad for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and the Ukraine and was eliminated from the tournament with the team as the bottom of the group. He had played two of the three group games.

Mathijsen played a total of 84 games for the Dutch national team from 2004 to 2012 and scored three goals. He made his last appearance on September 11, 2012 in a 4-1 victory in the World Cup qualifier against Hungary in Budapest .

After his career as a player

In the summer of 2016 Mathijsen took over the position of technical manager of Willem II Tilburg ; he signed a three-year contract with his former youth club. A year later he was promoted to the club's technical director. His contract term was extended in May 2018 to 2022.

successes

With the clubs

Willem II Tilburg

AZ Alkmaar

Hamburger SV

With the national team

family

Mathijsen is married and has two sons, both of whom were born in Hamburg.

Web links

Commons : Joris Mathijsen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kicker online (ed.): HSV brings Mathijsen. August 23, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Hamburger Sport-Verein eV (ed.): Joris Mathijsen changes to FC Malaga. In: Hamburger SV. 2011, archived from the original on June 20, 2011 ; accessed in 2011 .
  3. ↑ Mathijsen wordt Feyenoorder (Dutch) ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.feyenoord.nl
  4. ↑ Carrière Mathijsen unites stilletjes: 'Tot oktober heb ik nog wel gekeken' , voetbalzone.nl, December 17, 2015, accessed on September 15, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ See the match dates on the website of the Dutch Football Association
  6. ^ Joris Mathijsen. (No longer available online.) In: Willem II Tilburg . Willem II, June 14, 2016, archived from the original ; accessed in 2016 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ JORIS MATHIJSEN VAN MANAGER NAAR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR. In: Willem II Tilburg . Willem II, June 20, 2017, accessed July 13, 2019 (Dutch).
  8. ^ Wilber Hack: Willem II breekt contract with Joris Mathijsen open. In: Brabantse Dagblad. De Persgroep Nederland, May 18, 2018, accessed July 13, 2019 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ Tweede zoon voor Mathijsen , De Telegraaf of July 29, 2010, viewed on December 1, 2010
  10. ↑ Farewell interview
personal data
SURNAME Mathijsen, Joris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Goirle