Paul Verhaegh

Paul Johannes Gerardus Verhaegh (born 1 September 1983) is a former Dutch professional footballer who played as a right-back.[2]

Not to be confused with Paul Verhaeghe or Pål Varhaug.

Paul Verhaegh
Personal information
Full name Paul Johannes Gerardus Verhaegh[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-01) 1 September 1983
Place of birth Kronenberg, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
S.V. Kronenberg
VVV-Venlo
PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 PSV 0 (0)
2003–2004 → AGOVV Apeldoorn (loan) 33 (1)
2004–2006 FC Den Bosch 56 (4)
2006–2010 Vitesse 138 (6)
2010–2017 FC Augsburg 186 (20)
2017–2019 VfL Wolfsburg 33 (2)
2019–2020 Twente 7 (0)
Total 453 (33)
International career
2006–2007 Netherlands U21 20 (5)
2009 Netherlands B 2 (0)
2013–2014 Netherlands 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Third place2014
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Verhaegh began his career at PSV Eindhoven, making 33 league appearances while on loan at AGOVV Apeldoorn. He then moved to FC Den Bosch in 2004, making 32 league appearances, before moving to Vitesse after the 2004–05 season.[3] After four years, he left Vitesse and signed a two-year contract with FC Augsburg on 27 May 2010.

After having spent seven years with FC Augsburg, Verhaegh switched to VfL Wolfsburg, after agreeing to a two-year deal.[4] In April 2019, it was announced that Verhaegh had been released by the club with immediate effect.[5]

On 5 June 2019, Dutch club FC Twente signed Verhaegh on a one-year contract with the club following a medical.[2] Verhaegh announced his retirement on 3 June 2020.[6]

International career

Verhaegh was a member of the Netherlands U-21 squad that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

He made his debut for the senior national team against Portugal in a 1–1 friendly draw on 15 August 2013.[7] He was also part of the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[8] He started in the round of 16 match against Mexico, where the Netherlands relied on late goals to progress to the quarter-finals on their way to finishing third.

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AGOVV Apeldoorn (loan) 2003–04 Eerste Divisie 33100–331
FC Den Bosch 2004–05 Eredivisie 32000–320
2005–06 Eerste Divisie 24400–244
Total 5640000564
Vitesse 2005–06 Eredivisie 120006[lower-alpha 1]0180
2006–07 322005[lower-alpha 1]0372
2007–08 33010–340
2008–09 31210–322
2009–10 30220–322
Total 1386401101536
FC Augsburg 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 30130–331
2011–12 Bundesliga 26131–292
2012–13 17010–180
2013–14 30330–333
2014–15 27610–286
2015–16 256208[lower-alpha 2]1357
2016–17 31300–313
Total 186201318120722
VfL Wolfsburg 2017–18 Bundesliga 31220–332
2018–19 2010–30
Total 3323000362
Twente 2019–20 Eredivisie 7010–80
Career total 4533321119149335
  1. Eredivisie play-offs for UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 201310
201420
Total30

Honours

FC Augsburg

Netherlands U21

Netherlands

References
  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
  2. "Paul Verhaegh naar FC Twente". FC Twente. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. "Paul Verhaegh" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  4. "Ausgburg captain Paul Verhaegh makes Wolfsburg switch". Bundesliga. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. "Verhaegh released". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 29 April 2019.
  6. "Oud-international Verhaegh stopt na solide loopbaan met voetballen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. "Portugal vs Netherlands". Soccerway.
  8. "Van Gaal heeft verrassingen in petto in voorselectie". Voetbalzone. 13 May 2014.
  9. "Paul Verhaegh » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. "Netherlands - P. Verhaegh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  11. "FCA schlägt auch Eindhoven und gewinnt Maspalomas-Cup". Augsburger-Allgemeine.de. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: Brazil-Netherlands". FIFA. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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