Born: 4-10-1956 in Utrecht Country: Netherlands Caps: 73 (W35-D19-L19 - GF108-GA56 - %60.96) Goals conceded: 56 (0.77 per match) Age First Cap: 24 yr 7 d 11-10-1980 vs. West Germany 1-1 Age Last Cap: 35 yr 262 d 22- 6-1992 vs. Denmark 2-2 National Team Career: 11 yr 255 d
Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 11-10-80 Eindhoven West Germany 1-1
2 1- 9-81 Zürich Switzerland 1-2
3 14-10-81 Rotterdam Belgium 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 18-11-81 Paris France 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
5 23- 3-82 Glasgow Scotland 1-2
6 14- 4-82 Eindhoven Greece 1-0
7 25- 5-82 London England 0-2
8 1- 9-82 Reykjavík Iceland 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
9 22- 9-82 Rotterdam Ireland 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
10 27- 4-83 Utrecht Sweden 0-3
11 21- 9-83 Brussel Belgium 1-1
12 17-10-84 Rotterdam Hungary 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
13 14-11-84 Wien Austria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
14 23-12-84 Lefkosia Cyprus 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 27- 2-85 Amsterdam Cyprus 7-1 World Cup Qualifier
16 1- 5-85 Rotterdam Austria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
17 14- 5-85 Budapest Hungary 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
18 4- 9-85 Heerenveen Bulgaria 1-0
19 16-10-85 Bruxelles Belgium 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
20 20-11-85 Rotterdam Belgium 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
21 29- 4-86 Eindhoven Scotland 0-0
22 14- 5-86 Dortmund West Germany 1-3
23 10- 9-86 Praha Czechoslovakia 0-1
24 15-10-86 Budapest Hungary 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
25 19-11-86 Amsterdam Poland 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
26 21-12-86 Lemesos Cyprus 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
27 21- 1-87 Barcelona Spain 1-1
28 25- 3-87 Rotterdam Greece 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
29 9- 9-87 Rotterdam Belgium 0-0
30 14-10-87 Zabrze Poland 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
31 28-10-87 Rotterdam Cyprus 8-0 [1]
32 9-12-87 Amsterdam Cyprus 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
33 16-12-87 Rhodos Greece 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
34 23- 3-88 London England 2-2
35 1- 6-88 Amsterdam Romania 2-0
36 12- 6-88 Köln Soviet Union 0-1 European Championship
37 15- 6-88 Düsseldorf England 3-1 European Championship
38 18- 6-88 Gelsenkirchen Ireland 1-0 European Championship
39 21- 6-88 Hamburg West Germany 2-1 European Championship
40 25- 6-88 München Soviet Union 2-0 European Championship
41 14- 9-88 Amsterdam Wales 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
42 19-10-88 München West Germany 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 16-11-88 Roma Italy 0-1
44 4- 1-89 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-0
45 31- 5-89 Helsinki Finland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
46 11-10-89 Wrexham Wales 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
47 15-11-89 Rotterdam Finland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
48 20-12-89 Rotterdam Brazil 0-1
49 21- 2-90 Rotterdam Italy 0-0
50 28- 3-90 Kiev Soviet Union 1-2
51 30- 5-90 Wien Austria 2-3
52 3- 6-90 Zagreb Yugoslavia 2-0
53 12- 6-90 Palermo Egypt 1-1 World Cup
54 16- 6-90 Cagliari England 0-0 World Cup
55 21- 6-90 Palermo Ireland 1-1 World Cup
56 24- 6-90 Milano West Germany 1-2 World Cup
57 26- 9-90 Palermo Italy 0-1
58 17-10-90 Porto Portugal 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
59 21-11-90 Rotterdam Greece 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
60 19-12-90 Rabat Ta'Qali Malta 8-0 European Champ. Qual.
61 13- 3-91 Rotterdam Malta 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
62 17- 4-91 Rotterdam Finland 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
63 11- 9-91 Eindhoven Poland 1-1
64 16-10-91 Rotterdam Portugal 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
65 4-12-91 Thessaloniki Greece 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
66 12- 2-92 Faro Portugal 0-2
67 27- 5-92 Sittard Austria 3-2
68 30- 5-92 Utrecht Wales 4-0
69 5- 6-92 Lens France 1-1
70 12- 6-92 Göteborg Scotland 1-0 European Championship
71 15- 6-92 Göteborg CIS 0-0 European Championship
72 18- 6-92 Göteborg Germany 3-1 European Championship
73 22- 6-92 Göteborg Denmark 2-2 [2] European Championship
[1] match was a European Champ. Qual. 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
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
73 35 19 19 108- 56 89 60.96
Records by Opponent Pd W D L GF-GA Pts
Austria 4 1 1 2 6- 7 3
Belgium 5 2 2 1 6- 3 6
Brazil 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
CIS 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Cyprus 5 5 0 0 22- 1 10
Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Denmark 1 0 1 0 2- 2 1
Egypt 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
England 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4
Finland 3 3 0 0 6- 0 6
France 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1
Germany 1 1 0 0 3- 1 2
Greece 5 4 1 0 9- 1 9
Hungary 3 2 0 1 3- 2 4
Iceland 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
Ireland 3 2 1 0 4- 2 5
Israel 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Italy 3 0 1 2 0- 2 1
Malta 2 2 0 0 9- 0 4
Poland 3 1 2 0 3- 1 4
Portugal 3 1 0 2 1- 3 2
Romania 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Scotland 3 1 1 1 2- 2 3
Soviet Union 3 1 0 2 3- 3 2
Spain 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
Sweden 1 0 0 1 0- 3 0
Switzerland 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0
Wales 3 3 0 0 7- 1 6
West Germany 5 1 2 2 5- 7 4
Yugoslavia 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Types of Matches
Friendlies 29
World Cup Qualifiers 15 1982:2 1986:8 1990:5
World Cup 4 1990:4
European Champ. Qual. 16 1984:2 1988:7 1992:7
European Championship 9 1988:5 1992:4
Total 73
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