Pierre Marcel de Wit (born 26 September 1987) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Early life

Pierre was born in

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to Lothar and Monika de Wit and grew up in the suburban

Chorweiler Chorweiler (, ) is the sixth borough ('' Stadtbezirk'') of Cologne, Germany. Large portion of the borough of Chorweiler were incorporated into the city of Cologne in 1922, the borough of Chorweiler was created in the 1970s. The borough has the l ...

Career

De Wit began his career 1992 with SC Köln Weiler Volkhoven and in 2005, he was scouted by

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

. After one year in the A-Youth (U-19) of the club, he was promoted to the

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team, and earned his first professional games. In July 2007 he was called for the Bundesliga team of Leverkusen. He gave his debut on 8 November 2006 in 3–1 win over

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

. After the season, de Wit left Leverkusen and joined

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

on loan. He played for VfL Osnabrück for two years, earning 47 caps, and scoring five goals. On 30 June 2009, he returned to Leverkusen. After his return he only played for Leverkusen's reserve team. On 3 December 2009, de Wit announced his signing with

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

. On 5 August 2013, he joined

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

on a three-year contract until June 2016.

Personal life

He is married to a Turkish-German woman Sevgi Özdamar. The couple has a daughter – Amelie, born in May 2011. Pierre's uncle is the former 2. Bundesliga player Dirk de Wit.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wit, Pierre De 1987 births Living people German people of Dutch descent German men's footballers Footballers from Cologne Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players MSV Duisburg players VfL Osnabrück players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 21st-century German sportsmen