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| Full name | Michel Armand Vorm[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (age 42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | IJsselstein, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JSV Nieuwegein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2011 | Utrecht | 137 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | →Den Bosch (loan) | 35 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Swansea City | 89 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 274 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Netherlands | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michel Armand Vorm (born 20 October 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as agoalkeeper. Following his playing career, he was also a goalkeeping coach atTottenham Hotspur.
Vorm began his professional career atFC Utrecht in 2005, spending his first season on loan atFC Den Bosch. He transferred toSwansea City in 2011, playing threePremier League seasons and winning theLeague Cup in 2013. Vorm joined Tottenham Hotspur for £3.5 million in 2014, and announced his retirement in 2020.
A full international for theNetherlands from 2008 to 2014, Vorm earned 15 caps in total for the senior team. He was part of Dutch squads for2010 and2014FIFA World Cups andUEFA Euro 2012.
Born inIJsselstein to a Dutch mother and aSurinamese father,[3] Vorm began his career atFC Utrecht. In order to gain more experience, he spent the 2005–06 season on loan toFC Den Bosch. He made his debut on 12 August 2005 againstFC Emmen, the first of 35 appearances that season.
In August 2006, Vorm made his debut for Utrecht againstWillem II. Although he joined FC Utrecht as the third-choice goalkeeper, behindFranck Grandel andJoost Terol, his pre-season performances impressed managerFoeke Booy, and saw him promoted to first choice keeper at the start of the league season. During this first season Vorm played 33 out of 34 matches, and his position as number one at the club remained unchallenged thereafter. Vorm missed a handful matches during the 2007–08 season due to knee and shoulder injuries. He left Utrecht at the start of the 2011–12 season, having played 136 matches in theEredivisie.
In August 2011, Vorm joinedSwansea City for a fee of around £1.5 million.[4]He took the vacant number 1 shirt and made his debut for the club againstManchester City on 15 August 2011 in a 4–0 defeat.[5] Although he conceded four goals, he also made eleven saves – more than any other Premier League goalkeeper, in a single match, in the whole of the 2011–12 season. In his second match for Swansea againstWigan Athletic, on 20 August, Vorm saved a 72nd-minute penalty fromBen Watson, to give Swansea their first ever point in the Premier League.[6] On 6 November 2011, Vorm arguably saved Swansea from defeat againstLiverpool and earned them the draw atAnfield by pulling off two outstanding saves to earn theclean sheet. On 10 December, he was instrumental in Swansea's 2–0 win overFulham as he savedClint Dempsey's 87th-minute penalty, with Swansea 1–0 up.[7]
During his first season with Swansea he helped keep 13 clean sheets in 37 league appearances.[8] His performances were so impressive that he won three awards at the club's end-of-season dinner – Supporters' Player of the Year, Players' Player and the Away Player awards.[9]
On 27 September 2012, Vorm signed a new four-year contract with Swansea.[10] On 28 October 2012, he was ruled out for up to eight weeks due to a groin injury picked up in a match againstManchester City.[11] On 3 November 2013, in theSouth Wales derby against Cardiff City, Vorm was shown a straight red card by refereeMike Dean for a stoppage-time foul onFraizer Campbell. The match ended 1–0 to Cardiff City.[12]
On 23 July 2014, Vorm announced via Dutch radio that he would sign forTottenham Hotspur to compete withHugo Lloris.[13] He signed on a four-year deal costing Spurs £3.5 million after three years at Swansea, joining on the same day as Swansea'sBen Davies made the same move andGylfi Sigurðsson was exchanged as part of the deal.[14] The transfer was disputed by Utrecht, who complained to FIFA that they were contractually due 30% of the fee received by Swansea.[15] FIFA rejected Utrecht's claim, and the case was heard in theCourt of Arbitration for Sport in January 2016.[16]
He made his debut for Tottenham on 24 September, in the third round of theLeague Cup at home againstNottingham Forest. Despite conceding first toJorge Grant, Tottenham won 3–1.[17] Vorm featured again in the next round on 29 October, keeping his first clean sheet for the club as Tottenham defeatedBrighton & Hove Albion 2–0.[18] Eight days later he played his firstUEFA Europa League match for Tottenham, a 2–1 win away toAsteras Tripoli.[19]
Vorm's first league appearance for Tottenham came on 21 March 2015, after Lloris went off injured in the fourth minute of a home match againstLeicester City. Tottenham won 4–3.[20] On 5 April he made his first league start, a goalless draw againstBurnley atTurf Moor.[21] On 13 August 2016, Vorm made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season for Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park, in which he replaced the injured Lloris after 35 minutes.
