Wouter Burger, Central Midfield at Hoffenheim

Central Midfield · Midfielder

#18 Wouter Burger

Hoffenheim Bundesliga · Germany

Date of birth / Age: 16 Feb 2001 (25)
Height · Weight: 1.91 m · 83 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 22 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2030

Date of birth / Age: 16 Feb 2001 (25)
Height · Weight: 1.91 m · 83 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Netherlands
Joined club: 22 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2030

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 32
Starting eleven: 31
Goals: 5
Assists: 6
Yellow cards: 6
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 1
Minutes: 2,575

Starting eleven97%

31 of 32 appearances

Minutes played2,575

80 per appearance

Goal involvement11

5 goals · 6 assists

Positions played

233 matches · since 2018/19

CFRWLWCBAMDMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	101	10	10
Defensive Midfield	99	5	4
Attacking Midfield	14	2	1
Centre-Back	11	0	0
Other · LW, RW, CF	8	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · central midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #23; central midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #8; among central midfielders aged 22–25
In his league: 92%; of Bundesliga central midfielders rank below him
Finishing: −1.5; goals below expected · better than 26% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

8 Expected

9.5

90 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

9 Expected

9.1

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Bundesliga	Hoffenheim	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	182
2025/26	Bundesliga	Hoffenheim	30	30	4	6	6	0	1	2,436
2025/26	DFB Pokal	Hoffenheim	2	1	1	–	0	–	0	139
2024/25	Championship	Stoke City	39	37	1	1	10	0	0	3,018
2024/25	Carabao Cup	Stoke City	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	223
2024/25	FA Cup	Stoke City	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2023/24	Championship	Stoke City	39	31	3	2	10	0	0	2,639
2023/24	Super League	Basel	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	270
2023/24	UEFA Europa Conference League	Basel	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	107
2023/24	FA Cup	Stoke City	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2023/24	Carabao Cup	Stoke City	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	73
2022/23	Super League	Basel	30	23	4	0	8	0	2	1,978
2022/23	UEFA Europa Conference League	Basel	18	16	2	–	8	–	0	1,366
2022/23	Schweizer Pokal	Basel	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	107
2023	UEFA U21 Championship	Netherlands U21	3	1	0	–	1	–	0	141
2021/22	Super League	Basel	26	18	0	1	6	1	0	1,634
2021/22	Eredivisie	Feyenoord	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	77
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Basel	7	5	0	–	3	–	0	408
2021/22	Schweizer Pokal	Basel	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	115
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Feyenoord	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	Eredivisie	Sparta Rotterdam	19	9	2	–	0	–	0	792
2020/21	Eredivisie	Feyenoord	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	5
2020/21	KNVB Beker	Sparta Rotterdam	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	15
2023	UEFA U21 Championship Qualification	Netherlands U21	4	3	0	–	1	–	0	257
2019/20	Eerste Divisie	Excelsior	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	584
2019/20	Eredivisie	Feyenoord	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	244
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	Feyenoord	4	1	1	–	0	–	0	136
2019/20	Premier League International Cup	Feyenoord U23	1	1	1	–	1	–	0	90
2020	UEFA U19 Championship	Netherlands U19	3	2	3	–	0	–	0	180
2018/19	Eredivisie	Feyenoord	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
2018/19	Premier League International Cup	Feyenoord U23	2	2	1	–	1	–	0	180
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	Feyenoord	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	7
2018/19	KNVB Beker	Feyenoord	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	19
2019	UEFA U19 Championship	Netherlands U19	6	3	1	–	1	–	0	311
2017/18	UEFA Youth League	Feyenoord U19	2	1	1	–	2	–	0	120
2018	UEFA U17 Championship	Netherlands U17	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2018	Torneio Internacional Algarve U17	Netherlands U17	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	49

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			276	211	26	12^*	62	1^*	3	18,482

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Championship	78	4	3
Super League	59	4	2
Bundesliga	32	4	6
Eredivisie	28	2	0
UEFA Europa Conference League	28	2	–
Netherlands U19	9	4	–
Eerste Divisie	7	0	1
Netherlands U21	7	0	–
Carabao Cup	5	1	–
UEFA Europa League	5	1	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Stoke City Hoffenheim Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Transfer Basel Stoke City Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2021 Aug 2021 · Transfer Feyenoord Basel Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2021 Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Sparta Rotterdam Feyenoord Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Oct 2020 Oct 2020 · Loan Feyenoord Sparta Rotterdam Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2020 Jun 2020 · Back from Loan Excelsior Feyenoord Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Loan Feyenoord Excelsior Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2013 Jul 2013 · Transfer Excelsior Feyenoord Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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