Gerrit Wegkamp

Gerrit Wegkamp (born 13 April 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Preußen Münster. He previously played for VfL Osnabrück, Fortuna Düsseldorf II, Fortuna Düsseldorf, MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich II, VfR Aalen, Sportfreunde Lotte and FSV Zwickau.

Gerrit Wegkamp
Wegkamp with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-13) 13 April 1993[1]
Place of birth Ochtrup, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Preußen Münster
Number 25
Youth career
1997–2004 SV Suddendorf-Samern
2004–2010 SV Bad Bentheim
2010–2011 VfL Osnabrück
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 VfL Osnabrück 21 (4)
2012–2014 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 28 (5)
2012–2014 Fortuna Düsseldorf 6 (0)
2014 → MSV Duisburg (loan) 15 (0)
2014–2015 Bayern Munich II 34 (15)
2015–2018 VfR Aalen 95 (16)
2018–2019 Sportfreunde Lotte 33 (2)
2019–2021 FSV Zwickau 42 (6)
2021– Preußen Münster 2 (1)
National team‡
2011–2012 Germany U19 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:55, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:27, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Ochtrup,[2] Wegkamp played youth football for SV Suddendorf-Samern and SV Bad Bentheim,[1] before joining VfL Osnabrück where he began his senior career.[3] He impressed for the youth sides at Osnabrück during the 2010–11 season,[4] and made his senior debut for the club on 23 July 2020 in a 1–0 3. Liga victory away to SV Darmstadt 98.[5] His first senior goal came in the next game; a 3–2 DFB-Pokal defeat to TSV 1860 Munich on 29 July 2011.[2] Wegkamp was noted for his potential, and he signed a contract extension until 2014 in September 2011.[6] Wegkamp was a regular player for Osnabrück in the first half of the season, though failed to appear for the club during the second half of the season as a result of a foot injury suffered in January 2012.[7] He made a total of 21 league appearances during the 2011–12 season, scoring four goals.[2]

Having impressed at Osnabrück, Wegkamp joined Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[8][9] He initially joined up with the club's reserve side, making his debut for Fortuna Düsseldorf II on 17 August 2012 in a 1–0 defeat to Sportfreunde Lotte,[10] and scored his first goal for them on 22 September 2012 in a 2–1 victory away to SC Verl.[2] Across the season, he made three appearances in the Bundesliga for Fortuna Düsseldorf, the first being as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat away to Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 4 November 2012, and 23 league appearances for Fortuna Düsseldorf II, scoring four.[2] After 3 first team appearances for Fortuna in the first half of the 2013–14 season, before joining 3. Liga side MSV Duisburg on loan on the final day of the January transfer window.[11][12] He made 15 appearances for Duisburg, though did not score.[1] In the summer of 2014, Wegkamp left Düsseldorf, joining Bayern Munich II.[13] He made 34 appearances for them across the 2014–15 season, scoring 15.[2]

In August 2015, Wegkamp signed for newly-relegated 2. Bundesliga side VfR Aalen after 5 appearances for Bayern Munich II.[3][14] His first appearance for the club came on He suffered a foot injury in April 2016, ruling him out for Aalen's last few games of the season.[15] He made his debut for the club on 30 August 2015 in a 1–1 draw at home to Hansa Rostock,[16] and scored his first goal for them in the following match; a 56th minute finish to round off the scoring in a 4–0 victory away to Energie Cottbus and was praised for his performance.[17][18] He made 25 appearances for Aalen, scoring three and assisting three goals across the 2015–16 season as his season was cut short through injury in April 2016.[19]

The 2016–17 saw more consistent performances from Wegkamp, scoring 11 goals in 37 appearances as Aalen finished 11th despite a 9-point deduction.[2][20] With his contract set to expire in the summer of 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension following the end of the 2016–17 season.[21] He made 33 appearances for Aalen, scoring twice across the 2017–18 season as Aalen finished 12th on 50 points.[2][22]

