Jetro Willems

Jetro Danovich Sexer Willems (born in Rotterdam 30 March 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back or left-back for Eintracht Frankfurt. He represented the Netherlands national team at UEFA Euro 2012; he played in the Netherlands' opening match of the tournament at the age of 18 years and 71 days, making him the youngest player ever to play in the UEFA European Championship.

Jetro Willems
Willems training with PSV Eindhoven in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jetro Danovich Sexer Willems[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994[2]
Place of birth Rotterdam, The Netherlands[3]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[4]
Position(s) Left-back, left wing-back
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 30
Youth career
Spartaan'20
Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Sparta Rotterdam 16 (0)
2011–2017 PSV Eindhoven 144 (11)
2017– Eintracht Frankfurt 45 (0)
2019–2020 → Newcastle United (loan) 19 (2)
National team‡
2010–2011 Netherlands U17 15 (0)
2011 Netherlands U19 2 (0)
2013–2014 Netherlands U21 5 (0)
2012–2016 Netherlands 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2016

Club career

Sparta Rotterdam

Willems began his career with amateur side Spartaan '20 from whom he joined Sparta Rotterdam. During his time with Sparta he progressed through the club's youth academy and made his senior debut on 16 January 2011, in a match against Go Ahead Eagles.[5] He made 16 appearances in the Dutch second division.[6]

PSV
Willems playing for PSV Eindhoven in 2014

On 31 August 2011, Willems joined PSV Eindhoven on a three-year contract.[7] He received the number 43 jersey and made his PSV debut on 23 October in a match against Vitesse.[8] Willems became the youngest Dutchman to play in a UEFA competition when he started against Hapoel Tel Aviv on 3 November in a UEFA Europa League group stage match.[9] That same month, he was permanently promoted to the first team squad.[10]

In December, Willems was targeted for a move to Manchester United, with then United manager Sir Alex Ferguson looking for "the next Patrice Evra".[11] On 3 April 2012, Willems' contract was upgraded and extended until 2016.[12]

Willems scored his first professional – and PSV – goal on 22 April 2012 in a match against NEC.[13] With this goal, he became the youngest goalscorer in the 2011–12 Eredivisie. He experienced a great amount of playing time in the 2011–12 season because full-back Erik Pieters was injured. Although being young and quite inexperienced, Willems quickly showed evidence of his raw talent, especially his technique and attacking traits.

On 15 July 2015, Willems suffered a serious injury and missed the first half of the 2015–16 season.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 17 July 2017, Willems joined Eintracht Frankfurt to replace Bastian Oczipka, who, in turn, joined Schalke 04. The transfer fee paid to PSV was reported as between €5 million and €9 million, depending on the source.[14][15][16] Willems made 29 appearances during the 2017–18 season,[17] which included the surprise win over Bayern Munich in the German Cup final.[18]

Willems started the 2018–19 season by starting in the German Super Cup.[19]

2019–20 season: Loan to Newcastle United

On 2 August 2019, Willems joined Newcastle United of the Premier League on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.[20] Willems scored his first goal for Newcastle and in the Premier League on 14 September, putting the Magpies into a shock lead at reigning UEFA Champions League winners Liverpool but the side eventually fell to a 1–3 defeat.[21] Willems then scored in a 2–2 draw with reigning league champions Manchester City on 30 November.[22]

He was an ever present in the Newcastle side during the first-half of the season but suffered a season ending injury in January 2020 and left the club when his loan expired on 1 July 2020.[23]

International career
Willems playing for the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2012

In 2011, Willems won the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with the Netherlands under-17 team.[24] While being selected for the under-19 squad, on 7 May 2012 Willems was named in the provisional list of 36 players for UEFA Euro 2012, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by senior team manager Bert van Marwijk as part of the preliminary squad. He was still in the Oranje squad for Euro 2012 after Van Marwijk had made a first cut to 27 players on 15 May 2012.[25] Willems also made the final cut into the 23-man squad, being given the number 15 shirt.[26] He made his first unofficial appearance for the senior national team on 22 May 2012 in a friendly match against Bayern Munich.

