Born: 1- 7-1976 in Oss Country: Netherlands Caps: 70 (W40-D18-L12 - GF137-GA57 - %70.00) Goals: 35 (% 0.50 per match) Age First Cap: 22 yr 140 d 18-11-1998 vs. Germany 1-1 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 271 d 29- 3-2011 vs. Hungary 5-3 National Team Career: 12 yr 131 d
Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 18-11-98 Gelsenkirchen Germany 1-1
2 10- 2-99 Paris Portugal 0-0
3 1 1 28- 4-99 Arnhem Morocco 1-2
4 1 5- 6-99 Salvador Brazil 2-2
5 1 8- 6-99 Goiânia Brazil 1-3
6 1 18- 8-99 København Denmark 0-0
7 1 4- 9-99 Rotterdam Belgium 5-5
8 1 9-10-99 Amsterdam Brazil 2-2
9 1 13-11-99 Eindhoven Czech Republic 1-1
10 1 23- 2-00 Amsterdam Germany 2-1
11 1 2 25- 4-01 Eindhoven Cyprus 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 2 4 2- 6-01 Tallinn Estonia 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
13 1 5 15- 8-01 London England 2-0
14 5 1- 9-01 Dublin Ireland 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
15 1 6 5- 9-01 Eindhoven Estonia 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 2 8 6-10-01 Arnhem Andorra 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 8 10-11-01 København Denmark 1-1
18 8 13- 2-02 Amsterdam England 1-1
19 8 21- 8-02 Oslo Norway 1-0
20 8 7- 9-02 Eindhoven Belarus 3-0 European Championship Qual.
21 1 9 20-11-02 Gelsenkirchen Germany 3-1
22 9 12- 2-03 Amsterdam Argentina 1-0
23 1 10 29- 3-03 Rotterdam Czech Republic 1-1 European Championship Qual.
24 1 11 2- 4-03 Tiraspol Moldova 2-1 European Championship Qual.
25 11 7- 6-03 Minsk Belarus 2-0 European Championship Qual.
26 11 20- 8-03 Brussel Belgium 1-1
27 11 10- 9-03 Praha Czech Republic 1-3 European Championship Qual.
28 11 15-11-03 Glasgow Scotland 0-1 European Championship Qual.
29 3 14 19-11-03 Amsterdam Scotland 6-0 European Championship Qual.
30 14 18- 2-04 Amsterdam United States 1-0
31 14 29- 5-04 Eindhoven Belgium 0-1
32 14 1- 6-04 Lausanne Faroe Islands 3-0
33 14 5- 6-04 Amsterdam Ireland 0-1
34 1 15 15- 6-04 Porto Germany 1-1 European Championship
35 1 16 19- 6-04 Aveiro Czech Republic 2-3 European Championship
36 2 18 23- 6-04 Braga Latvia 3-0 European Championship
37 18 26- 6-04 Faro Sweden 0-0 [1] European Championship
38 18 30- 6-04 Lisboa Portugal 1-2 European Championship
39 2 20 13-10-04 Amsterdam Finland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
40 20 17-11-04 Barcelona Andorra 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
41 20 26- 3-05 București Romania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
42 1 21 30- 3-05 Eindhoven Armenia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 21 4- 6-05 Rotterdam Romania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 1 22 8- 6-05 Helsinki Finland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
45 22 17- 8-05 Rotterdam Germany 2-2
46 1 23 3- 9-05 Yerevan Armenia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
47 2 25 7- 9-05 Eindhoven Andorra 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
48 25 8-10-05 Praha Czech Republic 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
49 25 12-10-05 Amsterdam Macedonia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
50 1 26 27- 5-06 Rotterdam Cameroon 1-0
51 1 27 4- 6-06 Rotterdam Australia 1-1
52 27 11- 6-06 Leipzig Serbia-Monten. 1-0 World Cup
53 1 28 16- 6-06 Stuttgart Ivory Coast 2-1 World Cup
54 28 21- 6-06 Frankfurt Argentina 0-0 World Cup
55 28 22- 8-07 Genève Switzerland 1-2
56 1 29 8- 9-07 Amsterdam Bulgaria 2-0 European Championship Qual.
