Tim Zeegers
{{short description|Dutch footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Tim Zeegers
|image =
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|03|12|df=y}}
|birth_place = Geulle, Netherlands
|position = Midfielder, right-back
|currentclub = MVV
|clubnumber = 32
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Geulsche Boys
|youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2020
|youthclubs2 = MVV
|years1 = 2020–
|clubs1 = MVV
|caps1 = 122
|goals1 = 0
|club-update = 15 May 2025
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Tim Zeegers (born 12 March 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right-back for {{Dutch football updater|MVVMaastri}} club MVV.
Career
Zeegers started playing football with Geulsche Boys alongside his nephew and future MVV teammate, Lars Schenk.{{cite web |title=MVV TV {{!}} Frans Theunisz in gesprek met Tim Zeegers en Lars Schenk. #MVV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFlQ5nX-Ink |website=YouTube |format=video |access-date=15 January 2023 |language=nl |date=22 September 2022}} Zeegers made his professional debut for MVV as a starter on 30 August 2020, the first matchday of the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie season, in a 0–0 away draw against Almere City.{{cite news |last1=Visser |first1=Emil |title=MVV-speler Tim Zeegers (20) gaat elke ochtend met de taxi op pad |url=https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20200904_00174386 |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=De Limburger |date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127083312/https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20200904_00174386 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |language=nl}}
On 24 May 2022, Zeegers signed a contract extension with MVV, keeping him in Maastricht until 2023, with an option for an additional year.{{cite web |title=Tim Zeegers verlengt zijn contract |url=https://www.mvv.nl/nieuws/tim-zeegers-verlengt-zijn-contract |website=MVV |access-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524115754/https://www.mvv.nl/nieuws/tim-zeegers-verlengt-zijn-contract |archive-date=24 May 2022 |language=nl |date=24 May 2022}}{{cite news |title=Tim Zeegers verlengt contract bij MVV |url=https://rtvmaastricht.nl/nieuws/artikel/tim-zeegers-verlengt-contract-bij-mvv |access-date=19 February 2023 |work=RTV Maastricht |date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701235848/https://rtvmaastricht.nl/nieuws/artikel/tim-zeegers-verlengt-contract-bij-mvv |archive-date=1 July 2022 |language=nl}} He extended his contract once again on 23 June 2023, penning a two-year deal keeping him at MVV until 2025.{{cite web |title=Tim Zeegers verlengt contract bij MVV Maastricht |url=https://www.mvv.nl/nieuws/tim-zeegers-verlengt-contract-bij-mvv-maastricht |website=MVV |access-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627230842/https://www.mvv.nl/nieuws/tim-zeegers-verlengt-contract-bij-mvv-maastricht |archive-date=27 June 2023 |language=NL |date=23 June 2023}}
Personal life
Besides football, Zeegers has worked as a taxi driver for children in special education. He has also studied applied psychology, which he pursued during a period in which he was injured.{{cite news |last1=Meijer |first1=Chris |title=Tim Zeegers is profvoetballer én taxichauffeur: Ik blijf het combineren |url=https://www.voetbalzone.nl/nieuws/tim-zeegers-is-profvoetballer-n-taxichauffeur-ik-blijf-het-combineren/386693 |access-date=25 May 2023 |work=Voetbalzone |date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525182406/https://www.voetbalzone.nl/nieuws/tim-zeegers-is-profvoetballer-n-taxichauffeur-ik-blijf-het-combineren/386693 |archive-date=25 May 2023 |language=nl}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 22 November 2024}}{{Soccerway|tim-zeegers/586183|accessdate=9 September 2020}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|KNVB Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|MVV
|31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Eerste Divisie |17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|Eerste Divisie |21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=PO|Appearance in Eredivisie promotion/relegation playoffs}} | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|Eerste Divisie |23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25
|Eerste Divisie |12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!104 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 0 |
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References
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External links
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{{MVV Maastricht squad}}
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:MVV Maastricht players
Category:Eerste Divisie players