René van de Kerkhof - International Appearances


The outstanding Dutch player obtained 47 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

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

Brothers in Oranje


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