Mounir El Hamdaoui
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Mounir El Hamdaoui (born 14 July 1984 in Rotterdam
, Netherlands
) is a Dutch-Moroccan
footballer. He currently plays as a forward
for Ajax in the Netherlands. He previously played for Excelsior, Tottenham Hotspur
, Derby County
, Willem II
, and AZ, before joining Ajax in 2010.
Although being born in the Netherlands and having played for their Under-21 side El Hamdaoui decided to represent Morocco
, for whom he made his debut in February 2009 in a match against the Czech Republic
.
In the 2008–09 Eredivisie, El Hamdaoui was named Dutch Footballer of the Year
and became the Eredivisie Top Scorer as AZ won their second league title in their history.
and Saïd Boutahar
. In the 2001–02 season
the player made his debut for the Rotterdam side under manager Adrie Koster, scoring two goals in six appearances. El Hamdaoui played a total of 74 league matches for Excelsior, scoring 32 goals. Excelsior big brother Feyenoord was also interested in signing the player, and El Hamdaoui trained a number of times with Feyenoord's first squad, but a transfer was never realised.
) signed the player from Excelsior. He signed a three and a half year contract with Tottenham Hotspur
and moved from Excelsior Rotterdam
in January 2005. He never made an appearance in the Premier League
but featured in the Peace Cup
in July 2005 in which Tottenham lifted the trophy following a 3–1 win against Olympique Lyonnais
. He also scored 2 goals on his debut in a friendly against Northampton Town
and scored against Aldershot Town
on his first team debut in another friendly.
on loan appearing 6 times, scoring 2 goals before a dislocated shoulder forced the loan to be cut short and he returned to Spurs. Derby continued to monitor his progress and in January 2006 he returned to Pride Park
for another loan spell. Unfortunately, this too was to be disrupted due to injury, a groin problem forcing him to return to Tottenham in early March. This second loan deal was not cancelled, but after returning to duty with Derby in April, a further injury problem prematurely ended his season.
side, scoring three goals. In his second season at the Willem II, he left the club after two league matches to join AZ.
, scoring one goal. By the end of his first season at AZ, he had scored 7 goals in 23 league matches.
The 2008–09 season proved to be an excellent one for El Hamdaoui and AZ. He scored in the first game of the season against NAC Breda
, although AZ lost 1-2. By the winter break, he had scored 16 goals in 17 league matches, including a hattrick against his old club Willem II. At the winter break, AZ was leading the league table, and El Hamdaoui was leading the goal-scoring charts. By the end of the season, AZ had won the second championship in their history, and El Hamdaoui was the top scorer in the Eredivisie, with 23 goals in 31 matches, one more than Ajax's Luis Suárez
. He was also named the Dutch Footballer of the Year
.
, there were a lot of changes at AZ. Manager Louis van Gaal
had departed the club to go to FC Bayern Munich
, and was replaced by Ronald Koeman
. AZ had a bad start to the season, although the player had still scored 9 goals in 11 matches by the winter break. However, defending champions AZ found themselves in eighth place with 28 points in 20 matches, 24 points behind leaders PSV. Just before the winter break, Koeman was fired and veteran manager Dick Advocaat
was brought in to take over. Russia
manager Advocaat stated that he expected at least 15/16 goals from the player, El Hamdaoui stated "Advocaat knows what he's talking about, I think. It gives me confidence, I know what I can do."
There was definite improvement in the second part of the season as AZ finished the league in fifth place, with El Hamdaoui scoring 20 goals in 26 league matches. However, due to the financial issues AZ was having because of the bankruptcy of sponsor DSB Bank
, it was clear that the striker would have to be sold to reduce the burden of his wages on the budget balance.
.
El Hamdaoui marked his league début for Ajax with two goals against Groningen on 8 August 2010. He scored a goal in the play-off round
second leg of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League against Dynamo Kyiv
, helping Ajax win 2–1 on aggregate and ending a five-year drought from this competition. He scored his first Champions League goal with his new club, netting the opener against Milan
, with the game ending 1–1.
El Hamdaoui fell out of favor with manager Frank de Boer
. On 23 August 2011 the Daily Mail
reported that El Hamdaoui was in talks with English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. As the season has gone on, El Hamdaoui has seen more European clubs express their interest in him, including Blackburn Rovers, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol
, Galatasaray
, Genoa
, Fulham
, and Anzhi Makhachkala.
At the end of the transfer window El Hamdaoui stayed at Ajax but has not played any part in the 2011-12 season due to his troubled relationship with De Boer. He has played matches with Jong Ajax and was not in the squad registered for the Champions League group stages.