57 1 30 12- 9-07 Tiranë Albania 1-0 European Championship Qual.
58 30 13-10-07 Constanța Romania 0-1 European Championship Qual.
59 30 17-11-07 Rotterdam Luxembourg 1-0 European Championship Qual.
60 1 31 29- 5-08 Eindhoven Denmark 1-1
61 31 1- 6-08 Rotterdam Wales 2-0
62 1 32 9- 6-08 Bern Italy 3-0 European Championship
63 32 13- 6-08 Bern France 4-1 European Championship
64 1 33 21- 6-08 Basel Russia 1-3 aet European Championship
65 1 34 3- 9-10 Serravalle San Marino 5-0 European Championship Qual.
66 34 7- 9-10 Rotterdam Finland 2-1 European Championship Qual.
67 34 12-10-10 Amsterdam Sweden 4-1 European Championship Qual.
68 34 9- 2-11 Eindhoven Austria 3-1
69 34 25- 3-11 Budapest Hungary 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
70 1 35 29- 3-11 Amsterdam Hungary 5-3 European Champ. Qual.
[1] Netherlands won 5-4 on penalty kicks
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
70 40 18 12 137- 57 98 70.00
35 Goals in 70 Matches (0.50 per match)
Records by Opponent Gls Pd W D L GF-GA Pts
Albania 1 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Andorra 4 3 3 0 0 11- 0 6
Argentina 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3
Armenia 2 2 2 0 0 3- 0 4
Australia 1 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
Austria 1 1 0 0 3- 1 2
Belarus 2 2 0 0 5- 0 4
Belgium 3 0 2 1 6- 7 2
Brazil 3 0 2 1 5- 7 2
Bulgaria 1 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Cameroon 1 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Cyprus 1 1 1 0 0 4- 0 2
Czech Republic 2 5 1 2 2 7- 8 4
Denmark 1 3 0 3 0 2- 2 3
England 1 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3
Estonia 3 2 2 0 0 9- 2 4
Faroe Islands 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
Finland 3 3 3 0 0 9- 2 6
France 1 1 0 0 4- 1 2
Germany 2 5 2 3 0 9- 6 7
Hungary 1 2 2 0 0 9- 3 4
Ireland 2 0 0 2 0- 2 0
Italy 1 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
Ivory Coast 1 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2
Latvia 2 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Macedonia 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Moldova 1 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2
Morocco 1 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0
Norway 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Portugal 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
Romania 3 2 0 1 4- 1 4
Russia 1 1 0 0 1 1- 3 0
San Marino 1 1 1 0 0 5- 0 2
Scotland 3 2 1 0 1 6- 1 2
Serbia-Montenegro 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Sweden 2 1 1 0 4- 1 3
Switzerland 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0
United States 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Wales 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Types of Matches and Goals
Goals Matches
Friendlies 6 28
World Cup Qualifier 13 15 [2002:6/5; 2006:7/10]
World Cup 1 3 [2006:1/3]
European Champ. Qual. 9 16 [2004:5/7; 2008:2/4; 2012:2/5]
European Championship 6 8 [2004:4/5; 2008:2/3]
Total 35 70
NB: Ruud van Nistelrooij scored 29 goals in 42 competitive matches for Oranje;
that total was a record until it was improved by Robin van Persie on 13 Jun 2014
with his second goal against Spain at the World Cup in Brazil; Van Persie had
equalised Van Nistelrooij's total with a spectacular header à la Bakhuys
to draw the match at 1-1 just before half-time.
Prepared and maintained by Roberto Di Maggio and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Roberto Di Maggio (dimrob@libero.it)
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Last updated: 6 Jan 2022
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