Wesley Sneijder

Wesley Sneijder
	Sneijder with the Netherlands national team in 2012.
Personal information
Full name	Wesley Sneijder
Date of birth	9 June 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1990–1991	DOS
1991–2002	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2007	Ajax
2007–2009	Real Madrid
2009–2012	Inter Milan
2013–2017	Galatasaray
2017–2018	Nice
2018–2019	Al-Gharafa
Total
National team
2000–2001	Netherlands U17
2001–2002	Netherlands U19
2003	Netherlands U21
2003–2018	Netherlands
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Wesley Sneijder (born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch retired football player. He played for clubs such as Real Madrid, Ajax, Inter Milan, and Galatasaray. He also played for the Netherlands national team, and he has been called one of the best midfielders of all time.^[4] He played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, and was one of the top scorers of that tournament.

Personal life[change | change source]

Sneijder became a Roman Catholic in 2010.^[5]

Sneijder has two sons and two brothers: Jeffrey and Rodney. His paternal grandmother was Greek and was born in Kavala.^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]
Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental¹		Other²		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax	2002–03	17	4	3	1	3	0	—		23	5
	2002–03	30	9	1	0	7	1	—		38	10
	2002–03	30	7	3	1	7	0	1	1	41	9
	2003–04	19	5	3	2	7	4	2	1	31	12
	2004–05	30	18	4	1	9	1	4	2	47	22
	Total	126	43	14	5	33	6	7	4	180	58
Real Madrid	2005–06	30	9	2	0	5	0	1	0	38	9
	2006–07	22	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	28	2
	Total	52	11	4	0	9	0	1	0	66	11
Inter Milan	2007–08	26	4	4	1	11	3	—		41	8
	2008–09	25	4	2	0	9	3	3	0	39	7
	2009–10	20	4	2	0	5	0	1	1	28	5
	2010–11	5	1	0	0	3	1	—		8	2
	Total	76	13	8	1	28	7	4	1	116	22
Galatasaray	2011–12	12	3	—		4	1	—		16	4
	2012–13	28	12	6	3	7	2	1	0	42	17
	2013–14	31	10	6	3	6	1	1	0	44	14
	2014–15	25	5	6	1	8	0	1	0	40	6
	2015–16	28	5	4	0	—		1	0	31	5
	Total	124	35	22	7	25	4	4	0	175	46
Nice	2016–17	5	0	0	0	3	0	—		8	0
Al-Gharafa	2017–18	11	9	0	0	6	2	—		17	11
	2018–19	11	6	2	2	—		—		13	8
	Total	22	15	2	2	6	2	—		30	19
Career total		405	117	50	15	104	19	16	5	575	156

↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 18 de abril de 2009, en Huelva" [Minutes of the Match held on 18 April 2009, in Huelva] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
↑ "The story of Wesley Sneijder". Official website. Wesley Sneijder. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
↑ Thomas, Blake. "Ranking the Top 10 Midfielders in World Football: Xavi, Iniesta, Sneijder..." Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
↑ "Wesley Sneijder został katolikiem" (in Polish). Fronda. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
↑ "Καβαλιώτης ο Σνάϊντερ (in Greek)". Retrieved 9 July 2014.
↑ Wesley Sneijder at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Wesley Sneijder". www.national-football-teams.com.

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Personal information
Sneijder with the Netherlands national team in 2012.
Full name	Wesley Sneijder^[1]
Date of birth	(1984-06-09) 9 June 1984 (age 37)^[2]
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)^[3]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1990–1991	DOS
1991–2002	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2007	Ajax	126	(43)
2007–2009	Real Madrid	52	(11)
2009–2012	Inter Milan	76	(13)
2013–2017	Galatasaray	124	(35)
2017–2018	Nice	5	(0)
2018–2019	Al-Gharafa	22	(15)
Total		405	(117)
National team
2000–2001	Netherlands U17	6	(2)
2001–2002	Netherlands U19	8	(3)
2003	Netherlands U21	1	(0)
2003–2018	Netherlands	134	(31)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only