Mats Wieffer
Squad number 12 · Brighton & Hove Albion
Their 2026 World Cup
Mats Wieffer travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Netherlands, wearing number 12, 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
- 16 November 1999 · aged 26 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Borne
- Club
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
- Height
- 1.88 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
Mats Henrik Berne Wieffer (born 16 November 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Netherlands national team.
Twente Born in Borne, Wieffer played youth football for RKSV NEO at the age of five, before joining Twente's academy at the age of ten. He made one Derde Divisie appearance for Jong Twente in the 2017–18 season, prior to making his professional debut for Twente on 30 October 2018 in a 4–2 KNVB Beker win over VV Noordwijk, coming on a substitute for Aitor Cantalapiedra. He made his league debut in a 2–0 win over TOP Oss in March 2019. Twente were promoted to the Eredivisie as champions of the Eerste Divisie in the same season, but Wieffer did not appear for Twente's first team in the 2019–20 season.
Excelsior In June 2020, Wieffer joined Excelsior on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract with the club. He made his debut for Excelsior on 29 August 2020, replacing Mitchell van Rooijen in a 1–6 win against Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie.
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)