Niels Wellenberg (; born 9 August 1982) is a Dutch former professional

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Career

Both comfortable playing defender and midfielder, Wellenberg was born in

Deventer Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...

and made his debut in the professional football squad of

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in the 2001–02 season. Before, he had played amateur football with Rohda Raalte. He joined Twente in 2004. On 13 July 2009, it was announced that Wellenberg had signed a three-year deal with NEC. In

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

, he often struggled with injuries. After his contract with NEC was not extended, Wellenberg announced his retirement from professional football in 2012.

Honours

Twente *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

co-winner:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellenberg, Niels 1982 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Rohda Raalte players Go Ahead Eagles players FC Twente players NEC Nijmegen players Footballers from Deventer Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football midfielders