. El Hamdaoui played his only game with Morocco B
in 2005 against Saudi Arabia
.
On 6 November 2006, El Hamdaoui stated in an interview to Dutch football magazine Voetbal International
that he, at one point, wanted to play senior international football for the Moroccan national side
.
He was selected to join the Moroccan national team and made his first international cap with the team on 11 February 2009 against the Czech Republic. His appearance against the Czech Republic was a success, as his technical skills charmed the Moroccan fans, who are known for favoring technical football. Moroccan fans at the Stade Mohamed V
were chanting "Allez Hamdaoui" throughout the game. The following day, Moroccan press praised his performance and welcomed him as a "much needed addition" to the Moroccan team. El Hamdaoui struck his first goal in the 84th minute in a 1–2 loss to Gabon
. His second international goal came in a CAN Qualifier 2012 against Tanzania, where he scored the only goal in a 0-1 win, assisted by Arsenal-star Marouane Chamakh
.
Ajax
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
) is a Dutch-Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
footballer. He currently plays as a forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
for Ajax in the Netherlands. He previously played for Excelsior, Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
, Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
, Willem II
Willem II Tilburg
Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia...
, and AZ, before joining Ajax in 2010.
Although being born in the Netherlands and having played for their Under-21 side El Hamdaoui decided to represent Morocco
Morocco national football team
The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
, for whom he made his debut in February 2009 in a match against the Czech Republic
Czech Republic national football team
The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...
.
In the 2008–09 Eredivisie, El Hamdaoui was named Dutch Footballer of the Year
Dutch Footballer of the Year
The title Dutch Footballer of the Year has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First and Second leagues....
and became the Eredivisie Top Scorer as AZ won their second league title in their history.
Excelsior
El Hamdaoui went through the youth academy of SBV Excelsior, where he played together with his youth friends Robin van PersieRobin van Persie
Robin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011...
and Saïd Boutahar
Saïd Boutahar
Saïd Boutahar is a Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent who currently plays in Qatar for Al-Wakrah.-Club career:Boutahar is a midfielder who was born in Rotterdam and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Feyenoord Rotterdam squad in the 2001–02 season...
. In the 2001–02 season
Eerste Divisie 2001-02
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Zwolle won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 2000-01* RBC RoosendaalTelstar merged with Stormvogels this season to form Stormvogels/Telstar...
the player made his debut for the Rotterdam side under manager Adrie Koster, scoring two goals in six appearances. El Hamdaoui played a total of 74 league matches for Excelsior, scoring 32 goals. Excelsior big brother Feyenoord was also interested in signing the player, and El Hamdaoui trained a number of times with Feyenoord's first squad, but a transfer was never realised.
Tottenham Hotspur
In 2005, English club Tottenham Hotspur (managed by fellow Dutchman Martin JolMartin Jol
Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...
) signed the player from Excelsior. He signed a three and a half year contract with Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
and moved from Excelsior Rotterdam
Excelsior Rotterdam
SBV Excelsior is a professional football club from the Kralingen-Crooswijk district of Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was founded on July 23, 1902 and was formerly known as 'Rotterdamse Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Excelsior'...
in January 2005. He never made an appearance in the Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
but featured in the Peace Cup
Peace Cup
thumb|right|400px|The opening ceremony of 2003 competitionThe Peace Cup is an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams, currently held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. It is contested by the eight clubs from several continents, though 12 teams...
in July 2005 in which Tottenham lifted the trophy following a 3–1 win against Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...
. He also scored 2 goals on his debut in a friendly against Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
and scored against Aldershot Town
Aldershot Town F.C.
Aldershot Town Football Club is an association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden Fourth Division club Aldershot Football Club...
on his first team debut in another friendly.
Derby County
In September 2005 El Hamdaoui joined Derby CountyDerby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
on loan appearing 6 times, scoring 2 goals before a dislocated shoulder forced the loan to be cut short and he returned to Spurs. Derby continued to monitor his progress and in January 2006 he returned to Pride Park
Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium located on the Pride Park business park on the outskirts of Derby, England. It is the current home of Football League Championship club Derby County, who moved to the stadium from the Baseball Ground upon its opening in 1997...
for another loan spell. Unfortunately, this too was to be disrupted due to injury, a groin problem forcing him to return to Tottenham in early March. This second loan deal was not cancelled, but after returning to duty with Derby in April, a further injury problem prematurely ended his season.
