Twin brother of Willy van de Kerkhof.
Born: 16- 9-1951 in Helmond Country: Netherlands Caps: 47 (W22-D12-L13 - GF76-GA51 - %59.57) Goals: 5 Age First Cap: 21 yr 193 d 28- 3-1973 vs. Austria 0-1 Age Last Cap: 31 yr 6 d 22- 9-1982 vs. Ireland 2-1 National Team Career: 9 yr 178 d
Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 28- 3-73 Wien Austria 0-1
2 29- 8-73 Deventer Iceland 8-1 World Cup Qualifier
3 12- 9-73 Oslo Norway 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
4 10-10-73 Rotterdam Poland 1-1
5 5- 6-74 Rotterdam Romania 0-0
6 7- 7-74 München West Germany 1-2 World Cup
7 17- 5-75 Frankfurt West Germany 1-1
8 3- 9-75 Nijmegen Finland 4-1 European Champ. Qual.
9 10- 9-75 Chorzów Poland 1-4 European Champ. Qual.
10 15-10-75 Amsterdam Poland 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
11 22-11-75 Roma Italy 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
12 19- 6-76 Zagreb Yugoslavia 3-2 aet European Championship
13 8- 9-76 Reykjavík Iceland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 13-10-76 Rotterdam N. Ireland 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
15 31- 8-77 Nijmegen Iceland 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
16 5-10-77 Rotterdam Soviet Union 0-0
17 12-10-77 Belfast N. Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
18 26-10-77 Amsterdam Belgium 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 22- 2-78 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-1
20 20- 5-78 Wien Austria 1-0
21 3- 6-78 Mendoza Iran 3-0 World Cup
22 7- 6-78 Mendoza Peru 0-0 World Cup
23 11- 6-78 Mendoza Scotland 2-3 World Cup
24 14- 6-78 Córdoba Austria 5-1 World Cup
25 18- 6-78 Córdoba West Germany 2-2 World Cup
26 21- 6-78 Buenos Aires Italy 2-1 World Cup
27 25- 6-78 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-3 aet World Cup
28 15-11-78 Rotterdam East Germany 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
29 24- 2-79 Milano Italy 0-3
30 28- 3-79 Eindhoven Switzerland 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
31 2- 5-79 Chorzów Poland 0-2 European Champ. Qual.
32 22- 5-79 Bern Argentina 0-0 [1] FIFA Jubilee Match
33 5- 9-79 Reykjavík Iceland 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
34 26- 9-79 Rotterdam Belgium 1-0
35 21-11-79 Leipzig East Germany 3-2 European Champ. Qual.
36 26- 3-80 Paris France 0-0
37 11- 6-80 Napoli Greece 1-0 European Championship
38 14- 6-80 Napoli West Germany 2-3 European Championship
39 17- 6-80 Milano Czechoslovakia 1-1 European Championship
40 19-11-80 Bruxelles Belgium 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
41 30-12-80 Montevideo Uruguay 0-2 Mundialito
42 6- 1-81 Montevideo Italy 1-1 Mundialito
43 25- 3-81 Rotterdam France 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 1- 9-81 Zürich Switzerland 1-2
45 9- 9-81 Rotterdam Ireland 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
46 25- 5-82 London England 0-2
47 22- 9-82 Rotterdam Ireland 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
[1] Netherlands lost 7-8 on penalties
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
47 22 12 13 76- 51 56 59.57
Types of Matches
Friendlies 12
World Cup Qualifiers 10 1974:2 1978:5 1982:3
World Cup 8 1974:1 1978:7
European Champ. Qual. 10 1976:4 1980:5 1984:1
European Championship 4 1976:1 1980:3
Mundialito 2
FIFA Jubilee Match 1
Total 47
Records by Opponent Gls Pd W D L GF-GA Pts
Argentina 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1
Austria 3 2 0 1 6- 2 4
Belgium 1 3 2 0 1 2- 1 4
Czechoslovakia 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
East Germany 1 2 2 0 0 6- 2 4
England 1 0 0 1 0- 2 0
Finland 1 1 0 0 4- 1 2
France 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3
Greece 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Iceland 1 4 4 0 0 17- 2 8
Iran 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
Ireland 2 1 1 0 4- 3 3
Israel 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2
Italy 4 1 1 2 3- 6 3
Northern Ireland 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3
Norway 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2
Peru 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Poland 1 4 1 1 2 5- 7 3
Romania 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Scotland 1 0 0 1 2- 3 0
Soviet Union 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Switzerland 2 1 0 1 4- 2 2
Uruguay 1 0 0 1 0- 2 0
West Germany 1 4 0 2 2 6- 8 2
Yugoslavia 1 1 0 0 3- 2 2
Goals
Cap 2 1 goal
Cap 9 1 goal
Cap 18 1 goal
Cap 25 1 goal
Cap 35 1 goal
Total 5 goals
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