Jasper van der Werff

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Jasper van der Werff
Tag der offenen Tür 2018 FC Red Bull Salzburg 06.jpg
Van der Werff in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
SC Paderborn
Number 4
Youth career
2008–2018 St. Gallen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2018 St. Gallen 9 (0)
2018–2022 Red Bull Salzburg 4 (0)
2018–2019Liefering 12 (0)
2020–2021Basel (loan) 34 (1)
2021–2022SC Paderborn (loan) 30 (0)
2022– SC Paderborn 2 (0)
National team
2014 Switzerland U16 2 (0)
2018–2021 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2021

Jasper van der Werff (born 9 December 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn.

Club career

Van der Werff made his professional debut for St. Gallen in a 2–0 Swiss Super League win over FC Basel on 17 February 2018.[1] In the summer of 2018 van der Werff transferred to RB Salzburg and he was loaned to FC Liefering.

On 9 January 2020, FC Basel announced that they had loan contracted van der Werff for one and a half seasons.[2] After three test games van der Werff played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 2 February as Basel were defeated 2–1 by St. Gallen.[3]

He scored his first goal for the club on 21 January 2021 in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park against Lugano. It was the last goal of the game in the 89th minute and the equaliser as Basel managed a 2–2 draw.[4]

On 19 May 2022, van der Werff signed with SC Paderborn on a permanent basis after playing at the club on loan in the previous season.[5]

International career

Van der Werff was born in Switzerland to Dutch parents who had moved to Speicher, Switzerland the previous year.[6][7] He grew up in Speicher and represented the Switzerland U16 twice in 2014.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Basel vs. St. Gallen - 17 February 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ FC Basel 1893. "Jasper van der Werff wechselt leihweise zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC St. Gallen 1:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ Marti, Casper (2021). "Punkteteilung mit Lugano nach packender Schlussphase". Points shared with Lugano after a thrilling final phase. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ "VAN DER WERFF BLEIBT" (in German). Paderborn. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ^ Ralf Streuer, FCSG-Nachwuchshoffnung van der Werff: "Meine Eltern waren nervöser als ich", Tagblatt, 2 March 2018
  7. ^ "St. Gallen muss mehrere Wochen auf Jasper van der Werff verzichten". 19 March 2018.
  8. ^ Switzerland, St. Galler Tagblatt AG. "Ein Abend im Zeichen des Sports".

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