Erik Pieters
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Pieters with PSV Eindhoven in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Erik Pieters | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tiel, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Derby County | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | VV Rhelico | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Utrecht | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Utrecht | 51 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | PSV Eindhoven | 93 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Stoke City | 190 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Amiens (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Burnley | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | West Bromwich Albion | 58 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Luton Town | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Derby County | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Netherlands U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Netherlands U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Netherlands U21 | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Netherlands | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:13, 3 May 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Erik Pieters (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪk ˈpitərs]; born 7 August 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back and centre-back for EFL Championship club Derby County.
Pieters began his career with Utrecht and made his professional debut in August 2006. He impressed enough at the Stadion Galgenwaard to earn a move to PSV Eindhoven in July 2008 for €2.5 million. At PSV, he won the Johan Cruijff Shield in 2008 and the KNVB Beker in 2011–12 and also became a regular member of the Dutch national team. Injuries hampered his progress in 2012–13 before he moved to English side Stoke City in June 2013 for €3.6 million.
Pieters spent six years with Stoke and made 206 appearances before joining Burnley in July 2019. He signed for Championship club West Bromwich Albion in September 2022 for a further two seasons. He had a short term spell at Luton Town without making a first-team appearance prior to moving to Championship side Derby County in late March 2025 in a deal until the end of the season.