Denny Landzaat
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Denny Domingoes Landzaat (born May 6, 1976 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 club FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...

.

Early life

Landzaat is born and raised in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. Landzaat is of Dutch-Indonesian extraction; Dutch parentage from father and Moluccan from his mother.

Early career

Landzaat was educated in Ajax
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...

's youth academy, but only played one league game for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells with MVV
MVV Maastricht
MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902...

, Willem II and AZ. He was AZ's captain in the 2005–06 season, as they finished 2nd in the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

.

Wigan Athletic

He joined Premier League club Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...

 on July 18, 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2.5 million. He signed a three-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Wigan against Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

 in a 2–3 loss on 30 January 2007. He followed this up with a thirty yard strike at the Emirates Stadium
Emirates Stadium
Ashburton Grove, currently known as the Emirates Stadium, is a UEFA elite football stadium which is home to Arsenal FC, where they moved from Highbury in 2006. It has an current capacity of 60,361, and there have been rumours of an expansion...

 in a 1–2 defeat to Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 on February 11, 2007. On 18 August 2007 Landzaat converted a penalty against Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

 to score his first home goal for Wigan at the JJB Stadium
JJB Stadium
The DW Stadium is a sports stadium in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, that is home to Wigan Athletic football club and Wigan Warriors rugby league club....

. He also scored the first goal in Wigan's 5–3 win over local rivals Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

.

Feyenoord

On 25 January 2008 Landzaat returned to the Netherlands with Feyenoord, for a £1 million fee. He signed a three and a half year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Feyenoord on his debut, in the 3–3 draw against Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...

 on 24 February 2008.

International career

Landzaat competed in the 2006 World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

. On 21 May 2008, Landzaat was released from Marco van Basten's Euro 2008 provisional squad.
Danny Landzaat: International Goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. September 3, 2004 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 
3–0
3–0
Friendly match

Statistics

|-
|1995–96
Eredivisie 1995-96
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1995/1996 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards a match win was rewarded with 3 points instead of 2.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup...

||rowspan="1"|Ajax||rowspan="1"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|1996–97
Eerste Divisie 1996-97
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. MVV won the championship.-League standings:-Promotion/relegation play-offs:...

||rowspan="1"|MVV||rowspan="1"|Eerste divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

||34||2||0||0||0||0||34||2
|-
|1997–98
Eredivisie 1997-98
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1997/1998 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, just like finalists PSV. sc Heerenveen, the winner of the third place match,...

||rowspan="2"|MVV||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

||34||4||0||0||0||0||34||4
|-
|1998–99
Eredivisie 1998-99
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998/1999 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup...

||34||4||0||0||0||0||34||4
|-
|1999-00
Eredivisie 1999-00
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1999/2000 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.-Promotion/relegation play-offs:...

||rowspan="5"|Willem II||rowspan="5"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

||25||3||0||0||0||0||25||3
|-
|2000–01
Eredivisie 2000-01
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2000/2001 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 Fortuna Sittard and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs....

||33||12||0||0||0||0||33||12
|-
|2001–02
Eredivisie 2001-02
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax alson won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists FC Utrecht could play in the UEFA Cup...

||34||16||0||0||0||0||34||16
|-
|2002–03
Eredivisie 2002-03
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002/2003 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 FC Zwolle remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs...

||34||5||0||0||0||0||34||5
|-
|2003–04
Eredivisie 2003-04
The 2003-2004 season of the Dutch Eredivisie began in August 2003 and ended in May 2004. The title was won by Ajax.- League standings :- Topscorers :- Relegation playoffs :- Match table :- References :* *...

||13||2||0||0||0||0||13||2
|-
|2003–04
Eredivisie 2003-04
The 2003-2004 season of the Dutch Eredivisie began in August 2003 and ended in May 2004. The title was won by Ajax.- League standings :- Topscorers :- Relegation playoffs :- Match table :- References :* *...

||rowspan="3"|AZ||rowspan="3"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

||17||3||0||0||0||0||17||3
|-
|2004–05
Eredivisie 2004-05
The 2004-05 season of the Eredivisie started on August 13, 2004 and ended on May 22, 2005. The title was won by PSV. FC Den Bosch and De Graafschap were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season.-Promoted teams:...

||33||10||0||0||0||0||33||10
|-
|2005–06||29||9||0||0||0||0||29||9

|-
|2006–07||rowspan="2"|Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...

||rowspan="2"|Premier League||33||2||0||0||0||0||33||2
|-
|2007–08||19||3||0||0||0||0||19||3

|-
|2007–08
Eredivisie 2007-08
The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points....

||rowspan="3"|Feyenoord||rowspan="3"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

||11||2||0||0||0||0||11||2
|-
|2008–09
Eredivisie 2008-09
The Eredivisie 2008–09 is the fifty-third season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009. A total of 18 teams take part in the league, consisting of 16...

||7||1||0||0||0||0||7||1
|-
|2009–10||16||2||0||0||0||0||16||2
355||75||0||0||0||0||355||75
52||5||0||0||0||0||52||5
407||80||0||0||0||0||407||80
|}Statistics accurate as of last match played on August 23, 2009.

Honours

AFC Ajax
  • Eredivisie
    Eredivisie
    The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

    : 1995-96
    Eredivisie 1995-96
    The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1995/1996 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards a match win was rewarded with 3 points instead of 2.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup...



MVV
  • Eerste Divisie
    Eerste Divisie
    The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

    : 1996–97
    Eerste Divisie 1996-97
    The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. MVV won the championship.-League standings:-Promotion/relegation play-offs:...



Feyenoord
  • KNVB Cup
    KNVB Cup
    The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...

    : 2007–08


FC Twente
  • Johan Cruijff Schaal: 2010
    Johan Cruijff-schaal XV
    The 2010 Johan Cruijff Schaal was held on July 31, 2010 at the Amsterdam ArenA. The match was between the Eredivisie 2009–10 champions FC Twente and KNVB Cup 2009–10 winners Ajax. FC Twente won the match 1–0 by a goal from de Jong.-Match details:...

  • KNVB Cup
    KNVB Cup
    The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...

    : 2010-11

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