On 26 May 2012, Willems made his first appearance with the senior Dutch side in a match against Bulgaria.[27]

At the Euro 2012, Willems made his first start for the Netherlands, against Denmark, becoming the youngest ever player to play at the Euros and the fourth-youngest player to play for the Netherlands, at 18 years and 71 days of age.[28] The record was previously held by Belgian Enzo Scifo, at 18 years and 115 days.[29] He featured in all the group stage games, however the Netherlands were eliminated from the tournament after losing all three group stage matches.[30]

Career statistics

Club statistics
As of matches played on 14 June 2020.
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sparta Rotterdam 2010–11 Eerste Divisie 13000——120[6]
2011–12 Eerste Divisie 3000——30[6]
Total 160000000160—
PSV 2011–12 Eredivisie 201306[lower-alpha 2]0—291[6]
2012–13 Eredivisie 260304[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0340[6]
2013–14 Eredivisie 284109[lower-alpha 4]0—384[6]
2014–15 Eredivisie 302318[lower-alpha 2]0—413[6]
2015–16 Eredivisie 152101[lower-alpha 5]0—172[6]
2016–17 Eredivisie 242105[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 3]0312[6]
Total 143111213302019012—
Eintracht Frankfurt 2017–18 Bundesliga 23060——290[17]
2018–19 Bundesliga 2201011[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 6]0350[19]
2020–21 Bundesliga 0000——00
Total 4507011010640—
Newcastle United (loan) 2019–20 Premier League 19210—00202
Career total 223122014403028914—
  1. Appearances in the KNVB Cup, DFB-Pokal, and EFL Cup.
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  3. Appearances in the Johan Cruyff Shield.
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
  5. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League.
  6. Appearances in the DFL-Supercup.

International
Statistics accurate as of 10 October 2016.
Netherlands
YearAppsGoals
201280
201330
201420
201530
201660
Total220

Honours

PSV[31]

Eintracht Frankfurt

Netherlands U17

References
  1. "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. https://us.soccerway.com/players/jetro-willems/161282/
  3. Wikipedia in Dutch language
  4. "Jetro Willems: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. Sparta Rotterdam – Go Ahead Eagles (16-01-2011); Voetbal International, 16 January 2011 (in Dutch)
  6. "Jetro Willems » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. Jeugdinternational Jetro Willems naar PSV (Youth International Jetro Willems on PSV) Archived 7 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine; PSV Eindhoven, 31 August 2011 (in Dutch)
  8. Vitesse – PSV (23-10-2011); Voetbal International, 23 October 2011 (in Dutch)
  9. PSV fight back to progress against Hapoel Tel-Aviv; UEFA, 3 November 2011
  10. Willems definitief naar eerste selectie PSV (Willems' definitely on PSV's first team); ED, 29 November 2011 (in Dutch)
  11. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-united-chase-psv-eindhoven-3311768
  12. Contract Jetro Willems opengebroken en verlengd (Jetro Willems' contract broken and extended) Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine; PSV Eindhoven, 3 April 2012 (in Dutch)
  13. PSV – NEC (22-04-2012); Voetbal International, 22 April 2012 (in Dutch)
  14. "PSV defender Willems joins Frankfurt". Special Broadcasting Service. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  15. "Fix: Rekordhalter Willems beerbt Oczipka in Frankfurt". kicker Online (in German). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  16. "Frankfurt holt Niederländer Willems als Oczipka-Ersatz" (in German). RP Online. 17 July 2017.
  17. "Jetro Willems". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  18. "Rebic und Gacinovic schießen Frankfurt zum Pokalsieg". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  19. "FCB gewinnt Supercup - Lewandowski macht den Unterschied". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  20. "Jetro Willems' first day in pictures". NUFC. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  21. "Premier League leaders Liverpool shrugged off an early scare to sweep past Newcastle and maintain their 100% start to the season with another dominant attacking display". BBC. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  22. "Manchester City's hopes of retaining their Premier League title were dealt another blow when Jonjo Shelvey's stunning late equaliser earned Newcastle a point at St James' Park". BBC. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  23. "Jetro Willems says Newcastle will hold a 'special place' in his heart as his loan deal comes to end". Chronicle Live. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  24. UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2011, UEFA.com, Retrieved 1. 9. 2014
  25. uefa.com (15 May 2012). "UEFA EURO 2016 - News – UEFA.com".
  26. Bouma and Willems make final Dutch squad; UEFA, 26 May 2012
  27. Oranje met Van Persie én ook Huntelaar tegen Bulgarije (Oranje with Van Persie and Huntelaar against Bulgaria); Voetbal International, 26 May 2012 (in Dutch)
  28. Jetro Willems sets age mark Archived 13 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN
  29. Teenager Willems breaks Scifo's record; UEFA, 9 June 2012
  30. "Portugal 2–1 Netherlands" BBC Sport. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  31. "Jetro Willems joins Eintracht Frankfurt". PSV. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  32. "Bayern Munich 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt". Whoscored.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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