Lars Veldwijk

Lars Veldwijk (born 21 August 1991 in Uithoorn) is a Dutch-born South African professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Groningen.
==Club career==
===Excelsior===
Veldwijk represented Eerste Divisie side Excelsior in the 2013–14 season, and scored 35 goals in 45 appearances across all competitions.
===Nottingham Forest===
On 12 June 2014, Veldwijk signed for Nottingham Forest from Excelsior for a fee of £500,000 that could rise to £1 million depending on various clauses. He made his debut on 16 August 2014 against Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium as a 92nd-minute substitute for fellow striker Matty Fryatt. Veldwijk made his first start for Forest on 26 August 2014 in a 2-0 win against Huddersfield Town in the second round of the League Cup. Veldwijk went on loan to PEC Zwolle for the 2015–16 season, during which time he scored 14 goals in 33 league appearances. Upon his return to Forest he scored his first and only goal for the club in a 2-1 EFL Cup win against Millwall on 23 August 2016.
==== Loan to Aalesunds FK ====
On 31 March 2017, Veldwijk signed for the Norwegian football club Aalesunds FK on loan, with an option to buy when the loan period is over.
==International career==
On 27 October 2016, Veldwijk received his first call-up for the South African national football team for their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Senegal.http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367130/index.html He is eligible for South African citizenship as his father was a native. Veldwijk debuted for South Africa in a friendly 1-1 tie with Mozambique on 15 November 2016.http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/BafanaBafana/live-mozambique-v-bafana-bafana-20161115
==Career statistics==
Club 	Season 	League 	League	League	Cup 	Cup 	League Cup	League Cup	Other 	Other	Total	Total
Club 	Season 	Division 	Apps 	Goals 	Apps	Goals	Apps 	Goals 	Apps 	Goals	Apps 	Goals
FC Volendam 	2010–11 	Eerste Divisie 	2 	0 	0 	0 	— 	— 	— 	— 	2 	0
FC Utrecht 	2011–12 	Eredivisie 	5 	0 	0 	0 	— 	— 	— 	— 	5 	0
FC Utrecht 	2012–13 	Eredivisie 	0 	0 	0 	0 	— 	— 	— 	— 	0 	0
FC Utrecht 	Total 	Total 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	— 	— 	0 	0
FC Dordrecht (loan)	2012–13 	Eerste Divisie 	31 	14 	3 	3 	— 	— 	2Appearances in the Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs 	2 	36 	19
Excelsior 	2013–14 	Eerste Divisie 	38 	30 	3 	1 	— 	— 	4 	4 	45 	35
Nottingham Forest 	2014–15 	Championship 	11 	0 	1 	0 	2 	0 	— 	— 	14 	0
Nottingham Forest 	2015–16 	Championship 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	— 	— 	0 	0
Nottingham Forest 	2016–17 	Championship 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	— 	— 	3 	1
Nottingham Forest 	Total 	Total 	12 	0 	1 	0 	4 	1 	— 	— 	17 	1
PEC Zwolle (loan) 	2015–16 	Eredivisie 	33 	14 	1 	0 	— 	— 	2Appearances in the Eredivisie European place play-offs	0 	36 	14
Kortrijk 	2016–17 	Belgian First Division A	9 	1 	2 	0 	— 	— 	0 	0 	11 	1
Aalesund (loan) 	2017 	Eliteserien 	16 	5 	3 	2 	— 	— 	— 	— 	19 	7
Groningen 	2017–18 	Eredivisie 	3 	1 	0 	0 	— 	— 	0 	0 	3 	1
Career total 	Career total	Career total 	148 	64 	13 	6 	2 	0 	8 	6 	171 	74
==References==
==External links==
* Voetbal International profile 
Category:1991 births
Category:Living people
Category:South African soccer players
Category:South Africa international soccer players
Category:Dutch footballers
Category:South African people of Dutch descent
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