Andries Noppert
Noppert with Heerenveen in 2023.
Personal information
Full name Andries Noppert[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Heerenveen
Number 44
Youth career
0000–2013 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Heerenveen 0 (0)
2014–2018 NAC Breda 6 (0)
2018–2019 Foggia 8 (0)
2019–2020 Dordrecht 2 (0)
2021–2022 Go Ahead Eagles 15 (0)
2022– Heerenveen 39 (0)
International career‡
2022– Netherlands 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:36, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:32, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Andries Noppert (born 7 April 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Heerenveen and the Netherlands national team.[4]

Club career

NAC Breda

Trained through the youth ranks of Heerenveen, Noppert made his professional debut in 2014 for NAC Breda.[3]

Foggia

In January 2018, he was signed by Italian club Foggia.[5] After traveling by car from the Netherlands to Italy, his car was stolen by the Foggian Mafia.[6][7] He made his debut for the club on 28 April, in a 3–1 loss to Cittadella.[8] Three months later, the goalkeeper stopped a penalty in the game against Carpi, which ended with a score of 2-0 for Foggia.[6] Over the course of a season and a half, he played 8 matches in Serie B.[6] During his stay in Italy Noppert received the nickname Il Grattacielo ("The Skyscraper" in Italian) from the country's media due to his height.[6]

Dordrecht

On 12 September 2019, Noppert signed with Dordrecht.[9] After leaving the club he considered joining the police.[10]

Go Ahead Eagles

In January 2021, Noppert signed with Go Ahead Eagles until the end of the season.[11]

Heerenveen

Noppert returned to Heerenveen on 16 May 2022, signing a two-year deal.[12] It was his first season as a first-choice goalkeeper.[13] Noppert quickly impressed, so much so that Louis van Gaal called him up for the Netherlands squad for the World Cup on 11 November 2022,[14] where he also became first choice goalkeeper.[15] Upon return, Noppert played 3 matches for Heerenveen before being injured during a warming up on 25 January 2023.[16] What first looked to be a minor injury became a major one causing him to be out of play for a then unknown amount of time. After being out for 4 months and having undergone surgery, Noppert returned to the pitch in Heerenveen’s last match of the season against Go Ahead Eagles. In which he kept a clean sheet and won 2-0, sending Heerenveen into European play-offs.[17]

International career

Noppert was called up to the Netherlands national team in September 2022.[18] In November 2022, he was included in the nation's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[19][20] He discovered his inclusion in the squad on TV.[21]

Noppert made his international debut in his country’s opening match at the tournament against Senegal, a 2–0 victory.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 October 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NAC 2014–15 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Eerste Divisie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2017–18 Eredivisie 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Foggia 2017–18 Serie B 5 0 — — 5 0
2018–19 Serie B 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
FC Dordrecht 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Go Ahead Eagles 2020–21 Eerste Divisie 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22 Eredivisie 15 0 5 0 — 20 0
Total 15 0 5 0 0 0 20 0
Heerenveen 2022–23 Eredivisie 18 0 0 0 2[b] 0 20 0
2023–24 Eredivisie 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Total 25 0 0 0 2 0 27 0
Career total 56 0 6 0 2 0 64 0
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs

International

As of match played 9 December 2022[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2022 5 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Andries Noppert | Netherlands | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b Andries Noppert at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ a b Andries Noppert at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Un gigante per il Foggia, arriva il portiere Andries Noppert: 23 anni e oltre 2 metri di altezza" (in Italian). Immediato.net. 30 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "De Foggia-episode van Oranje-keeper Noppert: 'Hij rookte als een schoorsteen'" (in Dutch). NOS. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. ^ "De wonderlijke carrière van keeper Andries Noppert" (in Dutch). Trouw. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Cittadella vs. Foggia 3 - 1" (in Italian). soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Noppert extra Dordtse doelman" (Press release) (in Dutch). Dordrecht. 12 September 2019.
  10. ^ Smith, Rory (2 December 2022). "The Giant World Cup Rookie and an Enduring Dutch Mystery". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "Andries Noppert: 'Fantastisch om weer met team op veld te staan'". 22 January 2021.
  12. ^ "sc Heerenveen verwelkomt Noppert terug in Fryslân". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Noppert: from benchwarmer to national team goalkeeper". FIFA. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Van Gaal maakt 26-koppige WK-selectie bekend". www.onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  15. ^ "'Noppert eerste doelman van Oranje op WK'". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Doelman Noppert worstelt met 'vervelende blessure'". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 29 January 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  17. ^ "sc Heerenveen-Go Ahead Eagles (28-05-2023) - Voetbal International". www.vi.nl. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Andries Noppert van SC Heerenveen zit in definitieve selectie Oranje". Leeuwarder Courant.
  19. ^ "Van Gaal maakt 26-koppige WK-selectie bekend" [Van Gaal announces 26-man World Cup squad] (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Who is Andries Noppert? The towering Dutch goalkeeper making his debut with the Netherlands at the World Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  21. ^ "'I found out I was going by TV': inside Andries Noppert's World Cup dream". the Guardian. 30 November 2022.
  22. ^ Sportstar, Team (21 November 2022). "LIVE Senegal vs Netherlands, FIFA World Cup: Gakpo, Noppert start for the Dutch, Qatar 2022 updates". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Andries Noppert". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Xavi Simons named as Eredivisie Player of the Month August". Eredivisie. Retrieved 9 November 2022.


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