Wilmer Kousemaker
Wilmer Kousemaker is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Football career
NAC Breda
Born in Tholen, Zeeland, Kousemaker started playing football at a young age at amateur club Tholense Boys. In 2000, he was brought to the NAC Breda youth academy at the age of 15. There he went to play with the under-17 team.On 18 April 2004, Kousemaker made his senior debut against Volendam, replacing the injured Robbie Haemhouts, who had substituted the similarly injured Nebojsa Gudelj earlier in the match. NAC lost this game 4–2. In January 2005, he made a few more appearances for NAC, also due to injuries to starters. Because Mark Schenning suffered an injury, Kousemaker was added to the first team squad. He played a few games and at the end of the season his amateur status was turned into a two-year professional contract. During the 2005–06 season, NAC struggled and head coach Ton Lokhoff was fired as a result. His replacement Cees Lok soon announced that he did not see future prospects for Kousemaker. He was removed from the first-team squad and transfer-listed. A few months later, Lok was also dismissed and Kousemaker's future remained uncertain.
Before the start of the 2006–07 season, Kousemaker made multiple appearances in pre-season games and left a good impression with new manager Ernie Brandts. However, this did not immediately result in playing time during the season, and Kousemaker opted ahead of the 2007–08 season to move to HFC Haarlem in the second-tier Eerste Divisie.