Wouter Artz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wouter Artz | ||
| Date of birth | March 14, 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Woerden, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Volendam | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VEP | |||
| – | Feyenoord Rotterdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004-2006 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 0 | (0) |
| 2004-2006 | → Excelsior | 27 | (0) |
| 2006-2009 | Cercle Brugge | 3 | (0) |
| 2009- | FC Volendam | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2008. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Wouter Artz (born March 14, 1985 in Woerden) is a Dutch professional football player, he is a left-back who plays for FC Volendam.
Career
Artz started playing football at VEP. When he reached the age of 10, he started playing at the youth academy of Feyenoord. Artz was capped several times as youth international. In the 2004-05 and 2005-06 season, Wouter Artz played for Excelsior in Eerste Divisie, where he in his last season became champions with his team.
New club
In 2006 he moved to Cercle Brugge, a team playing in the Belgian First division. In his first season with the Bruges side, Artz was tormented by injuries and as a consequence, he did not play a single match that season. In the beginning of his second season, Artz was again not given many match minutes, much to the surprise of the supporters. Artz had to wait until the last match day to make his first appearance. Artz started the match against Charleroi SC.
End of contract
His contract with Cercle ended in 2009 and was not renewed, he only made 2 more first team appearances in the 2008-09 season, on 11 July 2009 FC Volendam have signed the former Cercle Brugge defender on a free transfer and until June 2012.