He established a series of 35 consecutive appearances (caps 36-70) which was not interrupted by any other matches of the Dutch national team. This is the second highest such series, only behind a series of 38 matches by Edwin van der Sar and shared with Roel Wiersma, who first set a 35-match series between 1954 and 1959.
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 22- 7-1980 in Katwijk Country: Netherlands Caps: 104 (W68-D23-L13 - GF208-GA69 - %76.44) Goals: 24 Age First Cap: 24 yr 43 d 3- 9-2004 vs. Liechtenstein 3-0 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 44 d 4- 9-2014 vs. Italy 0-2 National Team Career: 10 yr 1 d
Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 3- 9-04 Utrecht Liechtenstein 3-0
2 8- 9-04 Amsterdam Czech Republic 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 9-10-04 Skopje Macedonia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
4 13-10-04 Amsterdam Finland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
5 17-11-04 Barcelona Andorra 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
6 9- 2-05 Birmingham England 0-0
7 26- 3-05 București Romania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 30- 3-05 Eindhoven Armenia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 4- 6-05 Rotterdam Romania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
10 8- 6-05 Helsinki Finland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
11 17- 8-05 Rotterdam Germany 2-2
12 3- 9-05 Yerevan Armenia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 8-10-05 Praha Czech Republic 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 12-10-05 Amsterdam Macedonia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 12-11-05 Amsterdam Italy 1-3
16 1- 3-06 Amsterdam Ecuador 1-0
17 27- 5-06 Rotterdam Cameroon 1-0
18 1- 6-06 Eindhoven Mexico 2-1
19 4- 6-06 Rotterdam Australia 1-1
20 11- 6-06 Leipzig Serbia-Monten. 1-0 World Cup
21 21- 6-06 Frankfurt Argentina 0-0 World Cup
22 25- 6-06 Nürnberg Portugal 0-1 World Cup
23 16- 8-06 Dublin Ireland 4-0
24 2- 9-06 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
25 6- 9-06 Eindhoven Belarus 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
26 7-10-06 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
27 15-11-06 Amsterdam England 1-1
28 7- 2-07 Amsterdam Russia 4-1
29 28- 3-07 Celje Slovenia 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
30 2- 6-07 Seoul South Korea 2-0
31 6- 6-07 Bangkok Thailand 3-1
32 22- 8-07 Genève Switzerland 1-2
33 12- 9-07 Tiranë Albania 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
34 17-11-07 Rotterdam Luxembourg 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
35 21-11-07 Minsk Belarus 1-2 European Champ. Qual.
36 24- 5-08 Rotterdam Ukraine 3-0
37 29- 5-08 Eindhoven Denmark 1-1
38 1- 6-08 Rotterdam Wales 2-0
39 9- 6-08 Bern Italy 3-0 European Championship
40 13- 6-08 Bern France 4-1 European Championship
41 17- 6-08 Bern Romania 2-0 European Championship
42 21- 6-08 Basel Russia 1-3 aet European Championship
43 20- 8-08 Moskva Russia 1-1
44 6- 9-08 Eindhoven Australia 1-2
45 10- 9-08 Skopje Macedonia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
46 11-10-08 Rotterdam Iceland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
47 15-10-08 Oslo Norway 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
48 19-11-08 Amsterdam Sweden 3-1
49 11- 2-09 Radès Tunisia 1-1
50 28- 3-09 Amsterdam Scotland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
51 1- 4-09 Amsterdam Macedonia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
52 6- 6-09 Reykjavík Iceland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
53 10- 6-09 Rotterdam Norway 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 12- 8-09 Amsterdam England 2-2
55 5- 9-09 Enschede Japan 3-0
56 9- 9-09 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
57 10-10-09 Sydney Australia 0-0
58 14-11-09 Pescara Italy 0-0
59 18-11-09 Heerenveen Paraguay 0-0
60 3- 3-10 Amsterdam United States 2-1
61 26- 5-10 Freiburg im Br. Mexico 2-1
62 1- 6-10 Rotterdam Ghana 4-1
63 5- 6-10 Amsterdam Hungary 6-1
64 14- 6-10 Johannesburg Denmark 2-0 World Cup
65 19- 6-10 Durban Japan 1-0 World Cup
66 24- 6-10 Cape Town Cameroon 2-1 World Cup
67 28- 6-10 Durban Slovakia 2-1 World Cup
68 2- 7-10 Port Elizabeth Brazil 2-1 World Cup
69 6- 7-10 Cape Town Uruguay 3-2 World Cup
70 11- 7-10 Johannesburg Spain 0-1 aet World Cup
71 3- 9-10 Serravalle San Marino 5-0 European Champ. Qual.
72 8-10-10 Chișinău Moldova 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
73 12-10-10 Amsterdam Sweden 4-1 European Champ. Qual.
74 9- 2-11 Eindhoven Austria 3-1
75 25- 3-11 Budapest Hungary 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
76 29- 3-11 Amsterdam Hungary 5-3 European Champ. Qual.
