Jetro Willems
Dutch footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jetro Danovich Sexer Willems (born 30 March 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back or left-back for Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo.
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Full name | Jetro Danovich Sexer Willems[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Willemstad, Curaçao[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[4] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back, left wing-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Heracles Almelo | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Spartaan'20 | |||||||||||||||||
Sparta Rotterdam | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2017 | PSV | 144 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 46 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Groningen | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Heracles Almelo | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Netherlands U17 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Netherlands U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Netherlands | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2024 |
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Willems 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 at the time. The record has since been broken by Jude Bellingham, who represented England at UEFA Euro 2020.