Willem II
In June 2006, El-Hamdaoui moved back to his native Netherlands to play for Willem II, due to a lack of opportunities at Spurs. On 19 August 2006, he marked his league debut for Willem II by scoring in their 2-1 victory against FC Utrecht. After an impressive start, scoring three goals in four matches he again suffered an injury, which prevented him playing for nine months. El Hamdaoui only played seven competitive matches for the TilburgTilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
side, scoring three goals. In his second season at the Willem II, he left the club after two league matches to join AZ.
Top scorer & Footballer of the Year
On 31 August 2007, El Hamdaoui signed with AZ Alkmaar until 2011. On 16 September 2007, he made his debut for AZ in a league match against Sparta RotterdamSparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
, scoring one goal. By the end of his first season at AZ, he had scored 7 goals in 23 league matches.
The 2008–09 season proved to be an excellent one for El Hamdaoui and AZ. He scored in the first game of the season against NAC Breda
NAC Breda
NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...
, although AZ lost 1-2. By the winter break, he had scored 16 goals in 17 league matches, including a hattrick against his old club Willem II. At the winter break, AZ was leading the league table, and El Hamdaoui was leading the goal-scoring charts. By the end of the season, AZ had won the second championship in their history, and El Hamdaoui was the top scorer in the Eredivisie, with 23 goals in 31 matches, one more than Ajax's Luis Suárez
Luis Suárez (Uruguayan footballer)
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz , commonly known as Luis Suárez and nicknamed "El Pistolero" , is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Uruguayan national team...
. He was also named the Dutch Footballer of the Year
Dutch Footballer of the Year
The title Dutch Footballer of the Year has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First and Second leagues....
.
Changes at AZ
At the beginning of the 2009–10 season2009–10 Eredivisie
-Personnel and sponsoring:-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:...
, there were a lot of changes at AZ. Manager Louis van Gaal
Louis van Gaal
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal OON is a Dutch football manager formerly in charge of Ajax, Netherlands, Barcelona, AZ and Bayern Munich...
had departed the club to go to FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
, and was replaced by Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman is a former Dutch footballer, and the current manager of Feyenoord. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman...
. AZ had a bad start to the season, although the player had still scored 9 goals in 11 matches by the winter break. However, defending champions AZ found themselves in eighth place with 28 points in 20 matches, 24 points behind leaders PSV. Just before the winter break, Koeman was fired and veteran manager Dick Advocaat
Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football manager and former player currently the manager of the Russia national football team.He has been moderately successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team...
was brought in to take over. Russia
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...
manager Advocaat stated that he expected at least 15/16 goals from the player, El Hamdaoui stated "Advocaat knows what he's talking about, I think. It gives me confidence, I know what I can do."
There was definite improvement in the second part of the season as AZ finished the league in fifth place, with El Hamdaoui scoring 20 goals in 26 league matches. However, due to the financial issues AZ was having because of the bankruptcy of sponsor DSB Bank
DSB Bank
DSB Bank was a Dutch bank and insurer. The company was founded in 1975 by Dirk Scheringa, a former police officer. It was originally called Buro Frisia, but in 1998 the DSB Groep was founded which included Buro Frisia...
, it was clear that the striker would have to be sold to reduce the burden of his wages on the budget balance.
Promising start
On 30 July 2010, El Hamdaoui signed a four-year deal with Ajax, rejoining his former Spurs manager Martin JolMartin Jol
Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...
.
El Hamdaoui marked his league début for Ajax with two goals against Groningen on 8 August 2010. He scored a goal in the play-off round
2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
This article details the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.There were two paths:*Champions Path, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualified for the group stage....
second leg of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League against Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
, helping Ajax win 2–1 on aggregate and ending a five-year drought from this competition. He scored his first Champions League goal with his new club, netting the opener against Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
, with the game ending 1–1.
Breakdown of relationship with De Boer
At the start of the 2011-12 season2011–12 AFC Ajax season
During the 2011–12 season AFC Ajax will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on Tuesday June 27, 2011...
El Hamdaoui fell out of favor with manager Frank de Boer
Frank de Boer
Franciscus "Frank" de Boer is a Dutch former professional footballer, and the younger twin brother of Ronald de Boer. Since 6 December 2010 he is the Manager of AFC Ajax.-Club career:...
. On 23 August 2011 the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
reported that El Hamdaoui was in talks with English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. As the season has gone on, El Hamdaoui has seen more European clubs express their interest in him, including Blackburn Rovers, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol
RCD Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat with seats for 40,500 spectators. It was inaugurated on 2 August 2009...
, Galatasaray
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....
, Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
, Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
, and Anzhi Makhachkala.