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the German transfer window, Wegkamp joined 3. Liga club Sportfreunde Lotte on a two-year contract after 5 appearances for Aalen that season.[23] His first appearance came the following day in a 3–1 victory away to Karlsruher SC[24] as he would make 33 appearances for Lotte across the 2018–19 season, scoring twice.[2]

Wegkamp signed for 3. Liga club FSV Zwickau on a two-year contract in the summer of 2019.[25] He made his debut for the club on 20 July 2019 and scored the opening goal as Zwickau defeated SV Meppen 2–0.[26]

In December 2020 it was announced Wegkamp would terminate his contract with FSV Zwickau and join Regionalliga West club SC Preußen Münster in January 2021.[27]

International career

Between 2011 and 2012, Wegkamp made three appearances for the Germany national under-19 football team, scoring once.[28]

Career statistics
As of 27 January 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Osnabrück 2011–12 3. Liga 21411225
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2012–13 Bundesliga 301040
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 301040
Total 602080
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2012–13 Regionalliga West 234—234
2013–14 51—51
Total 28500285
MSV Duisburg 2013–14 3. Liga 15000150
Bayern Munich II 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 3415—3415
2015–16 3030
Total 3715003715
VfR Aalen 2015–16 3. Liga 25300253
2016–17 3711—3711
2017–18 332—332
2018–19 50—50
Total 100160010016
Sportfreunde Lotte 2018–19 3. Liga 332—332
FSV Zwickau 2019–20 3. Liga 366—366
2020–21 60—366
Total 42600426
Preußen Münster 2020–21 Regionalliga West 21—21
Career total 284493128750

References
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  2. "Gerrit Wegkamp". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. Koch, Julian (29 August 2015). "Perfekt: VfR Aalen nimmt Gerrit Wegkamp unter Vertrag". liga3-online.de (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. Beckmann, Winfried (15 October 2010). "„In jedem Training voll Gas geben"". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. Fetter, Susanne (26 July 2011). "„Das war ein cooles Gefühl": Gerrit Wegkamp — Sein erstes Spiel beim VfL". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. ""Es waren lange Verhandlungen": Supertalent Wegkamp bleibt dem VfL erhalten". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. "Haarriss im rechten Mittelfuß: Saison für Wegkamp zu Ende: VfL-Nachwuchsstürmer fällt weitere zwei Monate aus". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). 15 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. Janning, Falk (1 July 2012). "Fortuna verpflichtet Wegkamp, Müller und Alhuthayfi". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. Janning, Falk (6 July 2012). "Wegkamp — der bescheidene Torjäger". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  10. Breitbach, Joachim (17 August 2012). "Fortuna verlor mit sieben Profis". Der Westen (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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  13. "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Gerrit Wegkamp wechselt zu Bayern Münchens U23". Rheinische Post (in German). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  14. "Wegkamp stürmt für den VfR Aalen". kicker (in German). 29 August 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. "Saisonaus für Aalens Wegkamp". kicker (in German). 11 April 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  16. "1:1! Ojala kontert Hansa-Führung rotzfrech". kicker (in German). 30 August 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  17. "Desaströse Cottbuser unterliegen dem VfR". kicker (in German). 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  18. "Aalen löst Ladehemmung". kicker (in German). 7 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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  21. "Aalen: Wegkamp bleibt bis 2019". kicker (in German). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  22. "Tabelle – 3. Liga 2017/18". kicker (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  23. Austermann, Thomas (31 August 2018). "Gerrit Wegkamp stürmt ab sofort für Sportfreunde Lotte". Westfälische Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  24. "Lottes Kroll lässt die KSC-Stürmer verzweifeln". kicker (in German). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  25. ""Kann Tore schießen": Zwickau holt Wegkamp". kicker (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  26. "Wegkamp trifft beim Auftaktsieg". kicker (in German). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  27. "Vertrag in Zwickau aufgelöst: Wegkamp schließt sich Preußen Münster an". kicker (in German). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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