Joris Mathijsen

Joris Mathijsen

Joris Mathijsen ( born April 5, 1980 in Goirle ) is a Dutch football player. The center-back is since 2012 at Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie under contract.

  • 3.1 With the clubs
  • 3.2 With the national

Career

Willem II Tilburg

Mathijsen already played in the youth at Willem II Tilburg and went through the youth teams, until he stood in the Dutch Eredivisie 1998/99 in the first team squad. In 1999 he had his first Erstligaauftritt. After the defender had been used in the following year this before, he was able to prevail finally in the third year. From 2001 to 2004 he was a regular in the defense and denied almost all appearances for the club.

AZ Alkmaar

His big break came but only with the change from midfield club Willem II for distinguished AZ Alkmaar. Together with Tim de Cler and Kew Jaliens he formed a defensive trio, which also partly represented the defense in the Dutch national team at that time. In his first season for the North Dutch, he came to 25 inserts and scored a goal at the end of the season was a third place for Alkmaar. In addition, he also came to ten inserts and three goals in the UEFA Cup, in which the AZ Alkmaar came to the semifinals. In the two semi-final matches against Sporting Lisbon but Mathijsen was injured not used. The following season Mathijsen also came in 25 Eredivisie games for use with AZ and reached at the end of the runner. In the UEFA Cup, he came to five appearances. 2006/ 07 came Mathijsen Alkmaar yet to use one. It was to be his last assignment for Alkmaar, while he was yet in August left the club.

Hamburger SV

On August 23, 2006, his switch to the German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV was announced, where Mathijsen signed a four-year contract. As a transfer fee of HSV about rejected around six million euros to Alkmaar. On 27 August 2006 Mathijsen made ​​his debut for the club from the Hanseatic city after he was in the starting XI on matchday third in the Bundesliga against Hertha BSC. Hamburger SV was Joris Mathijsen regular players and performers. In addition, he rose to the adherents of the North German giants also a crowd favorite. In his first season for the Hamburger Sport-Verein, where Selbiger fought to avoid relegation in the first round and in the second half after a change of coach Thomas Doll on Huub Stevens climbed up to seventh place - synonymous with participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup - Mathijsen came to 32 games. In the Champions League came Mathijsen for HSV in all six group matches are used. On October 20, 2007 Mathijsen scored his first Bundesliga goal in the match against VfB Stuttgart. It was also the 2500th match of Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga history. Mathijsen came in 2007/ 08 in 31 Bundesliga games for use. The goal against VfB Stuttgart was also his only goal this season. The HSV from the beginning was active in the anterior third and finished at the end of the fourth place. In the UEFA Cup Mathijsen came in all ten games of his team to use. The 2008/09 season was the best season of HSV since the season 1982 /83. In the Bundesliga, the team was long active in the championship battle, and for a time was also the leader. In the DFB Cup and the UEFA Cup semi-final that was reached in each case. Mathijsen this had its share. In said game time Mathijsen 33 games had been used and scored two goals. However, he came in the UEFA Cup in 13 games for use. 's 3-1 victory in the quarter-final first leg against Manchester City, Mathijsen succeeded in the ninth minute the 1-1. The HSV finished this season in the league to fifth place in the table.

2009/10 was achieved in the newly created UEFA Europa League ( as a substitute for the UEFA Cup ) semi-final. And even in that season managed Mathijsen a hit. In the 3-1 win in the first knockout round first leg against RSC Anderlecht, Joris Mathijsen marked in the 22nd minute that 1-0. This season Mathijsen came into the league for the Hamburger Sport-Verein in 33 games for use and scoring one goal. In the Europa League Mathijsen came in all fourteen games of HSV used. In the League of HSV was represented in the first round in the European Cup ranks - at times even leaders - before the club then in the middle of the season came on, so that was the end of the season, the eighth place in the table. Mathijsen and HSV played thus 2010/11 not international. 2010/11 came Mathijsen due to a duplicate volumes crack and an ankle injury in 19 games ( 2 goals) and used. Because he missed the latter, which marked two goals, including the end of the season. The HSV fluctuated this season after a good start to the season between the top third and the upper midfield. At the end of the season was the seventh place in the table.

FC Málaga

On 17 June 2011, the Hamburger SV announced that Mathijsen 'll switch to FC Málaga. Mathijsen signed for Spanish side a two -year contract until 30 June 2013 with an option for another year. He has a get-out clause that allows him to leave the club before the expiry date for a transfer fee of 20 million euros.

Feyenoord Rotterdam

For the 2012/13 season Mathijsen moved back to his home to Feyenoord Rotterdam. He wrote there a contract for three seasons until 30 June 2015. During his debut for the Rotterdam on 18 August 2012, he inflicted a 1-1 draw against sc Heerenveen Filip Đuričić a penalty and was sent off.

National

Only a few months after his move to AZ Alkmaar he was born on 17 November 2004 on his debut in the national team. Joris Mathijsen was in the Dutch squad for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany and came there to three inserts; also at the European Championship 2008, he was part of the squad of Oranje and was used in three games.

During the World Cup 2010 he was appointed by Bert van Marwijk in the squad. Joris Mathijsen denied all the matches of the tournament over the full distance out of the quarterfinal match against Brazil, where it failed due to a knee injury.

Achievements

With the clubs

Willem II Tilburg

  • Dutch Championship: runner-up 1999
  • UEFA Champions League: Group Stage 1999/ 00

AZ Alkmaar

  • UEFA Cup: Semi-finals 2005

Hamburger SV

  • UEFA Champions League: Group Stage 2006/ 07
  • UEFA-Cup/UEFA Europa League semi-finals in 2009 and 2010

With the national

  • World Cup: Finalist 2010

Family

Mathijsen is the father of two sons, who both arrived in Hamburg to the world.

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