Wesley Zonneveld

Wesley Zonneveld (born 17 June 1992) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rijnsburgse Boys in the Tweede Divisie.[1][2]

Wesley Zonneveld
Personal information
Full name Wesley Zonneveld
Date of birth (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Rijnsburgse Boys
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2009 Lisse
2009–2011 AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 Telstar 101 (0)
2019–2020 Scheveningen 21 (0)
2020– Rijnsburgse Boys 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2020

Career

Zonneveld played in the youth department of FC Lisse. As a seven-year-old, he was initially positioned as a goalkeeper, but later continued as a outfield player. At age 13, he returned to the goalkeeping position.[3] Zonneveld played for Lisse for a few more years, moved to the AZ youth academy 2009. He was active in Alkmaar for two years. After his contract expired, he signed for SC Telstar, where he made his professional debut on 30 September 2011 in a match against PEC Zwolle. In this match, goalkeeper Stephan Veenboer was sent-off in the 86th minute with the score being 6–3 in favour of Zwolle. Head coach Jan Poortvliet then chose to remove striker Johan Plat from the lineup and instead let Zonneveld play as goalkeeper as a replacement for Veenboer. Due to a scored penalty shot by Joey van den Berg, PEC eventually won 7–3.[4] In the 2015–16 season, he became the starting goalkeeper under head coach Michel Vonk, after an injury for regular starter Cor Varkevisser. That season, he was named "Goalkeeper Talent of the Year" of the second-tier Eerste Divisie.[5]

In June 2019, Zonneveld moved to SVV Scheveningen from the Tweede Divisie after returning from a serious knee injury which he suffered in 2016.[6] Halfway through the season, he signed with Rijnsburgse Boys whom he would join the from the start of the 2020–21 season.[7]

References
  1. "Voetbal International profile". Voetbal International. Voetbal International. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. Wesley Zonneveld at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Wie is Wesley Zonneveld?". wesleyzonneveld.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. "PEC Zwolle vs. Telstar - 30 September 2011". nl.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. Oostdam, Gerben (1 July 2016). "Wesley Zonneveld op zijn plaats bij Telstar". Voetbal in de Bollenstreek (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "Doelman Wesley Zonneveld sluit aan bij Scheveningen". Haaglanden Voetbal (in Dutch). 24 June 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. Schrama, Leo (24 March 2020). "Stille hoop Zonneveld valt weg: "Ik meld me volgens afspraak op 11 Juli bij Rijnsburg"". Voetbal in de Bollenstreek (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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