Piet Velthuizen

Piet Hubertus Velthuizen ( born November 3, 1986 in Nijmegen) is a Dutch football goalkeeper. Since the 2011/12 season he has returned to Vitesse Arnhem in the Eredivisie under contract.

Club career

Velthuizen played in youth by Quick in 1888 in his hometown of Nijmegen, before he moved to the SBV Vitesse Arnhem after. The Arnheimern he signed for season 2006/ 07 a professional contract. On 31 December 2006 he made ​​his debut in the Eredivisie. The game ended 2-2 at Heracles Almelo. Since goalkeeper Harald Wapenaar moved during the winter break to Sparta Rotterdam and newcomer Vladimir Stojkovic was not eligible to play Velthuizen first received the trust of coach Aad de Mos, but had to leave after seven games for the loaned from FC Nantes Stojkovic the gate again. For the season 2007/ 08 de Mos appointed him goalkeeper. In 66 games this and the following season he remained 18 times without conceding a goal. By the end of the season 2009/10 he came to 107 Eredivisie inserts for Vitesse.

After the takeover of the club by the Georgian investor Merab Schordania changed Velthuizen for season 2010/11 to Hércules CF. When Erstdivisionsaufsteiger he signed a contract for four years. Since July 2011 he is back in the Netherlands at the SBV Vitesse, but could not attend the first few games of the Eredivisie season 2011/12, as Hércules still gave him no release. To this end, the club would only be ready when Velthuizen renounced outstanding salary demands.

National

Velthuizen was in season 2007/ 08 squad for the trained Foppe de Haan 's U-21 national team. Three times in friendlies and in a match of the European Championship qualifiers ( against Macedonia ) it was used, but ultimately had to Kenneth Vermeer left the position in the goal. Also at the Olympic Games in Beijing, he was part of the Dutch team, but there also had to be content with the role of spare man. In March 2008, he was first invited to the senior national team; the EM - up match against Austria in Vienna, he sat on the bench, after Edwin van der Sar and Maarten Stekelenburg had canceled. On September 5, 2009, he came to his first appearance in Orange. After Stekelenburg had been canceled due to an injury, the regular second goalkeeper Michel Vorm and Velthuizen in a friendly against Japan were allowed to play each half time.