Denny Landzaat

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Personal information
Denny Landzaat
Full name	Denny Domingoes Landzaat
Date of birth	May 6, 1976 (1976-05-06) (age 32)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Feyenoord
Number	19
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1996 1996–1999 1999–2003 2003–2006 2006–2008 2008–	Ajax MVV Willem II AZ Wigan Athletic Feyenoord	001 0(0) 102 (10) 139 (38) 079 (22) 052 0(5) 011 0(2)
National team²
2001–	Netherlands	038 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:36, 9 April 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Denny Domingoes Landzaat (born May 6, 1976 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch footballer. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Feyenoord and the Dutch national team. He is of Dutch-Indonesian extraction; Dutch parentage from father.

Landzaat was educated in Ajax's youth academy, but only played one league game for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells with MVV, Willem II and AZ. He was AZ's captain in the 2005–06 season, as they finished 2nd in the Eredivisie.^[1]

Landzaat competed in the 2006 World Cup and, entering the final year of his contract, provoked interest from Spanish club Espanyol. However, he joined English Premiership club Wigan Athletic on July 18, 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2.5 million. He signed a three year contract with the club.^[1] Early in his Wigan career he missed a late penalty at Fulham, in a 1–0 victory. He scored his first goal for Wigan against Reading in a 2–3 loss on 30 January 2007. He followed this up with a 30 yard strike at the Emirates Stadium in a 1–2 defeat to Arsenal on February 11, 2007. On 18 August 2007 Landzaat converted a penalty against Sunderland to score his first home goal for Wigan at the JJB Stadium. He also scored the first goal in Wigan's 5–3 win over local rivals Blackburn Rovers.

On 25 January 2008 Landzaat returned to the Netherlands with Feyenoord, for a £1 million fee.^[2] He signed a three and a half year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Feyenoord on his debut, in the 3-3 draw against Heracles Almelo on 24 February 2008.

On 21 May 2008, Landzaat was released from Marco van Basten's Euro 2008 provisional squad.^[3]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b "Holland star Landzaat joins Wigan", BBC Sport, 2006-07-18.
^ "Wigan sell Landzaat to Feyenoord", BBC Sport, 2008-01-25.
^ euro2008.uefa.com - Van Basten releases provisional pair

[edit] External links

Denny Landzaat FIFA competition record
Denny Landzaat's English career stats at Soccerbase
Denny Landzaat profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

v • d • e Feyenoord – current squad

3 Hofland • 4 Bahia • 5 De Cler • 6 Lucius • 7 D. Buijs • 8 van Bronckhorst • 9 Makaay • 10 Hofs • 11 Slory • 14 Mols • 16 Lee • 17 Sahin • 18 Greene • 19 Landzaat • 20 Vlaar • 22 Bruins • 24 Hagary • 25 Wijnaldum • 26 Lensky • 28 Fer • 29 Vincken • 31 Timmer • 32 Ekramy • 33 De Guzmán • 34 Schet • 36 Pedro • 37 Mulder • Manager: Verbeek

v • d • e Netherlands squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 van der Sar • 2 Jaliens • 3 Boulahrouz • 4 Mathijsen • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 Landzaat • 7 Kuyt • 8 Cocu • 9 van Nistelrooy • 10 van der Vaart • 11 Robben • 12 Kromkamp • 13 Ooijer • 14 Heitinga • 15 de Cler • 16 Maduro • 17 van Persie • 18 van Bommel • 19 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 20 Sneijder • 21 Babel • 22 Timmer • 23 Stekelenburg • Coach: van Basten