Yanic Wildschut

Yanic-Sonny Wildschut (born 1 November 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Exeter City.

Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Suriname national team.

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wildschut played for various youth teams, including Volendam and Almere City, before moving to Ajax, where he became a product of the famous academy.

Despite having a good year, Wildschut was released when they decided against renewing his contract and joined FC Zwolle in June 2010.

Wildschut made his debut for Zwolle in an Eerste Divisie league match against MVV.

The match ended in a goalless draw.

He scored his first goal for the club on 29 October 2010, in a 4–0 win over Almere City.

A week later, he scored again in the fourth round of the KNVB Cup, though Zwolle would eventually lose in the penalty shootout.

As the 2010–11 season progressed, Wildshut scored three more goals against Sparta Rotterdam, and Cambuur twice in different fixtures.

In his first season at Zwolle, Wildschut finished the season with thirty-eight appearances and five goals in all competition.

After one season with Zwolle, Wildschut signed a three-year deal with VVV-Venlo on 29 June 2011.

Wildschut made his VVV-Venlo debut playing for 68 minutes of a 0–0 draw against Utrecht in the opening game of the season.

He scores his first VVV-Venlo goal on 22 October 2011 in a 4–1 win over RKC Waalwijk.

His second goal then came on 20 November 2011, in a 2–1 loss against Groningen.

As the 2011–12 season progressed, Wildschut went on to score five more goals, against Excelsior, Groningen, Heracles Almelo, Vitesse and Twente, as he helped the club stay in top-flight football for another season.

In his first season at VVV-Venlo, Wildschut made thirty-three appearances and scored four times in all competitions.

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Wildschut attracted interest from clubs including AZ Alkmaar and Salzburg.

Wildschut said that he would like to leave the club to step up to the challenge of a higher level.

However, Wildschut stayed at the club and became a first-team regular, making thirty-five appearances and scoring once, against Utrecht.

The club were relegated in the league after finishing in seventeenth place.

On 24 June 2013, Wildschut signed a three-year deal with SC Heerenveen.

He had been linked with a move to the club the previous season and had almost joined the club, but the move collapsed.

Wildschut made his Heerenveen debut in the opening game of the season, playing for 66 minutes before being substituted in a 4–2 loss against AZ.

He scored his first goal for the club on 15 September 2013, in a 4–2 win over Groningen.

After suffering an injury, he scored on his return, in a 1–1 draw against PSV Eindhoven on 23 November 2013.

In six months at Heerenveen, before joining ADO Den Haag, he made eighteen appearances and scoring two times.

On 31 January 2014, Wildschut was sent on loan to ADO Den Haag until the end of the season.

After injuries delayed his debut, he made his first appearance on 15 February 2014, playing for 81 minutes before being substituted, in a 1–0 win over Roda JC.

Despite suffering another injury, he went on to make seven appearances for the club.

After his loan spell at ADO Den Haag, Wildschut made four appearances for Heerenveen at the start of the 2014–15 season, including two assists in two matches against Excelsior and Utrecht.

On 1 September 2014, Wildschut joined English side Middlesbrough of the Championship on a two-year contract with the option of a further year.

After appearing as an unused substitute for the first three matches of the season, Wildschut made his Middlesbrough debut as a substitute in the League Cup against Liverpool on 23 September 2014.

The match went to penalties and Wildschut converted his penalty, but Middlesbrough ultimately lost the shootout.

His league debut followed, again as a substitute, in a 0–0 draw against Charlton Athletic on 27 September 2014.

He scored his first goal for Middlesbrough in a 3–0 win against Rotherham United on 1 November 2014, and then three days later scored his second goal in a 4–0 win over Norwich City.

However, Wildschut struggled to retain his first-team place at Middlesbrough and was restricted to thirteen appearances in his first season.

As a result, he spent the rest of the 2014–15 season playing in the club's reserves to regain match fitness.

Wildschut scored his first goal the following season in the first round of the League Cup against Oldham Athletic.

A week later on 22 August 2015, he made his first league appearance of the season, playing for 45 minutes in a 1–0 loss against Bristol City.

Unable to maintain a first-team place, Wildschut was told by manager Aitor Karanka that he could leave the club on loan to play first-team football.