Lutsharel Geertruida
Squad number 2 · Sunderland
Their 2026 World Cup
Lutsharel Geertruida travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Netherlands, wearing number 2, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 4 matches (2 wins and 2 draws) and bowed out in the round of 32, beaten by Morocco 1-1.
Defence went to D. Dumfries (4 matches, 390′) and V. van Dijk (4 matches, 390′).
Another 3 players in the Netherlands squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Netherlands team page.
Who he is
- Born
- 18 July 2000 · aged 26 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Rotterdam
- Club
- PSV Eindhoven
- Height
- 1.84 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
Lutsharel Emiliano Geertruida (Dutch pronunciation: [xeːrtrœyda]; born 18 July 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club PSV, on loan from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and the Netherlands national team. Mainly a right-back, he can also play as a centre-back and defensive midfielder.
Club career Geertruida was born in Rotterdam, near Feyenoord's home ground De Kuip. He started his footballing career at Overmaas Rotterdam, before moving to Spartaan '20 at the age of seven. Two years later, Geertruida joined Sparta Rotterdam's youth academy, where he played for three years before being signed to Feyenoord's youth setup at Sportcomplex Varkenoord.
Geertruida made his professional first team debut on 25 October 2017 in the second round of the KNVB Cup against AVV Swift, coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute for Jerry St. Juste. Throughout the 2018–19 season, Geertruida was consistently part of the first-team squad at Feyenoord but saw limited playing time, making just two substitute appearances in the Eredivisie.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · opening summary of the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Werner100359 · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)