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Robert Mühren
Mühren in 2015
Personal information
Full name Robert Mühren
Date of birth (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Purmerend, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cambuur
(on loan from Zulte Waregem)
Number 21
Youth career
1995–2001 RKAV Volendam
2002–2006 Ajax
2006–2009 FC Volendam
2009–2011 RKAV Volendam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 FC Volendam 102 (49)
2014–2017 AZ 47 (11)
2016 Jong AZ 3 (3)
2017– Zulte Waregem 12 (2)
2017–2018 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 28 (7)
2018–2019 → NAC Breda (loan) 14 (0)
2019– → Cambuur (loan) 53 (51)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:45, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Robert Mühren (born 18 May 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cambuur, on loan from Zulte Waregem.

Career

Volendam

Mühren was born in Purmerend. He made his professional debut for boyhood club FC Volendam on 5 August 2011, playing the full ninety minutes in an Eerste Divisie match against FC Dordrecht; the game ended 0–0.[1] His first goals for the club came in an Eerste Divisie match on 30 September, netting twice in the first half as Volendam defeated Fortuna Sittard 3–2.[2] On 10 February 2013, Mühren netted his first professional hat-trick, and fellow strike-partner Jack Tuyp also scored a hat-trick as Volendam defeated Telstar 6–2.[3]

On the opening day of the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie season on 3 August 2013, Mühren scored all of Volendam's goals in a 3–2 away victory over Almere City.[4] In a KNVB Cup match against Eredivisie heavyweights Ajax on 25 September 2013, Mühren netted a brace as Volendam fell to a 4–2 defeat in extra time.[5] The game came just six days after the death of Robert's uncle Gerrie Mühren, who started his career with Volendam before going on to be a part of the great Ajax teams of the 1970s that won three consecutive European Cups.[6]

On 10 February 2014, Mühren netted twice in the first half before completing his hat-trick in the second half, as Volendam defeated Jong FC Twente 4–2.[7] In the 32nd round of the Eerste Divisie tournament on 21 March, he scored in either half as Volendam defeated Jong PSV by a score of 3–1 at the Kras Stadion.[8] By scoring in Volendam's next fixture, a 2–1 defeat to Excelsior on 28 March, Mühren reached 24 league goals for the season and had completed a remarkable run of scoring in eight of his previous ten appearances.[9]

AZ

On 28 August 2014, Mühren signed a three-year deal with AZ, leaving for a fee of €350,000.[10] After two-and-a-half years with AZ, some of which were spent with the reserve team, he moved to Belgian Jupiler Pro League side Zulte Waregem on 31 January 2017.[11][12]

Zulte Waregem

Mühren scored two goals in 12 games for Zulte Waregem, but left on loan after serving out only six months of his four-and-a-half-year contract, after having disagreements with manager Francky Dury.[13]

Loans

Mühren was sent on loan to Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam on 17 August 2017.[14] Three days later, on 20 August 2017, he was immediately successful for his new and temporary employer by scored the equaliser a home game against PEC Zwolle (1–1).[15] He became the club's top goalscorer that season with nine goals, but the side suffered relegation at the end of the season via play offs.[16]

The following year he was sent on loan to NAC Breda.[17] This proved largely unsuccessful due to a long-term injury.[18]

In the 2019–20 season, Mühren was sent on loan to second-tier Eerste Divisie club Cambuur, where he developed into a particularly productive striker by scoring 26 goals before the season was abandoned due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[19] Mühren extended his loan deal after the season, with the hopes of reaching promotion to the Eredivisie with this club.[20][21] After 24 games played in the 2020–21 season, he already 25 goals with 6 assists to his name. He scored his 100th Eerste Divisie goal on 22 February 2021.[19]

Personal life

Mühren is the nephew of former Dutch internationals Gerrie Mühren and Arnold Mühren.[9] Arnold played for Ipswich Town in the 1981 UEFA Cup Final, beating Robert's former club, AZ.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 February 2021[22]
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Volendam 2011–12 Eerste Divisie 31 9 2 0 — — 33 9
2012–13 33 9 1 0 — 4[a] 1 38 10
2013–14 34 25 1 2 — — 35 27
2014–15 4 6 0 0 — — 4 6
Total 102 43 4 2 — 4 1 110 52
AZ 2014–15 Eredivisie 17 4 2 1 — — 19 5
2015–16 18 1 5 2 7[b] 1 — 30 4
2016–17 12 6 3 3 3[b] 1 — 18 10
Total 47 11 10 6 10 2 — 67 19
Jong AZ 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 3 3 0 0 — — 3 3
Zulte Waregem 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 12 2 1 0 — 0 0 13 2
Sparta Rotterdam 2017–18 Eredivisie 28 7 1 0 — 4[a] 2 33 9
NAC Breda 2018–19 Eredivisie 14 0 1 0 — — 15 1
Cambuur 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 29 26 0 0 — — 29 26
2020–21 24 25 0 0 — 0 0 24 25
Total 53 51 0 0 — 0 0 53 51
Career total 259 117 17 8 10 2 8 3 294 130
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Eredivisie relegation play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the Europa League

Honours

Zulte Waregem

References

  1. ^ "Dordrecht vs. Volendam 0-0". Soccerway. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Volendam vs. Fortuna Sittard 3-2". Soccerway. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Volendam vs. Telstar 6-2". Soccerway. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Almere City vs. Volendam 2-3". Soccerway. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Moeizame zege Ajax op Volendam 4-2" (in Dutch). Voetbal Blog. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Gerrie Mühren mourned in the Netherlands". UEFA. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Jong Twente vs. Volendam 2-4". Soccerway. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Volendam vs. Yong PSV 3-1". Soccerway. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Muhren dynasty lives on". ESPNFC. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  10. ^ "AZ haalt Mühren naar Alkmaar". AZ. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Mühren naar Zulte Waregem". www.az.nl. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Zulte Waregem haalt concurrent voor Mbaye Leye". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 31 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Mühren: Zulte Waregem is op voetbalgebied een oliebollenkraam". nos.nl (in Dutch). 10 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Sparta Rotterdam haalt Mühren terug naar Eredivisie". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 17 August 2017.
  15. ^ Arentsen, Dennis (20 August 2017). "PEC Zwolle houdt punt over aan matig optreden". De Stentor (in Dutch).
  16. ^ "Sparta degradeert uit Eredivisie, historische promotie FC Emmen". NU (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
  17. ^ Tol, Nick (29 August 2018). "Robert Mühren sluit aan bij NAC Breda". Telegraaf (in Dutch).
  18. ^ Blanco, Yadran (15 October 2018). "Volgende tegenslag NAC: Mühren voorlopig niet inzetbaar". BN De Stem (in Dutch).
  19. ^ a b Dekker, Edward (22 February 2021). "Jubileumgoal Robert Mühren: 100!". NH Nieuws (in Dutch).
  20. ^ Vries, Sander de (30 June 2020). "Cambuur neemt topscorer Mühren definitief over van Zulte Waregem". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch).
  21. ^ "Update: Cambuur maakt Mühren-transfer officieel: "Enorm blij dat het is gelukt"". www.voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 3 July 2020.
  22. ^ Robert Mühren at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Zulte Waregem win second Belgian Cup". uefa.com. 18 March 2017.
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