Vorm's contract was extended in 2018,[22] however, in the2018–19 season, he was replaced as the number two goalkeeper for Tottenham byPaulo Gazzaniga, having started in fewer games whenHugo Lloris was not available.[23] After the 2018–19 season Vorm was released by Tottenham following the end of his contract with the club.[24]
Three months into the2019–20 season, Vorm re-signed on a contract until the end of the season as cover for Gazzaniga who had stepped into the starting eleven to replace the injured Lloris.[25] Vorm made his first appearance of the season in the FA Cup match againstNorwich City on 5 March 2020, which ended in a loss after a penalty shoot-out.[26] On 27 July 2020, Tottenham confirmed that Vorm would be leaving the club following the end of the season.[27]
On 26 October 2020, Vorm announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 37.[28][29]
In 2006, he was a member of theNetherlands squad that won the2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Portugal.
Vorm played his first match for the senior national team on 14 November 2008, replacingHenk Timmer at half time in a 3–1 home friendly win, conceding toKim Källström within four minutes of coming on. He made his first start on 5 September 2009 in a friendly home match againstJapan (3–0 win), followed up four days later by an impressive performance atHampden Park during theWorld Cup qualifierScotland – Netherlands, a match won 1–0 by the Netherlands.[30][31]At Hampden Park, this was Vorm's first competitive match ever outside the Netherlands.[32]
Vorm was included in the preliminary squad for the2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[33] On 27 May 2010, Netherlands managerBert van Marwijk announced that the player would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the FIFA World Cup.[34] Before the start of the competition he was allowed to fly back to the Netherlands. During the World Cup, Vorm's girlfriend Daisy delivered a son, Jaivy Waylon. The Dutch goalkeeper returned home for two days following his son's birth.[35][36]
Vorm was included in theNetherlands squad forUEFA Euro 2012.Maarten Stekelenburg wasBert van Marwijk's first choice in goal, playing all three games as the nation exited in the group stage.
For the2014 FIFA World Cup, coachLouis van Gaal included Vorm in theNetherlands squad, alongside young Ajax goalkeeperJasper Cillessen who was first choice in goal andTim Krul. Despite having a reputation for his penalty-saving abilities while at Swansea,[37] Van Gaal opted to replace Cillessen with Krul in thepenalty shootout during the quarter-final match againstCosta Rica. Vorm came on for Cillessen in injury time of the 3–0 third place play-off win againstBrazil inBrasília, thus ensuring that all 23 Dutch squad members played at the tournament.[38]
On 20 April 2021, following the sacking ofJosé Mourinho and the appointment ofRyan Mason on an interim basis, Vorm was appointed interim goalkeeping coach atTottenham Hotspur.[39] He left this position at the end of the season.[40]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Utrecht | 2006–07 | Eredivisie | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5[a] | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | Eredivisie | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | Eredivisie | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4[a] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 9[b] | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 137 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Den Bosch (loan) | 2005–06 | Eerste Divisie | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Swansea City | 2011–12 | Premier League | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Premier League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Premier League | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| Total | 89 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 97 | 0 | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2014–15 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 274 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 342 | 0 | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 |
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