Jasper van der Werff

Jasper van der Werff (born 9 December 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder for Swiss Challenge League club Aarau.

Club career Van der Werff made his professional debut for St. Gallen in a 2–0 Swiss Super League win over Basel on 17 February 2018. In the summer of 2018 van der Werff transferred to Red Bull Salzburg and he was loaned to FC Liefering.

On 9 January 2020, Basel announced that they had loan contracted van der Werff for one and a half seasons. After three test games van der Werff played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 2 February as Basel were defeated 2–1 by St. Gallen. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 January 2021 in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park against Lugano. It was the last goal of the game in the 89th minute and the equaliser as Basel managed a 2–2 draw.

Van der Werff left the club as the contract ended. During his 18 months with the club, Van der Werff played a total of 50 games for Basel scoring the afore mentioned one goal. 34 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the Swiss Cup, five in the UEFA Europa League and seven were friendly games.

On 19 May 2022, van der Werff signed with SC Paderborn on a permanent basis after playing at the club on loan in the previous season. On 20 July 2023, van der Werff was loaned to Hansa Rostock for one season.

On 6 August 2024, van der Werff signed with Universitatea Cluj in Romania.

International career Van der Werff was born in Switzerland to Dutch parents who had moved to Speicher, Switzerland the previous year. He grew up in Speicher and represented the Switzerland U16 twice in 2014.

Career statistics Club

Honours Red Bull Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga: 2018–19 Austrian Cup: 2018–19

Basel Swiss Cup runner-up: 2019–20

Universitatea Cluj Cupa României runner-up: 2025–26