Sai van Wermeskerken

Sai van Wermeskerken

Personal information
Full name	Sai van Wermeskerken
Date of birth	(1994-06-28) 28 June 1994
Place of birth	Maastricht, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Dordrecht
Number	2
Youth career
2002–2013	Ventforet Kofu
2013–2015	Dordrecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	Dordrecht	28	(1)
International career‡
2016–	Japan U23	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:57, 5 April 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:57, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Sai van Wermeskerken (ファン ウェルメスケルケン 際, Fan Werumesukeruken Sai, born 28 June 1994) is a Japanese footballer of Dutch origin, who plays for Dordrecht, as a full-back.

Club career

Sai was born in Maastricht, Netherlands, to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother. When Sai was only 2-years old, his family moved to Japan after his father had got a job there. The van Wermeskerken family settled down in Yamanashi Prefecture. When 8, he entered Ventforet Kofu youth academy and started climbing up the career ladder. After several years in the youth system Kofu was rewarded with a contract by Dordrecht in July 2013. He made his first appearance for Dordrecht on 10 May 2015, in the Eredivisie match against Twente.

International career

On 14 March 2016, Sai received his first call-up to the Japan national under-23 football team for the friendly match against Mexico.

External links

• Sai van Wermeskerken at Soccerway
• Sai van Wermeskerken profile at Japan Football Association