Sem Westerveld (born 18 July 2002) is a Spanish born, Dutch professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for Dutch club

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

Career

Westerveld made his professional debut with Jong AZ in a 1–0

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

loss to

Roda Roda may refer to: Places *Stadtroda (called Roda until 1925), a town in Thuringia, Germany *Roda, Greece, a village in Corfu, Greece * Roda, Punjab, a town and Union Council of Punjab, Pakistan *Roda, Portugal, a village in Viseu district, Portu ...

on 4 January 2021. On 18 June 2021, he signed his first professional contract with

for three years.

Personal life

Westerveld's father

Sander Westerveld Sander Westerveld (born 23 October 1974) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He was the goalkeeping coach of South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town. The highlight of his playing ...

and grandfather

Hennie Ardesch Hendrikus "Hennie" Ardesch (29 October 194326 November 2019) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Ardesch spent most of his career as backup goalkeeper, notably with ADO Den Haag from 1966 to 1967. Ardesch w ...

were also professional football goalkeepers. Sem was born in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, Spain while his father was playing for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

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- Voetbal International * {{DEFAULTSORT:Westerveld, Sem 2002 births Living people Spanish people of Dutch descent Spanish men's footballers Dutch men's footballers Footballers from San Sebastián Men's association football goalkeepers Eerste Divisie players Jong AZ players