He obtained his first 5 caps while playing at the third level.
His first 35 caps were not interrupted by any other matches of the Dutch national team. The series of 35 was a Dutch record until it was improved to 38 by Edwin van der Sar; Wiersma is still record holder considering series starting with a players' first cap. The match that broke off his series resulted in a 0-7 loss against West Germany.
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 15- 4-1932 in Hilversum Died: 4-12-1995 Country: Netherlands Caps: 53 (W24-D11-L18 - GF130-GA96 - %55.66) Age First Cap: 22 yr 192 d 24-10-1954 vs. Belgium 3-4 Age Last Cap: 30 yr 164 d 26- 9-1962 vs. Denmark 1-4 National Team Career: 7 yr 337 d
Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 24-10-54 Antwerpen Belgium 3-4
2 13- 3-55 Amsterdam Denmark 1-1
3 3- 4-55 Amsterdam Belgium 1-0
4 1- 5-55 Dublin Ireland 0-1
5 19- 5-55 Rotterdam Switzerland 4-1
6 16-10-55 Rotterdam Belgium 2-2
7 6-11-55 Amsterdam Norway 3-0
8 16-11-55 Saarbrücken Saar 2-1
9 14- 3-56 Düsseldorf West Germany 2-1
10 8- 4-56 Antwerpen Belgium 1-0
11 10- 5-56 Rotterdam Ireland 1-4
12 6- 6-56 Amsterdam Saar 3-2
13 15- 9-56 Lausanne Switzerland 3-2
14 14-10-56 Antwerpen Belgium 3-2
15 4-11-56 København Denmark 2-2
16 30- 1-57 Madrid Spain 1-5
17 20- 3-57 Rotterdam Luxembourg 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
18 3- 4-57 Amsterdam West Germany 1-2
19 28- 4-57 Amsterdam Belgium 1-1
20 26- 5-57 Wien Austria 2-3 World Cup Qualifier
21 11- 9-57 Rotterdam Luxembourg 5-2 World Cup Qualifier
22 25- 9-57 Amsterdam Austria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
23 17-11-57 Rotterdam Belgium 5-2
24 13- 4-58 Antwerpen Belgium 7-2
25 23- 4-58 Rotterdam Curaçao 8-1
26 4- 5-58 Amsterdam Turkey 1-2
27 28- 5-58 Oslo Norway 0-0
28 28- 9-58 Antwerpen Belgium 3-2
29 15-10-58 Rotterdam Denmark 5-1
30 2-11-58 Rotterdam Switzerland 2-0
31 19- 4-59 Amsterdam Belgium 2-2
32 10- 5-59 İstanbul Turkey 0-0
33 13- 5-59 Sofia Bulgaria 2-3
34 27- 5-59 Amsterdam Scotland 1-2
35 4-10-59 Rotterdam Belgium 9-1
36 4-11-59 Rotterdam Norway 7-1
37 3- 4-60 Amsterdam Bulgaria 4-2
38 24- 4-60 Antwerpen Belgium 1-2
39 26- 6-60 Cd. de México Mexico 1-3
40 29- 6-60 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 0-0
41 3- 7-60 Paramaribo Surinam 4-3
42 2-10-60 Antwerpen Belgium 4-1
43 30-10-60 Praha Czechoslovakia 0-4
44 22- 3-61 Rotterdam Belgium 6-2
45 19- 4-61 Amsterdam Mexico 1-2
46 30- 4-61 Rotterdam Hungary 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
47 14- 5-61 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
48 22-10-61 Budapest Hungary 3-3 World Cup Qualifier
49 12-11-61 Amsterdam Belgium 0-4
50 1- 4-62 Antwerpen Belgium 1-3
51 9- 5-62 Rotterdam N. Ireland 4-0
52 16- 5-62 Oslo Norway 1-2
53 26- 9-62 København Denmark 1-4
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
53 24 11 18 130- 96 59 55.66
Records by Opponent Pd W D L GF-GA Pts
Austria 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1
Belgium 16 9 3 4 49-30 21
Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 6- 5 2
Curaçao 1 1 0 0 8- 1 2
Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1 0- 4 0
Denmark 4 1 2 1 9- 8 4
Dutch Antilles 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
East Germany 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
Hungary 2 0 1 1 3- 6 1
Ireland 2 0 0 2 1- 5 0
Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 9- 3 4
Mexico 2 0 0 2 2- 5 0
Northern Ireland 1 1 0 0 4- 0 2
Norway 4 2 1 1 11- 3 5
Saar 2 2 0 0 5- 3 4
Scotland 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0
Spain 1 0 0 1 1- 5 0
Surinam 1 1 0 0 4- 3 2
Switzerland 3 3 0 0 9- 3 6
Turkey 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
West Germany 2 1 0 1 3- 3 2
Types of Matches
Friendlies 46
vs Belgium 16
World Cup Qualifier 7
Total 53
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