Mees Hilgers

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Mees Hilgers
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Hilgers playing for Twente in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mees Hilgers
Date of birth (2001-05-13) 13 May 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Amersfoort, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Twente
Number 2
Youth career
2005–2009 Nieuwland
2009–2011 Sparta Nijkerk
2011–2020 Twente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Twente 81 (2)
International career‡
2022 Netherlands U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 September 2022

Mees Hilgers (born 13 May 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Twente.

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Career

On 6 December 2018, Hilgers signed his first professional contract with FC Twente. [2] He made his professional debut with Twente in a 2–1 Eredivisie win over AFC Ajax on 5 December 2020. [3]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Hilgers has Indonesian descent from his mother who is Manadonese (Minahasan). [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Twente 2020–21 Eredivisie 300000—30
2021–22 2412000—261
2022–23 301104 [lower-alpha 1] 0—351
2023–24 240005 [lower-alpha 1] 0—290
Career total812309000932

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Mees Hilgers: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "FC Twente". FC Twente.
  3. ↑ "Ajax vs. Twente - 5 December 2020 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "Profil Mees Hilgers, Pemain Keturunan Indonesia yang Merumput Bersama FC Twente". kumparan.
  5. ↑ "AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month". eredivisie.eu. January 28, 2022.
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