Joris Mathijsen

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Joris Mathijsen (born 5 April 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is the director of football at Willem II.

Club career

Mathijsen started his football career at SV VOAB in Goirle after he visited a training session of a friend as a young boy. At the age of nine, he left this club and came through the youth system of Willem II. He was promoted to the first team for the 1998–99 season, making his debut on 27 February 1999 in a match against FC Utrecht. After six seasons at Willem II, he was sold by manager Co Adriaanse to AZ. However, he endured a harder time breaking into the first team with AZ and his case was not helped by injuries.

After finishing as runners-up in the Eredivisie in 2006, Mathijsen opted to transfer to German Bundesliga side Hamburger SV for €6 million, where he teamed up with fellow Dutchmen Rafael van der Vaart and Nigel de Jong. He scored Hamburg's 2,500th Bundesliga goal (his first for the club) on 20 October 2007 against VfB Stuttgart.

In November 2008, Mathijsen signed a new contract extension, tying him to Hamburg until the summer of 2012. In mid-June 2011, however, he signed a two-year contract with Spanish La Liga side Málaga.

In the summer of 2012, it became apparent that Málaga was willing to let Mathijsen transfer to another club, prompting several Dutch sides to show interest, including Feyenoord and Ajax; on 10 August, Mathijsen signed with the former.

International career

File:Joris Mathijsen Euro 2012.jpg

Mathijsen playing for the Netherlands at Euro 2012

On 17 November 2004, Mathijsen made his international debut for the Netherlands against Andorra in a 3–0 away win.

Since his international debut, Mathijsen became a mainstay figure in the national team, especially after impressing with Hamburger SV. He was usually positioned as left central defender, because of his strong left-foot. He was called up to the Dutch squad for UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Initially in danger of losing his spot to Wilfred Bouma, he followed it up with a decent enough performance at the Euro 2008 and remained first-choice.

Mathijsen was ever present for Oranje during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying. He played more minutes than any other player in the Dutch squad and played a key role in their record of having conceded the fewest goals in their qualifying group.

Mathijsen was part of the Dutch team for the 2010 World Cup, managed by Bert van Marwijk. The player was in the starting line-up for their first match in the competition, a 2–0 victory over Denmark, and started in all their matches on the way to the final.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			CupTemplate:Efn		ContinentalTemplate:Efn		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Willem II	1999–2000	Eredivisie	7	0	0	0	0	0	–		7	0
	2000–01		22	1	2	0	–		–		24	1
	2001–02		31	1	2	1	–		–		33	2
	2002–03		34	1	2	0	6	0	–		42	1
	2003–04		32	3	5	0	2	0	–		39	3
	Total		126	6	11	1	8	0	0	0	145	7
AZ	2004–05	Eredivisie	25	1	1	0	10	3	–		36	4
	2005–06		25	0	3	0	5	0	2Template:Efn	0	35	0
	2006–07		1	1	0	0	0	0	0Template:Efn	0	1	1
	Total		51	2	4	0	15	3	2	0	72	5
Hamburger SV	2006–07	Bundesliga	32	0	0	0	6	0	–		38	0
	2007–08		31	1	0	0	8	0	–		39	1
	2008–09		33	2	0	0	12	1	–		45	3
	2009–10		33	1	0	0	14	1	–		47	2
	2010–11		19	2	0	0	–		–		19	2
	Total		148	6	0	0	40	2	–		188	8
Málaga	2011–12	La Liga	28	0	2	0	–		–		28	0
Feyenoord	2012–13	Eredivisie	29	0	3	0	2	0	–		34	0
	2013–14		20	1	4	0	1	0	–		25	1
	2014–15		8	0	0	0	5	0	0Template:Efn	0	13	0
	Total		57	1	7	0	8	0	0	0	72	1
Career total			410	15	24	1	71	5	2	0	507	21

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2004	1	0
	2005	4	0
	2006	12	1
	2007	10	1
	2008	14	1
	2009	11	0
	2010	15	0
	2011	11	0
	2012	6	0
Total		84	3

Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mathijsen goal.

List of international goals scored by Joris Mathijsen

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 September 2006	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Luxembourg	flag alias = Flag of Luxembourg.svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Luxembourg.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Euro 2008 qualifying
2	7 February 2007	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Russia	flag alias = Flag of Russia.svg	flag alias-1668 = Flag of Russia (1668).svg	flag alias-1696 = Flag of Russia.svg	flag alias-1858 = Romanov Flag.svg	flag alias-1918a=Flag of Russia (1918).svg	flag alias-1918 = Flag of Russia (1918–1920).svg	flag alias-1925 = Flag of the Russian SFSR (1920-1937).svg	flag alias-1937 = Flag of the Russian SFSR (1937-1954).svg	flag alias-1954 = Flag of the Russian SFSR.svg	flag alias-1991 = Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg	flag alias-military = Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (obverse).svg	link alias-military = Russian Armed Forces	flag alias-army = Flag of the Russian ground forces.svg	link alias-army = Russian Ground Forces	flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Russia.svg	link alias-naval = Russian Navy	flag alias-VV MVD naval-1992 = Russia, Naval flag of ships and vessels of the Interior Force 1992.svg	flag alias-VV MVD naval = Russia, Naval flag of ships and vessels of the Interior Force 2000.svg	flag alias-NGF naval-2016 = Russia, Naval flag of ships and vessels of the Interior Force 2000.svg	flag alias-NGF naval = Russia, Flag of ships and vessels of the National Guard.svg	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Russia.svg	link alias-navy = Russian Navy	flag alias-navy-1992 = Naval ensign of Russia (1992).svg	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg	link alias-air force = Russian Air Force	flag alias-marines = Флаг Морской пехоты ВМФ России (2021).jpg	link alias-marines = Russian Naval Infantry	flag alias-space force = Russian military space troops flag.svg	link alias-space force = Russian Space Forces	flag alias-coast guard = Russia, Flag of border service 2008.svg	link alias-coast guard = Russian Coast Guard	flag alias-coast guard-1993 = Russia. Flag of ships of Border Guard Force 1993.svg	link alias-coast guard-1993 = Russian Coast Guard	flag alias-roc-olympics = Russian Olympic Committee flag.png	flag alias-nbfr-badminton = Nbfr logo.png	flag alias-rwf-wrestling = RWF logo.svg	flag alias-tennis = Rtf tennis flag vector.svg	flag alias-aerospace forces = Flag of the Russian Aerospace Forces.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|4–1 || Friendly
3	11 October 2008	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Iceland	flag alias = Flag of Iceland.svg	flag alias-old = Hvítbláinn.svg	flag alias-coast guard = Flag of Iceland (state).svg	flag alias-naval = Flag of Iceland (state).svg	border-naval =	flag alias-1918 = Flag of Iceland (1918-1944).svg	flag alias-state = Flag of Iceland (state).svg	border-state =	flag alias-navy = Flag of Iceland (state).svg	link alias-naval = Icelandic Coast Guard	border-navy =	link alias-navy = Icelandic Coast Guard	border-coast guard =	link alias-coast guard = Icelandic Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 2010 World Cup qualification

External links

• Joris Mathijsen at Voetbal International Template:In lang
• Template:First word Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Wereld van Oranje (archived) Template:In langTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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• Template:First word/index.html Template:PAGENAMEBASE – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
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