77 4- 6-11 Goiânia Brazil 0-0
78 8- 6-11 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 [1] Copa Fraternidad
79 2- 9-11 Eindhoven San Marino 11-0 European Champ. Qual.
80 6- 9-11 Helsinki Finland 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
81 7-10-11 Rotterdam Moldova 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
82 11-10-11 Solna Sweden 2-3 European Champ. Qual.
83 11-11-11 Amsterdam Switzerland 0-0
84 15-11-11 Hamburg Germany 0-3
85 29- 2-12 London England 3-2
86 26- 5-12 Amsterdam Bulgaria 1-2
87 30- 5-12 Rotterdam Slovakia 2-0
88 2- 6-12 Amsterdam N. Ireland 6-0
89 9- 6-12 Kharkiv Denmark 0-1 European Championship
90 13- 6-12 Kharkiv Germany 1-2 European Championship
91 12-10-12 Rotterdam Andorra 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
92 14-11-12 Amsterdam Germany 0-0
93 6- 2-13 Amsterdam Italy 1-1
94 11- 6-13 Beijing China 2-0
95 6- 9-13 Tallinn Estonia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
96 10- 9-13 Andorra la V. Andorra 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
97 11-10-13 Amsterdam Hungary 8-1 World Cup Qualifier
98 15-10-13 İstanbul Turkey 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
99 23- 6-14 São Paulo Chile 2-0 World Cup
100 29- 6-14 Fortaleza Mexico 2-1 World Cup
101 5- 7-14 Salvador Costa Rica 0-0 [2] World Cup
102 9- 7-14 São Paulo Argentina 0-0 [3] World Cup
103 12- 7-14 Brasília Brazil 3-0 World Cup
104 4- 9-14 Bari Italy 0-2
[1] Netherlands lost 3-4 on penalties (no extra time played)
[2] Netherlands won 4-3 on penalties
[3] Netherlands lost 2-4 on penalties
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
104 68 23 13 208- 69 159 76.44
Records by Opponent Gls Pd W D L GF-GA Pts
Albania 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Andorra 3 3 0 0 8- 0 6
Argentina 2 0 2 0 0- 0 2
Armenia 2 2 0 0 3- 0 4
Australia 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2
Austria 1 1 1 0 0 3- 1 2
Belarus 1 2 1 0 1 4- 2 2
Brazil 3 2 1 0 5- 1 5
Bulgaria 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1
Cameroon 2 2 0 0 3- 1 4
Chile 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
China 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
Denmark 1 3 1 1 1 3- 2 3
Ecuador 1 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
England 1 4 1 3 0 6- 5 5
Estonia 1 0 1 0 2- 2 1
Finland 1 3 3 0 0 9- 1 6
France 1 1 1 0 0 4- 1 2
Germany 4 0 2 2 3- 7 2
Ghana 1 1 1 0 0 4- 1 2
Hungary 3 4 4 0 0 23- 5 8
Iceland 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4
Ireland 1 1 0 0 4- 0 2
Italy 5 1 2 2 5- 6 4
Japan 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
Liechtenstein 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4
Macedonia 3 4 2 2 0 8- 3 6
Mexico 3 3 0 0 6- 3 6
Moldova 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4
Northern Ireland 1 1 0 0 6- 0 2
Norway 2 2 0 0 3- 0 4
Paraguay 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Portugal 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Romania 1 3 3 0 0 6- 0 6
Russia 3 1 1 1 6- 5 3
San Marino 2 2 2 0 0 16- 0 4
Scotland 1 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
Serbia-Montenegro 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Slovakia 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4
Slovenia 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
South Korea 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Spain 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Sweden 2 3 2 0 1 9- 5 4
Switzerland 1 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
Thailand 1 1 0 0 3- 1 2
Tunisia 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
Turkey 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Ukraine 1 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
United States 1 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2
Uruguay 1 2 1 1 0 4- 3 3
Wales 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
NB: in spite of playing more than a century of matches for the Netherlands,
Kuijt never played against Belgium.
Types of Matches and Goals
Goals Matches
Friendlies 8 42
World Cup Qualifier 6 24 [2006:3/11; 2010:3/8; 2014:0/5]
World Cup 1 15 [2006:0/3; 2010:1/7; 2014:0/5]
European Champ. Qual. 7 16 [2008:1/7; 2012:6/9]
European Championship 1 6 [2008:1/4; 2012:0/2]
Other Tournaments 1 1
Total 24 104
Goals
Cap 3 1 goal
Cap 9 1 goal
Cap 10 1 goal
Cap 16 1 goal
Cap 25 1 goal
Cap 32 1 goal
Cap 36 1 goal
Cap 40 1 goal
Cap 48 1 goal
Cap 50 1 goal
Cap 51 2 goals
Cap 54 1 goal
Cap 60 1 goal
Cap 62 1 goal
Cap 64 1 goal
Cap 71 1 goal
Cap 74 1 goal
Cap 75 1 goal
Cap 76 2 goals
Cap 78 1 goal
Cap 79 1 goal
Cap 82 1 goal
Total 24 goals
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