Piet Velthuizen

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Piet Velthuizen
Personal information

Full name	Piet Hubertus Velthuizen^[1]
Date of birth	(1986-11-03) 3 November 1986
Place of birth	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Vitesse
Number	1
Youth career
	SCE
	Quick 1888
0000–2006	Vitesse/ AGOVV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2010	Vitesse	108	(0)
2010–2011	Hércules	3	(0)
2011–	Vitesse	74	(0)
National team^‡
2007–2008	Netherlands U-21	8	(0)
2008–2009	Netherlands B	3	(0)
2009–	Netherlands	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2009

Piet Velthuizen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpit ˈvɛlt.ˌɦœy̯.zə(n)]) (born 3 November 1986 in Nijmegen, Gelderland), is a Dutch goalkeeper who currently plays for Vitesse. He has participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Vitesse

Velthuizen made his first team debut on 31 December 2006, in the 2–2 away match against Willem II. His career developed rapidly, and according to Sky Sports, he is, as of 2008, among the most promising goalkeepers in Europe.^[2] He broke into the Vitesse first team in the 2007–08 season, when he signed a contract extension until 2011.^[3]

International career

Velthuizen received his first call-up to the Dutch squad on 21 March 2008 for the friendly match against Austria.^[4] On 5 September 2009, he made his debut for the national team in a friendly match against Japan after coming on as a half time substitute for Michel Vorm. He managed to keep a clean sheet in the 3:0 win.^[5] Currently he is no longer part of the national football team.

2008 Summer Olympics

He was selected by Foppe de Haan to be in the squad for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Although being first choice in most of the run-up to the Olympics, he was told by De Haan he would be second choice after the other Dutch goalkeeper in the squad; Kenneth Vermeer.

References

↑ Interview Piet Velthuizen – Vitessespelers
↑ Gerrit van Leeuwen (28 January 2008). "Gunners check on Dutch keeper". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
↑ "Keeper happy at Vitesse". Sky Sports. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
↑ (Dutch) "Van Basten neemt Velthuizen mee". De Telegraaf. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
↑ (English) "Netherlands beat Japan 3–0 in friendly". Associated Press. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-07.

v t e Netherlands men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Velthuizen 2 Zuiverloon 3 Marcellis 4 Jaliens 5 Pieters 6 Luyckx 7 de Guzmán 8 Emanuelson 9 Makaay 10 Sibon 11 Babel 12 Maduro 13 Jong-a-Pin 14 Sno 15 Drenthe 16 Beerens 17 Bakkal 18 Vermeer Coach: de Haan

v t e Vitesse – current squad

1 Room 2 Achenteh 3 Mori 5 Leerdam 6 van der Struijk 7 Vejinović 8 Santos 9 Đurđević 10 Pröpper 11 Chanturia 14 Havenaar 17 Piazon 18 Kazaishvili 19 Atsu 20 Labyad 21 Meerits 22 Velthuizen 23 van der Heijden 27 Traoré 30 Ibarra 34 Janssen 37 Kashia (C) 38 van Aanholt 39 Vink 48 Houwen Manager: Bosz

Persondata
Name	Velthuizen, Piet
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch footballer
Date of birth	3 November 1986
Place of birth	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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