Micky van de Ven
Van de Ven warming up with VfL Wolfsburg in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth Wormer, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 37
Youth career
0000–2013 WSV '30
2013–2019 Volendam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Volendam 45 (2)
2021–2023 VfL Wolfsburg 38 (1)
2023– Tottenham Hotspur 14 (1)
International career‡
2022–2023 Netherlands U21 11 (0)
2023– Netherlands 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:46, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Micky van de Ven (born 19 April 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Netherlands national team.[2]

Club career

Early career

Van de Ven began his career with FC Volendam, and made he first team debut against Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie, going on to make 19 appearances during the 2019–20 season.[3] He assumed the captaincy during his first full season and scored twice in 26 appearances as Volendam reached the promotion play-offs.[3]

Van de Ven transferred to German club VfL Wolfsburg in 2021 for a fee of £3.15 million[4] and played all but one of the team's Bundesliga matches during the 2022–23 season, scoring his only goal in a 2–0 win against Borussia Dortmund.[3] Van de Ven recorded the highest top speed of any defender in the Bundesliga that season, at 22.3 mph.[5]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 8 August 2023, it was announced that Van de Ven had signed a six-year deal with English club Tottenham Hotspur.[6] The deal was reported to be in the region of €50m, near-equalling the club's record fee for a centre-back in Cristian Romero the year before.[7]

Van de Ven made his debut for Tottenham on 13 August during the first matchday of the 2023–24 Premier League season, starting in an away match against Brentford.[8] On 7 October 2023, he scored his first goal in English football in Tottenham's 1–0 win at Luton Town.[9]

On 6 November 2023, Van de Ven was substituted with a hamstring injury during a game against Chelsea.[10] He returned from injury in a 2–2 draw with Manchester United on 14 January 2024.[11]

International career

In October 2022, Van de Ven was included in the preliminary Netherlands squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[12] He captained the under-21 team at the Euros.[4]

In August 2023, he received his first official call-up to the Netherlands senior national team by head coach Ronald Koeman, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland.[13]

On 13 October 2023, he made his debut for the national team in a Euro qualification match against France. He replaced Nathan Aké in the 80th minute.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 February 2024[15]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Volendam II 2019–20 Tweede Divisie 6 1 — — — — 6 1
Volendam 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 19 0 1 0 — — — 20 0
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 26 2 1 0 — — 1[c] 0 28 2
Total 45 2 2 0 — — 1 0 48 2
VfL Wolfsburg 2021–22 Bundesliga 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 5 0
2022–23 Bundesliga 33 1 3 0 — — — 36 1
Total 38 1 3 0 — 0 0 — 41 1
Tottenham Hotspur 2023–24 Premier League 14 1 1 0 1 0 — — 16 1
Career total 103 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 111 5
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 16 October 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2023 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Micky van de Ven". Premier League. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Netherlands - M. van de Ven". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Micky van de Ven: who is Wolfsburg's lightning-fast Dutch defender?". Retrieved 7 October 2023 – via www.bundesliga.com.
  4. ^ a b "A 'Cruyffian' talent set for Premier League move?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Micky van de Ven: who is Wolfsburg's lightning-fast Dutch defender?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Van de Ven arrives from VfL Wolfsburg". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ^ The Athletic Staff. "Spurs complete Van de Ven signing". The Athletic. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Spurs kick off post-Harry Kane era with 2–2 draw at Brentford". The National. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  9. ^ Anderson, Jess (7 October 2023). "Luton Town 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Team news | Van de Ven, Maddison, Richarlison & Davies updates | Wolves vs Spurs". Tottenham Hotspur. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  11. ^ "'Ridiculous' Micky van de Ven's recovery from injury should be transformative for Tottenham". The Athletic. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  12. ^ @OnsOranje (21 October 2022). "🦁 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝: This is the longlist of 39 players where our final World Cup 2022 squad will be selected from! 📋" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Drie debutanten in definitieve selectie Oranje". KNVB (in Dutch). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  14. ^ @thespursweb (13 October 2023). "Congratulations to Micky van de Ven who made his first appearance for the Netherlands senior side as a replacement in the 80th minute against France this evening🇳🇱" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Micky van de Ven at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Micky van de Ven". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

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