Marvin Peersman (born 10 February 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Dutch Eredivisie club Groningen.

Marvin Peersman
Peersman with Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-10) 10 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Wilrijk, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back / Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Groningen
Number 43
Youth career
Sint-Anneke Sport
Germinal Beerschot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Beveren 20 (0)
2010–2012 Royal Antwerp 44 (0)
2012–2015 Dordrecht 81 (1)
2015–2018 Cambuur 82 (1)
2018–2020 Hapoel Tel Aviv 79 (1)
2020–2022 PAS Giannina 57 (2)
2022–2023 Aris 31 (0)
2023– Groningen 0 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Belgium U19 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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Peersman began his professional football club career in 2009 at Beveren as a 17-year-old before signing for Royal Antwerp in 2010 and in 2012 Peersman signed for FC Dordrecht.[1] After that, he played for Cambuur and Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel.[2]

He signed a contract with PAS Giannina on 7 August 2020.[3] On 30 January 2022, he scored his first goal with the club in all competitions in a 2–0 home win game against Apollon Smyrnis. He was voted man of the match for his performance.[4]

In summer 2022 he signed for Aris.[5]

International career

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Peersman was born in Belgium. His mother is a Belgian woman of Flemish extraction and his father is a Ghanaian.[1] Peersman has both a Belgian passport and a Ghanaian passport and is eligible to represent the Belgium and Ghana national teams.[1] He made six appearances for the Belgium U19 national team in 2009 and 2010.[6]

Career statistics

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As of 8 June 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Beveren 2009–10[7] Belgian First Division B 20 0 2 0 22 0
Royal Antwerp 2010–11[7] Belgian First Division B 31 0 2 0 33 0
2011–12[7] 13 0 1 0 14 0
Total 44 0 3 0 47 0
Dordrecht 2012–13[8] Eerste Divisie 20 0 3 0 2[a] 0 25 0
2013–14[8] 35 1 1 0 4[a] 0 40 1
2014–15[8] Eredivisie 26 0 1 0 27 0
Total 81 1 5 0 6 0 92 1
Cambuur 2015–16[8] Eredivisie 32 0 1 0 33 0
2016–17[8] Eerste Divisie 35 0 5 0 2[a] 0 42 0
2017–18[8] 15 1 3 1 18 2
Total 82 1 9 1 2 0 93 2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2017–18[7] Liga Leumit 15 0 15 0
2018–19[7] Israeli Premier League 31 0 2 0 5 1 38 1
2019–20[7] 33 1 3 0 4 0 40 1
Total 79 1 5 0 9 1 93 2
PAS Giannina 2020–21[7] Superleague Greece 30 0 5 0 35 0
2021–22[7] 26 2 1 0 27 2
Total 56 2 6 0 62 2
Career total 362 5 30 1 9 1 0 0 8 0 409 7
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in league play-offs

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Belgium youth international Peersman wants to play for Ghana". ghanasoccernet.com. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ Het leven van linksback Marvin Peersman in Israël vice.com
  3. ^ "WELCOME MARVIN". 7 August 2020.
  4. ^ "ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα - Απόλλων Σμύρνης 2-0: Τρίποντο με την υπογραφή των Πίρσμαν και Εραμούσπε". www.sport24.gr. 30 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Ανακοινώθηκε από τον Άρη ο Μάρβιν Πίρσμαν". 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Marvin Peersman". ACFF (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Marvin Peersman at Soccerway
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Marvin Peersman » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Nivea Men Player of the Club του Car.gr ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα ο Μάρβιν Πέερσμαν". Super League (in Greek). 8 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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