Ruud van Nistelrooij - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Dutch player scored 35 international goals in 70 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

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 � la Bakhuys to draw the match at 1-1 just before half-time.

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