Sherwin Seedorf

Sherwin Seedorf

Seedorf in June 2018
Personal information
Full name	Sherwin Dandery Seedorf[1]
Date of birth	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Länk Vilaverdense
Number	25
Youth career
	Excelsior
	NAC Breda
2009–2016	Feyenoord
2016–2017	Nike Academy
2017–2018	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	(0)
2018–2019	→ Bradford City (loan)	6	(0)
2019	→ FC Jumilla (loan)	9	(0)
2019–2021	Motherwell	32	(2)
2024–	Länk Vilaverdense	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024

Sherwin Dandery Seedorf (born 17 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga Portugal 2 club Länk Vilaverdense.

Early and personal life

Seedorf was born in Rotterdam.^[2] He is distantly related to Clarence Seedorf.^[3][4]

Career

After beginning his career with Excelsior and NAC Breda, Seedorf spent seven years with Feyenoord, and later played for Nike Academy before signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2017.^[5] He signed on loan for Bradford City in June 2018.^[6][7][8] He moved on loan to Spanish club FC Jumilla in January 2019.^[9]

In July 2019 he moved to Scottish club Motherwell, signing a two-year contract.^[10] On his debut for Motherwell, he scored his first career goal, in a 3–0 win away to Queen of the South in the Scottish League Cup group stages.^[11] His first league goal came on 31 August 2019, in a 3–0 win at home against Hibernian,^[12] and he scored again in the following match, away to Heart of Midlothian.^[13] He was released by the club at the end of the 2020–21 season.^[14] Seedorf was taken on trial by Czech top flight club Banik Ostrava during the summer of 2021 but was unsuccessful and was not offered a contract. ^[15]

In January 2024, after two and a half years without a club, Seedorf joined Liga Portugal 2 side Länk Vilaverdense.^[16]

Career statistics

As of 20 July 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2018–19[17]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradford City (loan)	2018–19[17]	League One	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	10	0
FC Jumilla (loan)	2018–19[1]	Segunda División B	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Motherwell	2019–20[18]	Scottish Premiership	22	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	28	3
	2020–21[19]	Scottish Premiership	10	0	0	1	0	0	1[a]	0	12	0
	Total		32	2	1	0	6	1	2	0	41	3
Länk Vilaverdense	2023–24[1]	Liga Portugal 2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Career total			61	2	1	0	7	1	5	0	74	3

1. Appearance(s) in the 2020-21 Europa League.

References

1. Sherwin Seedorf at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
2. "Sherwin Seedorf". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
3. Simon Parker (4 August 2018). "Bantams flyer Seedorf can handle name fame". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
4. "Sherwin Seedorf on stepping out of Clarence's shadow at Motherwell". BBC Sport. 21 July 2019.
5. "Sherwin Seedorf: Wolves sign Dutch winger on deal after impressing on trial". Express and Star. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
6. "CITY SNAP UP SEEDORF". Bradford City A.F.C. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
7. Simon Parker (22 June 2018). "Bradford City: Dutch winger Seedorf signs on loan". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
8. "Sherwin Seedorf: Wolves winger joins Bradford City on loan". BBC Sport. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
9. "Sherwin Seedorf, sobrino del exmadridista Clarence Seedorf, llega al Jumilla". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
10. "Sherwin Seedorf leaves Wolves to join Motherwell on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
11. Goldthorp, Craig (18 July 2019). "Motherwell's Sherwin Seedorf: We can go all way to Betfred final like 2017". Motherwell Times. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
12. Sutherland, Jonathan (31 August 2019). "Motherwell 3–0 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
13. Lyall, Jamie (14 September 2019). "Heart of Midlothian 2–3 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
14. "Motherwell: Christopher Long & Sherwin Seedorf among raft of departures". BBC Sport. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
15. "seedorf-banik-neposili-neuspel-na-testech". Sport.Cz. 26 June 2021.
16. "Sobrinho de Seedorf assinou pelo Länk Vilaverdense" [Seedorf's nephew signed for Länk Vilaverdense]. Record (in European Portuguese). 1 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
17. "Games played by Sherwin Seedorf in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
18. "Games played by Sherwin Seedorf in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
19. "Games played by Sherwin Seedorf in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2020.