At the end of the transfer window El Hamdaoui stayed at Ajax but has not played any part in the 2011-12 season due to his troubled relationship with De Boer. He has played matches with Jong Ajax and was not in the squad registered for the Champions League group stages.
International career
Although being born in the Netherlands and having played for their Under-21 side El Hamdaoui has pledged his international future to MoroccoMorocco national football team
The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
. El Hamdaoui played his only game with Morocco B
Morocco national football team
The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
in 2005 against Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia national football team
Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
.
On 6 November 2006, El Hamdaoui stated in an interview to Dutch football magazine Voetbal International
Voetbal International
Voetbal International is a Dutch football magazine, which has been publishing since 1965. It is the oldest Dutch football magazine that is still running....
that he, at one point, wanted to play senior international football for the Moroccan national side
Morocco national football team
The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
.
He was selected to join the Moroccan national team and made his first international cap with the team on 11 February 2009 against the Czech Republic. His appearance against the Czech Republic was a success, as his technical skills charmed the Moroccan fans, who are known for favoring technical football. Moroccan fans at the Stade Mohamed V
Stade Mohamed V
Stade Mohamed V is part of a big athletic complex situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of Maarif district...
were chanting "Allez Hamdaoui" throughout the game. The following day, Moroccan press praised his performance and welcomed him as a "much needed addition" to the Moroccan team. El Hamdaoui struck his first goal in the 84th minute in a 1–2 loss to Gabon
Gabon national football team
The Gabon national football team, nicknamed Azingo Nationale, is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football...
. His second international goal came in a CAN Qualifier 2012 against Tanzania, where he scored the only goal in a 0-1 win, assisted by Arsenal-star Marouane Chamakh
Marouane Chamakh
Marouane Chamakh is a French-Moroccan footballer who plays for English club Arsenal in the Premier League and the Moroccan national team as a striker. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability".Chamakh started his career...
.
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 March 2009 | Stade Mohamed V Stade Mohamed V Stade Mohamed V is part of a big athletic complex situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of Maarif district... , Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture... , Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara... |
1-2 | Loss | 2010 WCQ 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament... |
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| 2. | 9 October 2010 | Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, named after the 3rd president of Tanzania, Benjamin William Mkapa. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It currently holds 60,000 people. The stadium opened in 2007. The structure cost TZS 56.4bn/-. It was... , Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state... |
1-0 | Win | 2012 ACNQ | ||||||
| Correct as of 10 February 2011 | |||||||||||
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||
| SBV Excelsior | 2001–02 Eerste Divisie 2001-02 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Zwolle won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 2000-01* RBC RoosendaalTelstar merged with Stormvogels this season to form Stormvogels/Telstar... |
6 | 2 | – | – | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| 2002–03 Eredivisie 2002-03 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002/2003 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 FC Zwolle remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs... |
21 | 2 | – | – | 21 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2003–04 Eerste Divisie 2003-04 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2003/2004 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to AGOVV Apeldoorn entering from the amateurs... |
33 | 17 | – | – | 33 | 17 | ||||||||
| 2004–05 | 14 | 11 | – | – | 14 | 11 | ||||||||
| Total | 74 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 32 | ||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
2004–05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... | 2005–06 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 3 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Willem II | 2006–07 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 3 | |
| 2007–08 Eredivisie 2007-08 The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points.... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | AZ Alkmaar | 2007–08 Eredivisie 2007-08 The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points.... |
23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 2008–09 Eredivisie 2008-09 The Eredivisie 2008–09 is the fifty-third season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009. A total of 18 teams take part in the league, consisting of 16... |
31 | 23 | 3 | 1 | – | 34 | 24 | |||||||
| 2009–10 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 21 | ||||||
| Total | 80 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 52 | ||||||
| Ajax | 2010–11 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 19 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 19 | ||||||
| Career Total | 196 | 101 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 220 | 109 | ||||||
Club
AZ- EredivisieEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
(1): 2008–09 - Johan Cruijff Schaal (1): 2009Johan Cruijff-schaal XIVThe 2009 Johan Cruijff Schaal was held on 25 July 2009 in the Amsterdam ArenA. The match featured the Eredivisie 2008–09 champions AZ and KNVB Cup 2008–09 winners Heerenveen. The match started off the 2009–10 season in Dutch football.-Match details:...
Ajax
- EredivisieEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
(1): 2010–112010–11 Eredivisie-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:...
Individual honours
- Dutch Footballer of the YearDutch Footballer of the YearThe title Dutch Footballer of the Year has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First and Second leagues....
: 2008–09 - Dutch Championship Top ScorerEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
: 2008–09