Pieter ("Piet") Wildschut (; born 25 October 1957) is a Dutch former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He obtained 11 international
caps
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for the
Netherlands national team.
Piet Wildschut – 25 oktober 1957
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Career
Wildschut was born in Leeuwarden
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, Friesland
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. After starting his career for FC Groningen, he represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where Holland finished runners-up, as a player of FC Twente
Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese ...
. Later on Wildschut moved to PSV Eindhoven
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. He studied Mathematics at Eindhoven University of Technology
The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc an ...
. After his soccer career, Wildschut and his family moved to the United States where he runs a software company.
References
External links
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Profile
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FC Groningen Profile
– Voetbal International
Antwerp career stats
– FC Antwerp
1957 births
Living people
Footballers from Leeuwarden
Association football defenders
Dutch footballers
Netherlands international footballers
1978 FIFA World Cup players
FC Groningen players
FC Twente players
PSV Eindhoven players
Royal Antwerp F.C. players
Roda JC Kerkrade players
Dutch expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Eredivisie players
Belgian Pro League players
Eindhoven University of Technology alumni
Dutch emigrants to the United States
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