Player of the Week: Wout Weghorst in top form at exactly the right moment

Weghorst leads Eredivisie scoring with 8 goals in 11 games and earned Player of the Week after a four-goal haul against Excelsior.

Wout Weghorst has been named Eredivisie Player of the Week after an outstanding performance in round 11 of the season. The FC Twente striker scored four goals in the club's record victory over Excelsior, propelling him to the top of the league's scoring charts with eight goals in eleven matches.

Weghorst is now level with Brynjólfur Willumsson of FC Groningen and Søren Tengstedt of Go Ahead Eagles at the summit of the scoring standings. He is already on pace to surpass his best Eredivisie season, when he scored ten goals in the 2024/25 campaign. The striker has a notable history with Ajax, his former club, and will face them in an upcoming fixture.