Ruud Gullit - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Dutch player scored 17 international goals in 66 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  1- 9-1962 in Amsterdam
Country:  Netherlands
Caps:	66	(W38-D13-L15 - GF128-GA53 - %67.42)
Goals:	17	(% 0.26 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr   0 d	 1- 9-1981 vs. Switzerland 1-2
Age Last Cap:	 31 yr 268 d	27- 5-1994 vs. Scotland 3-1
National Team Career: 12 yr 268 d


Cap  Goals	Date	Venue   	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1             1- 9-81  Zürich          Switzerland     1-2
 2            14- 4-82  Eindhoven       Greece          1-0
 3             1- 9-82  Reykjavík       Iceland         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 4   1   1    22- 9-82  Rotterdam       Ireland         2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 5       1    10-11-82  Rotterdam       France          1-2
 6       1    19-12-82  Aachen          Malta           6-0     European Champ. Qual.
 7       1    16- 2-83  Sevilla         Spain           0-1     European Champ. Qual.  
 8   1   2     7- 9-83  Groningen       Iceland         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 9       2    21- 9-83  Brussel         Belgium         1-1
10   2   4    12-10-83  Dublin          Ireland         3-2     European Champ. Qual.
11   1   5    16-11-83  Rotterdam       Spain           2-1     European Champ. Qual.
12       5    17-12-83  Rotterdam       Malta           5-0     European Champ. Qual.
13       5    14- 3-84  Amsterdam       Denmark         6-0
14       5    17-10-84  Rotterdam       Hungary         1-2     World Cup Qualifier
15       5    14-11-84  Wien            Austria         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
16       5    23-12-84  Lefkosia        Cyprus          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
17       5    27- 2-85  Rotterdam       Cyprus          7-1     World Cup Qualifier
18       5     4- 9-85  Heerenveen      Bulgaria        1-0
19       5    16-10-85  Bruxelles       Belgium         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
20       5    20-11-85  Rotterdam       Belgium         2-1     World Cup Qualifier
21       5    12- 3-86  Leipzig         East Germany    1-0
22       5    14- 5-86  Dortmund        West Germany    1-3
23       5    10- 9-86  Praha           Czechoslovakia  0-1
24       5    15-10-86  Budapest        Hungary         1-0     European Champ. Qual.
25       5    19-11-86  Amsterdam       Poland          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
26   1   6    21-12-86  Lemesos         Cyprus          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
27   1   7    21- 1-87  Barcelona       Spain           1-1
28       7    25- 3-87  Rotterdam       Greece          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
29   1   8    29- 4-87  Rotterdam       Hungary         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
30   2  10    14-10-87  Zabrze          Poland          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
31   1  11    28-10-87  Rotterdam       Cyprus          8-0 [1]
32      11     9-12-87  Amsterdam       Cyprus          4-0     European Champ. Qual.
33      11    23- 3-88  London          England         2-2
34      11    24- 5-88  Rotterdam       Bulgaria        1-2
35      11    12- 6-88  Köln            Soviet Union    0-1     European Championship
36      11    15- 6-88  Düsseldorf      England         3-1     European Championship
37      11    18- 6-88  Gelsenkirchen   Ireland         1-0     European Championship
38      11    21- 6-88  Hamburg         West Germany    2-1     European Championship
39   1  12    25- 6-88  München         Soviet Union    2-0     European Championship
40   1  13    14- 9-88  Amsterdam       Wales           1-0     World Cup Qualifier
41      13    22- 3-89  Eindhoven       Soviet Union    2-0
42      13    31- 5-89  Helsinki        Finland         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
43      13    30- 5-90  Wien            Austria         2-3
44      13     3- 6-90  Zagreb          Yugoslavia      2-0
45      13    12- 6-90  Palermo         Egypt           1-1     World Cup
46      13    16- 6-90  Cagliari        England         0-0     World Cup
47   1  14    21- 6-90  Palermo         Ireland         1-1     World Cup
48      14    24- 6-90  Milano          West Germany    1-2     World Cup
49      14    26- 9-90  Palermo         Italy           0-1
50      14    17-10-90  Oporto          Portugal        0-1     European Champ. Qual.
51      14    19-12-90  Ta'Qali         Malta           8-0     European Champ. Qual.
52      14    13- 3-91  Rotterdam       Malta           1-0     European Champ. Qual.
53   1  15    17- 4-91  Rotterdam       Finland         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
54      15    11- 9-91  Eindhoven       Poland          1-1
55      15    16-10-91  Rotterdam       Portugal        1-0     European Champ. Qual.
56   1  16    27- 5-92  Sittard         Austria         3-2
57      16    30- 5-92  Utrecht         Wales           4-0
58      16    12- 6-92  Göteborg        Scotland        1-0     European Championship
59      16    15- 6-92  Göteborg        CIS             0-0     European Championship
60      16    18- 6-92  Göteborg        Germany         3-1     European Championship
61      16    22- 6-92  Göteborg        Denmark         2-2 [2] European Championship
62      16     9- 9-92  Eindhoven       Italy           2-3
63   1  17    16-12-92  İstanbul        Turkey          3-1     World Cup Qualifier
64      17    24- 2-93  Utrecht         Turkey          3-1     World Cup Qualifier
65      17    28- 4-93  London          England         2-2     World Cup Qualifier
66      17    27- 5-94  Utrecht         Scotland        3-1

[1] match was a European Championship qualifier but annulled as such by UEFA
    because of serious crowd trouble and replayed on 9-12-1987; the Dutch FA
    recognises caps and goals for the match on 28-10-1987.
[2] lost 4-5 on penalties
 
Total Record
 
    GP    GW   GD   GL   GF  GA     Pts  Percentage
    66    38   13   15  128- 53      89      67.42
 
17 Goals in 66 Matches (0.41 per match)

Records by Opponent  Gls  Pd  W  D  L  GF-GA  Pts

Austria                1   3  1  0  2   5- 6    2
Belgium                    3  1  1  1   3- 3    3
Bulgaria                   2  1  0  1   2- 2    2
CIS                        1  0  1  0   0- 0    1
Cyprus                 2   5  5  0  0  22- 1   10
Czechoslovakia             1  0  0  1   0- 1    0
Denmark                    2  1  1  0   8- 2    3
East Germany               1  1  0  0   1- 0    2
Egypt                      1  0  1  0   1- 1    1
England                    4  1  3  0   7- 5    5
Finland                1   2  2  0  0   3- 0    4
France                     1  0  0  1   1- 2    0
Germany                    1  1  0  0   3- 1    2
Greece                     2  1  1  0   2- 1    3
Hungary                1   3  2  0  1   4- 2    4
Iceland                1   2  1  1  0   4- 1    3
Ireland                4   4  3  1  0   7- 4    7
Italy                      2  0  0  2   2- 4    0
Malta                      4  4  0  0  20- 0    8
Poland                 2   3  1  2  0   3- 1    4
Portugal                   2  1  0  1   1- 1    2
Scotland                   2  2  0  0   4- 1    4
Soviet Union           1   3  2  0  1   4- 1    4
Spain                  2   3  1  1  1   3- 3    3
Switzerland                1  0  0  1   1- 2    0
Turkey                 1   2  2  0  0   6- 2    4
Wales                  1   2  2  0  0   5- 0    4
West Germany               3  1  0  2   4- 6    2
Yugoslavia                 1  1  0  0   2- 0    2


Types of Matches and Goals

                      Goals Matches
Friendlies               3   22
World Cup Qualifier	 2   11
World Cup         	 1    4
European Champ. Qual.   10   20
European Championship    1    9

Total                	17   66


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