Steven Berghuis
Dutch footballer (born 1991)
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- Steven Berghuis (born 19 December 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.
- Club career Youth career Berghuis came through the youth system at FC Twente, following spells with the youth clubs of local amateur club WSV Apeldoorn, then Eerste Divisie side Go Ahead Eagles.
- Twente One year later, Berghuis joined Twente, and in June 2010, he signed a professional contract lasting until 2012.
- He then made his first team debut for Twente on 19 January 2011 as a substitute in a 5–0 Eredivisie win over Heracles.
- One week later, he scored one of Twente's ten goals in another warm-up fixture against Derde Klasse side DSV '61.
Steven Berghuis (born 19 December 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.
Berghuis made his debut for the Netherlands in 2016, and represented the national team at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Youth career
Berghuis came through the youth system at FC Twente, following spells with the youth clubs of local amateur club WSV Apeldoorn, then Eerste Divisie side Go Ahead Eagles. As a 16-year-old, he scored WSV's only goal in a 4–1 friendly match defeat to Feyenoord.
Twente
One year later, Berghuis joined Twente, and in June 2010, he signed a professional contract lasting until 2012. In January 2011, Berghuis was called-up to the first team by manager Michel Preud'homme at the training camp in La Manga. He then made his first team debut for Twente on 19 January 2011 as a substitute in a 5–0 Eredivisie win over Heracles.
On 23 June 2011, Berghuis scored his first goal for the club in a pre-season friendly against Eerste Klasse D team DOS '37. One week later, he scored one of Twente's ten goals in another warm-up fixture against Derde Klasse side DSV '61. On 14 July 2011, he scored his first goal against foreign opposition, scoring Twente's second in a 4–3 friendly win over Turkish Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe.
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