Lars Miedema
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000[1]
Place of birth De Wolden, Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Vélez CF
Youth career
0000–2019 PEC Zwolle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 FC Den Bosch 13 (0)
2021– Vélez CF 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:20, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Lars Miedema (born 6 March 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tercera División club Vélez CF. He is the brother of Arsenal W.F.C. player Vivianne Miedema.

Career

Born in De Wolden,[2] Miedema grew up in the town of Hoogeveen.[3] After playing for Jong PEC Zwolle, he joined FC Den Bosch in September 2019.[4] He made his debut for the club on 20 September 2019 in a 4–0 win at home to MVV Maastricht.[1]

In January 2021, he signed for Spanish side Vélez CF.[5]

Personal life

His sister is fellow professional footballer Vivianne Miedema, who plays for FA WSL club Arsenal and the Netherlands women's national football team.[6][3] He and his sister both support Feyenoord.[3]

Career statistics

As of 29 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Den Bosch 2019–20[2] Eerste Divisie 80100090
2020–21[2] Eerste Divisie 50000050
Career total 1301000140

    References

    1. 1 2 "Lars Miedema". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
    2. 1 2 3 4 Lars Miedema at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
    3. 1 2 3 "Vivianne Miedema: Arsenal's striker on Virgil van Dijk & Dutch success". BBC Sport. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
    4. ↑ "Lars Miedema naar FC Den Bosch". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
    5. ↑ Jansen, Sjoerd (29 January 2021). "Hoogevener Lars Miedema, jongere broer van Arsenal-ster Vivianne Miedema, vertrekt van FC Den Bosch naar Spaanse club Vélez Club de Fútbol". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
    6. ↑ "Lars Miedema over zus Vivianne: 'Scoren is gewoon haar job'". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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