Wout Weghorst
b. 1992
Dutch association football player (born 1992)
- Born
- 7 Aug 1992 · Amsterdam
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 7 Aug 1992BornBorn in Amsterdam
- 2012 – 2014TeamFC Emmen
- 2014 – 2016TeamHeracles Almelo
- 2014TeamNetherlands national under-21 football team
- 2016 – 2018TeamAZ Alkmaar
- 2018TeamNetherlands national association football team
- 2018 – 2022TeamVfL Wolfsburg
- 2022TeamBurnley F.C.
- 2022 – 2023TeamBeşiktaş J.K.
- 2023TeamManchester United F.C.
- 2023TeamTSG 1899 Hoffenheim
- 2026Took part2026 FIFA World Cup
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1992 – today).
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Wout François Maria Weghorst (born 7 August 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Twente and the Netherlands national team.
Weghorst began his professional career in the second tier of Dutch football with Emmen. He then played in the Eredivisie with Heracles and AZ, before joining VfL Wolfsburg in 2018. After scoring 70 goals in 144 games for Wolfsburg, he was signed by Burnley in January 2022 for a fee of £12 million. After the club were relegated from the Premier League, Weghorst had loan spells at Turkish club Beşiktaş, fellow English club Manchester United and German club TSG Hoffenheim, before returning to the Netherlands with Ajax in mid-2024.
Weghorst made one appearance for the Netherlands under-21 team in 2014, before making his senior international debut in March 2018. He represented the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup (where he notably scored two goals in his side's quarter-final match against Argentina), UEFA Euro 2024, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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