Faas Wilkes - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Dutch player scored 35 international goals in 38 matches for his National Team. He held the Dutch record of goalsfor the national team from November 4, 1959 (when he surpassed the total of Abe Lenstra) until July 4, 1998 (when his total was surpassed by Dennis Bergkamp). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

His national team careeris the eighth longest in the history of the Dutch national team.

Kick Smit, Faas Wilkes and Abe Lenstragave rise to the perfect cartoon football player Kick Wilstra.

Together with Abe Lenstraand Kees Rĳvers, Faas Wilkes formed the_gouden binnentrio_, three inside forwards of international class during a time Dutch football was mired in mediocrity due to the refusal of the authorities to admit professionalism.

Born: 13-10-1923 Died: 15- 8-2006 Country: Netherlands Caps: 38 (W19-D8-L11 - GF108-GA78 - %60.53) Goals: 35 (% 0.92 per match) Age First Cap: 22 yr 158 d 10- 3-1946 vs. Luxembourg 6-2 Age Last Cap: 37 yr 223 d 14- 5-1961 vs. East Germany 1-1 National Team Career: 15 yr 65 d

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 4 4 10- 3-46 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-2 2 3 7 12- 5-46 Amsterdam Belgium 6-3 3 2 9 30- 5-46 Antwerpen Belgium 2-2 4 9 27-11-46 Huddersfield England 2-8 5 9 7- 4-47 Amsterdam Belgium 2-1 6 9 4- 5-47 Antwerpen Belgium 2-1 7 9 26- 5-47 Paris France 0-4 8 2 11 21- 9-47 Amsterdam Switzerland 6-2 9 11 14- 3-48 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1 10 11 18- 4-48 Rotterdam Belgium 2-2 11 11 26- 5-48 Oslo Norway 2-1 12 1 12 9- 6-48 Amsterdam Sweden 1-0 13 2 14 26- 7-48 Portsmouth Ireland 3-1 Olympic Games 14 1 15 31- 7-48 London Great Britain 3-4 aet Olympic Games 15 15 13- 3-49 Amsterdam Belgium 3-3 16 1 16 23- 4-49 Rotterdam France 4-1 17 1 17 12- 6-49 København Denmark 2-1 18 17 16- 6-49 Helsinki Finland 4-1 19 17 13- 3-55 Amsterdam Denmark 1-1 20 17 1- 5-55 Dublin Ireland 0-1 21 2 19 19- 5-55 Rotterdam Switzerland 4-1 22 1 20 6- 6-56 Amsterdam Saar 3-2 23 20 30- 1-57 Madrid Spain 1-5 24 1 21 3- 4-57 Amsterdam West Germany 1-2 25 21 26- 5-57 Wien Austria 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 26 1 22 11- 9-57 Rotterdam Luxembourg 5-2 World Cup Qualifier 27 22 25- 9-57 Amsterdam Austria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 28 2 24 17-11-57 Rotterdam Belgium 5-2 29 2 26 13- 4-58 Antwerpen Belgium 7-2 30 2 28 23- 4-58 Amsterdam Curaçao 8-1 31 1 29 4- 5-58 Amsterdam Turkey 1-2 32 29 28- 5-58 Oslo Norway 0-0 33 3 32 4-10-59 Rotterdam Belgium 9-1 34 32 21-10-59 Köln West Germany 0-7 35 2 34 4-11-59 Rotterdam Norway 7-1 36 1 35 19- 4-61 Amsterdam Mexico 1-2 37 35 30- 4-61 Rotterdam Hungary 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 38 35 14- 5-61 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 World Cup Qualifier

Total Record

GP    GW   GD   GL   GF  GA     Pts  Percentage
38    19    8   11  108- 78      46      60.53

35 Goals in 38 Matches (0.92 per match)

Records by Opponent Gls Pd W D L GF-GA Pts

Austria 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1 Belgium 12 10 6 4 0 39-18 16 Curaçao 2 1 1 0 0 8- 1 2 Denmark 1 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 East Germany 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1 England 1 0 0 1 2- 8 0 Finland 1 1 0 0 4- 1 2 France 1 2 1 0 1 4- 5 2 Great Britain 1 1 0 0 1 3- 4 0 Hungary 1 0 0 1 0- 3 0 Ireland 2 2 1 0 1 3- 2 2 Luxembourg 5 2 2 0 0 11- 4 4 Mexico 1 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 Norway 2 3 2 1 0 9- 2 5 Saar 1 1 1 0 0 3- 2 2 Spain 1 0 0 1 1- 5 0 Sweden 1 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2 Switzerland 4 2 2 0 0 10- 3 4 Turkey 1 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 West Germany 1 2 0 0 2 1- 9 0

Types of Matches and Goals

                  Goals Matches

Friendlies 31 31
vs Belgium 12 10 World Cup Qualifier 1 5 Olympic Games 3 2

Total 35 38

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Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel.rsssf@gmail.com) Last updated: 4 Mar 2024