Marvin Peersman

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

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

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

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. Appearances in league play-offs

Honours

Individual

• PAS Giannina Player of the Year: 2020–21^[9]

References

1. "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. Marvin Peersman at Soccerway
8. "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.

External links

• Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)